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, 1874-12-30

"Wno knows" inquired tho Chiougo Times
yesterday morning, "whatlor Con. SHERIDAN
wilt 20 to Nov Orleaus?" TnE Tn1nuaE ]tuow,
aud gave lts readers tim bcnoht Of acknowledge.
It IL not untonal for tho Times to aai; The Tn1u-
uEE for information,
, 1874-12-30

SEfetas DisuafcA 10 The CHICAGO Tribune.
PoMEAos. O., Dec. 29.-IAis afternoon two
men, r, II. Roberta md Jhcob Cooplnger, living
across tho river in 1lason City, ". Va.. atartod
across tho river in a skin, nna when
near the Virginia aide wera run over by tho
ateamor Coal Valloy and both drowned. Rob-
orts' body was recovered. Coopingcr'a had not
boon found at 8 D. IN.
minor working In g eoal-bank nonr Mason
City, ". Va, WIS killed today by fill Of
alato.
, 1874-12-30

After printing "Bpcoio Standards " assertion
twice, lie must oxcnao III from giving hin fallacy
third insertion, as too much iteration OF, 4
aophiam boco1non tedious to roadnrs.
, 1874-12-30

gptciat Dispatch to Tho chieugo Tribune.
low Crrx, H., Doc. 29.-tho vito OF Esquire
MordoF, Of this city, fell frnm stop-'adder last
evening" striking hor s!roat OH asAharp odged
bcd-rai cutting 1t iron, car to car, ssvcring the
arteries, and laying bare her wlndpipe. she Ia
yet alivo.
Last night, Of Cosallyil!e, nenr this city, n
young man named Bixby, Whilo Visiting young
Indy, accidentally hit kerosene lamp with bis
arm. koockng it into her lsp. aasurating hor
clothes with the contonts, which caused hor at
onco to DO wrappod III 1amaa. She ia barely
alive at present writing.
, 1874-12-30
FELL, AND KILLED H1s1sELF.

gptcial UfspatcA to TIE th'ca0o tribune.
New WASHINGTON, O., Dec. 2o.-This atsey-
noon Jacob Huber, aged 2s yeara, wlilo working
in his brothers. barn. slipped aud fell backwarda
Hia bead struck Oh u s!l. breaking his neck aud
killing him instantly. He leaves vito and four
Huaii children.
, 1874-12-30
cus1om.NousE llE7EEncHmENT.

Dosrou, Doo. 29.-somo thlsty inspectors,
wolshora. gaugors. oso., ln tho custom.llouso
have boen removed, aud thelr Offices abolished.
Tho otIlyo oF ono Deputy Collector Ia also dsoon.
Tuned. 4 reduetloi. In tho elorlral fox0o will
tnAo pjaoo iu tho aprinu.
, 1874-12-30

Edwin Booth as Richard III. drew an unusu-
ally large and so!oct nudlence last evening TO
McVickor'a Theatre, OF this porsouation which
is not among Mr. BOOTHS most lorciblo or most
renowned characters, there is not much to Do
said further than that 1t abouudH In tho tradi-
tioual features Of the stage, and is smooth and
easy, albeit It mover appeared 10 ua moro than q
superficial and somewhat unmarked study Of the
charuotor And tnero aro featuroa in Alr. Booths
reading of certain passages to which exception
may justlY be taken, With all allowance
mnlo beforehand Tor stago defamation aud
stueo OBJECT derived from that GinTnlar ,u1,sou
Of usofui aud useless crrfostles, stage tradition.
Of Which the metlitatiye aoli!oquy on conscioncs
is fair example. Tho pioeo Naa Woll equipped
mi, fatrly neted bY tho company.
nlr, Westoufs buckingham WGa orcdtnbe
pioco OF acting, his defamation conveying moro
animation and power tllnn usual: Itls evening
given. which must not bo confouuded, evau
momontarily, with tho 6hakspoaroan tIagedy
a holiday, "Tlcheliou" and "The Apostate
will be given respectively in the afternoon and
evening.
THE MUSEUM.
II conatant ctango OF bil1 and Beyero propnrn-
tory labor on tho ptago constitute ciasn1 upon
tho good will OF tho public, tho Museum
glOulu certainty Do Hell tlouhAk " R'Aa
patronized, aud. as appearances 60. such
Ia tho case. In addition to tlolr
activity, the management may 1ay claim to
having avery capable company, and ono whosa
individual membera hayo always stood we'll With
tho play-goera Of tho city, notably John Dillon,
Mr. Biatsaoi!, Mr. sosgs. 1It. Wobstor. and Mrs.
Myers. 30 frequent III tho change OF btl TINT
ono cau hardly keep mp with it. Last oyoninl
| ,yaB given "TIo Iriah Coualn," one OF mn anlua'
| Ing class OF light comedies, IN Which Dillon
shines out conBp!cnously in red wiz and q, hrohi
and .earlcsa l1og0e, with nany. coalcatttica OF
manner aud mirth-proyohing attltados. ..Tho act
| Ing ws,Y neat aud olfoctlvo oil round, nna Alr:
| Dillon very funny as u3uAl. HetWoon the !ast
two acts 1Ir. page gives ono OF h!s brilllant COT
| not solos, which aro quite q foHture OF tho
! Museum entertainments. Io.ni2ht An entito
| cha,,Yo Of bill ia announced.
| CLAHA NORn1S
| Mayed Camille luet eYouiue to an excellent
house, for tho last titno. Thoro will DO nc
matinee at tho Academy this afternoon. Thu
oyeuing Misc Norris will appear ca Cora II
"Artiolo 47,"--a Characterization dletinutl1
narkol, aud iu 10 small degree remarkable
tbs mad ecouo IL ono OF her mott soallsto ant
ntopHe piocoa OF Initiative art. i
! MOOLEy's THEATRE.
"I.od Astray" WIS repeated last evening 81
IIooley's and will remain on tIIe boards durinf
-. k-nf11 6n z3Hs ! $tYnA Anx1
, 1874-12-30
CHILD BURNED TO DEATH.

t9ptttas Disratch to The Citeaao Tribune.
BE11A1EE. O., Dec. 29.-Anuio Murphy, nged
years, was burned to lcath rhis evening by lior
clothes catching 1re ut tho CRATE, Sha vag dead
when found
, 1874-12-30

YfnFk w n IT "
LII "1'A n'D4ANA 1Ant'n@ 1@4a"'"~'
r1, t,.1. T. .o,..;,,, - tho ,ro,os;tion n 1ova
l,-.s .s:,,u... t..eh A., VS.. T,a;o,, a>root,
-,,;a,, H.. ,,oo,, rofooto1 ~, tho nommon coun.
NJ, 49, a.. .Is,no Tlo .oon1o ,rn,,it,,y .ho ,orco
,x;,,..,,,sa 3,.t,3ot hau,'aoa b, 1o,,o 71o1a,o1
49,, H. ~ ,o,,,, foIt ia ro,o.at,
-, tua, ,;,,.,, r,,rr;ro +t,ro,o,, n t,o 1irca
.a., ana.at. ~ ho;,r, oI,,, t,,o no,,,i,.roa N,at
W." ope1"teo pol"e a'o'f "'o o"""o".'o'' 'e'
iudiRnn BtrGGt has beeu nEften upon bY COMMON
roraopt NJ tho citi,ons and tax-navora ns tl,e
t ~ -, 49,, H., ,u.,4 rh;,u-
most desirable and ceulrai, anu tho "est Chlca-
20 Rnlroaa Company finally but reluctantly
agrcol that, II tho privilege wero grantod them,
lhoy would lay the traok. But not being
anxious to do 1t, rs they think tho lnTost-
tnent will bo unproiltablo for t1mo,
they dcelinod to Hpend any money TO secure
franchise. Tho railroad company eaFe noHco
- tho proporEy-holdnrs that they would not pay
ono dollar for an Altcr1nan'h vote, and II tho
louBc-hosdcrs wanted the railroad they muHs got
tho ordinance passed without blackna'i' Tue
action OF Tho Council MonuaI night sho"s that
1t ia doubtful II this can over 10 aone.
Tho contraat between tho action OF the COM
mon Council IN regard TO tals pfopoeeu railway
@ III G!asaag consraee VIII 'nas u" fceaio 10 tuo
Naoash Avenue Halfway week ago. Ia tno
latter case there were several pfoposss'onH' ma
tho only comrany which did not offer tie city
auv consideration for tho franchise III tho
pragent casc however. tho c1tizons wantod tho
horse-rai1vay, uul tao company was willing to
buila it If tic Common Council would craut tho
rlght-of-way. 1ho Aldermen VINO Votoa hea'nst
tho pro7opitloh 1of unkno"n aea 'neonee''aoso
reasons "ero
5,nI1ta.*.' nir7aHE.1o' Wt1Dt Wvthpn&3n'
f1tHr1Es nYAH
MuarAr, DIXON,
ouhIsH1oN-u.
AL tneae AloosmeA' win ono =. 1"o uAscp,
t,ons' 40 LOT Tesao any"nete he"r 'ae proposea
INC Oh LOG ra.a,oa1' anu uo ',o' poopio
"no Gun roseloay 10 Aaeu;aa ~ ~ QUO WY us .ne
, 1874-12-30

"Iod Aetray" was repeated last evening ut
IIooley's, and will remain on tIIo boards durluE
tho rgcHsut wook. It will be glyGn at tho Now
Years patsneo also.
, 1874-12-30

TIE PEACEFUL SOLUTION or TIRE FoHMo34N D!FF1-
cuLTS--ArpREuESpED uUISEaE uEBELLloA-
CHINA At WAR WITH nussiA.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-08-27
MarYels of Memory.

Instances of remarkable memory, gen
orally supposed to be assisted Dy mnemo-
teChny, have been given from the time
of Cicero, who concludes that memory is
not, therefore, of the heart, blood, brain
or atoms; whether of air or fire he is
not, like the rest, ashamed to say he is
ignorant; he undertakes, however, to
assert that it is divine, having regard to
such men as CineaS, the ambassador OF
Pyrrhus, who saluted the Senate and all
the people by their names the second
day after his arrival at Rome; of Theo-
deCtes, the disciple of Aristotle, and Of
HOrtensiuS, man Of his own time. We
have most of US heard of Joseph SCaliger,
who learned the twice twenty-four books
of the Iliad and Odysseyin three weeks ;
of Avicenna, who repeated by heart the
whole of the Koran at the age of ten; of
Lipsius, who was willing to reclte the
histories of Tacitus word for word, Civ
ing any one leave to plunge q dagger
into his body if he made mistake-an
idle license, for few would have cared to
run the resultant risk; of the youth OF
Corsica, of good appearance, mentioned
by Muretus, who recited all the barDar-
Gus words the latter had written till he
was tired of writing and stopped at last,
as it was necessary to stop somewhere,
while the youth, like Oliver, asked for
more. Certainl y" says Muretus, " he
was no boaster, and he told me he could
repeat in that way $4,000 words. For
my own part I made trial of him after
many days and found what he had SAID
true" This Corsican, as those others,
was no doubt of soul disdaining silver
and gold or he might have made
his fortune Ivy offering his services to an
Emperor. Of Francis Suarez, who, after
the witness Of Strada, could quote the
whole of Augustine (the fathers
works would I'll a small library, from
the egg to the apple OF DR.. Thomas
ruler, who could name in order all the
signs On both sides of the way from the
beginning of Paternoster row at Ave
MARIA lane to the bottom of Cheapside
to Stocks Market, now the Mansion
House. Of Magliabecchi, whose name
Is pleasantly and permanently associated
with spiders and the proof of the lost
Ms. OF William Lyon, who, for a bowl
OF punch, liquor of which he was ex-
ceedingly fond, repeated a Daily AdUer-
tESer, II the morning, which he had read
once only, and then in the course of a
debauch over night.
We might extend this paper far be-
| yond its normal dimensions by mention
!, of such names -as-J edediah Buxton, who,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-08-27
POLITICAL.

Congressional nominations on the 18th:
Republican-Ninth Indiana District, Thos. j.
Cason renominated; Ninth Ohio, j. NJ. Robin
son, renominated; Eighteenth Illinois, Isaac
Clements, renominated; Nineteenth Ohio,
Jas. A. Garfield, renominated. Democratic
Eighth Tennessee, J. d. c. Atkins, renomi-
mated; Tenth Indiana, VIM. s. Raymond.
The Nebraska Democratic Central Commit
tee have issued callfor straight-out Demo-
cratic Convention, to meet in Lincoln Sept. TO-
to nominate State officers.
The Arkansas Democratic State Conven-
ton is to be held on the Sth of September.
The following Congressional nominations
were made on the 14th: Democratic-Ninth
Tennessee District, W. P. Caldwell. Re-
publican-First Alabama, jeremiah HARRISON
cOlored).
The Prohibitionists have nominated Rev.
James Campbell for Congress in the Fourth
and D. W. Goldman in the Twentieth Ohio
Districts.
The Massachusetts, Republican State Con-
vention has been called to meet at Worcester
on the 18th of October.
| The new Constitution drafted by the con-
/ Vention called for that purpose in Ohio was
| submitted to vote of the people of the State
on the 18th. The returns received up to the
morning of the 10Th indicated that the Con-
stitution had been rejected.
The Republican State Central Committee
of Arkansas has called State Convention for
the 18th of September.
The Republicans of the Thirteenth Indiana
| District have nominated John H. Baker for
Congress.
The Pennsylvania Republican State Conven-
ton met at Harrisburg on the 10Th and NOM
mated: For Judge of the Supreme Court, E
NJ. Paxon; Lieutenant-G Governor, A. g. Ohm
stead; Auditor-General, Harrison Allen; Sec
rotary of internal Affairs, W. R. Beath. A
platform was adopted eulogizing the Repub.
lican and denouncing the Democratic parties
declaring in favor of the amplest protection
and fullest development to the agricultural
mining. manufacturing and mechanical nur
suits, and in favor OF putting stop to railway
land grants, and improving the navigation q
the great inland rivers; declaring the neces
sity of protection to manufacturing interests
condemning the attempt to establish free
trade through the reciprocity treaty will
Canada: asserting that The Democratic part,
is attempting to bring on war of races il
the South, and that the continuance of tn,
Republican party is necessary to secur
equal rights to all; calling upon Congress
to see that the guarantees of the new amend
/ ments to the Constitution of the Unite
7 States are enforced by appropriate statutes
favoring free banking, the aggregate volum
: of the currency to oe regulated by the nece:
n sites of the people and recognized laws {
:, trade; reaffirming the declaration of the N
J. tional Republican Convention OF 1872 in fave
If of areturn to specie payments at the Garlic;
/, practicable day. A resolution was ais
1, adopted indorsing Gov. John 7. Hartranft q
; the choice Of the convention for President
a. the United States in 1876.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-08-27
PEH SRNsE.

The funeral of the late Bishop Whitehouse
took place in Chicago on the 18th, and was
very largely attended. The remains were
taken to New York to be inferred in Green
wood Cemetery
The Chicago Tribune of the 18th has a re-
port of an interview between Theodore Til
ton and the special correspondent Of that pa
per, in which Mr.. Tilton is represented as
firmly insisting on the truth of his charges
against Mr.. Beecher. He furnished the cor
respondent with card on which was written:
" His sworn statement was never thought of
by T. T. till after Beecher had originated the
Committee of Inquiry, and after Elizabeth
had deserted her house, and Mr.. Ovington
had published a card in her behalf, announc-
ing that she had gone from him forever.
Beecher's apology was made six months be-
fore T. 7. ever saw Mrs. Woodruff"
Earl Dufferin, Governor-General of Canada,
arrived in Chicago on the 18th, and was re-
ceived and entertained by the city officials.
A decision has been rendered by Judge
Williams, of Chicago, in the celebrated Cheney
case, the effect of which is to put the bill of
compliments out Of court and to declare that
the Rev. Mr.. Cheney was not lawfully deposed
from the Episcopal ministry.
E. A. Hoyt, of New York, has been APP
pointed a member of the Board of Indian
Commissioners to fill one of the existing
vacancies.
A man was arrested at Odell, H., on the
18th, on suspicion of being one of the alb
ductors of the stolen Philadelphia boy, Char
ley Ross.
A call has been issued for a convention of
sportsmen to be held at Niagara Falls on the
9th of September for the purpose offorming a
National Sportsmen's Association, with a view
to the protection of fish and game of all kinds
from indiscriminate and unreasonable slaugh-
ter in all sections of the country. All State
Sportsmen's Associations and local organiza-
tions where no State associations exist, and
gentlemen sportsmen where there are no
local organizations, are requested to take the
matter in hand and send delegates to the said
convention.
On the 18th Mr. Tilton's attorneys served a
notice on Mr.. Beecher that suit was about to
be commenced against him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-08-27

Holland, Italy and Belgium have recUg.
nized the Spanish Republic The Carlists
had cut the railway and telegraph line be
tween Saragossa and Madrid, according to q
dispatch from the latter city of the 18th A
dispatch of the nth says the Republican
Gen. Blanco had relieved Vittoria and com
PEELED the retreat of the Carlists to Estella
A Bayonne dispatch of the 18th says the
Carlist Gen. Tristany had captured the
town of SEQ de Urgel, sixty-seven miles
northeast Of Lerida. The fighting was dcs-
perate, and the losses on both sides heavy.
A Paris telegram Of the 18th says that Gen.
Lewal had concluded his investigation into
the circumstances attending the escape OF
Marshal Bazainc. The conclusion reached is
that the majority of the guards had been
guilty of connivance, and that Bazaine simply
left by an open door.
A London dispatch of the 18th says that
several baseball clubs had been formed in
the North Of England, and that the game babe
fair to become rs popular there as in the
United States.
A Berlin telegram Of the 10Th says the
Brussels Congress had abandoned the Rus
sian programme, and that the resolutions
adopted and transmitted by the delegates to
their respective Governments were merely the
enlargement Of the humane provisions Of the
Geneva Convention
It was reported in London on the 18th that
Russia had at last consented to recognize the
Spanish Republic.
A Geneva telegram of a recent date says
that Father Hyacinthe had resigned his funo-
lions as Cure of that city.
Paris dispatch of the Goth says that Mar
shall Bazaine had written letter to the Min
lister Of the Interior in which he said that
neither his aide nor any other persons except
his wife and nephew were responsible for his
escape The Marshal concludes thus: Gre
senting the humiliating prison regulations,
felt justified in an attempt to recover my lib
erty. As was not tried by my peers my inn
prisonment was Illegal"
A London dispatch of the Goth says the
Foreign Office has received information that
the Spanish Republican troops had fired upon
some officers of the British war-ship Fly,
which was cruising off the coast of Spain
for the protection of British interests.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-08-27

if his witness be true, could, by some
strange mnemotechny of his own, multi
ply thirty-nine figures by thirty-nine
without paper, and amuse himself when
at the theater by compilation of the
words used by Garrick, and at another
time by that of the pots of beer drank
during twelve years of his life; of Zerah
Colburn, a mere child, of whom there
remains on record a testimony that he
could tell the number Of seconds in fifty
eight years in less time than the question
could be written down; or of that prod
ICY of parts, Pascal, to whom reference
was made at the beginning of this paper
who is said to have forgotten nothing
thought, read or done during his ration
al age. This, says the author of the
essay on the Conduct of the Human
understanding" is a thing so wholly in
consistent with our experience of human
nature that to doubt it is no reprehensi-
BILE stretch Of skepticism.-CoI75bi1 Nag
dzi16.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-08-27
Playful Kittens.

CATS, or rather kittens-by which we
mean the ordinary felines all through
their adolescence are noted for their
playfulness. This sportiveness, which is
too frequently witnessed to need descrlp-
ton, is sometimes carried beyond the
limits of a due discretion. | can never
forget a scene of this sort witnessed in
early life. A large semi circle, composed
mostly of young people in or under their
early teens, had gathered round Win
ter's fire at night for family worship.
During the reading of the Scripture one
or two of the youngsters, ordinarily very
decorOus, INDUCED in an audible litter.
This brought forth a grave, reprovlng
look from all the seniors and word Of
reprimand from the aged grandmother,
whose face of severe dignity looked as
if it never knew a smile. The offenders
instantly subsidized into that state Of
forced gravity which is always so unsafe
when assailed by the ludicrOus. The
reading was resumed; but in less than a
minute there was another litter, seeming
ly beyOnd restraint Again the seniors
darted their reproving look around the
offending circle, but in so doing they
witnessed a scene which tried their own
gravity. Two kittens had been playing
on the carpet between US and the fire.
One of them was weary of the sport, and
had evidently resolved to stop it. The
other was as full of play as ever, and as
evidently resolved to continue it. Just
as the eyes of the whole company had
concentrated upon them, the playful kit
ten had crouched, ready for a spring,
and the weary one, with glazing eyes,
was sitting upon its launches, with up
lifted paws, saying, plainly as kitten
could say, eff you come again, l vii
knock you DOWN. In an instant the
leap was made and the threat was exc
cuted with such vim that the assailing
kitten rolled over and over. The scene
was too ludicrous even for the seniors.
4 laugh exploded simultaneously from
every one except the old lady, who
looked all the more reprovingly for being
left alone and for not having seen the
kittens. This incident occurred so long
ago that some of those children are now
grandparents; yet so vivid was the i'm
preston made that one of them referred
to it not long since with as much fresh
ness of mirth as if il had occurred the
dav before.-F. Il. G0uldlng, IN AppletOn's
To3grDdI
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-08-27

Arms and ammunition were being shipped
from that city.
A "cloud-burst" occurred at Austin, New,
on the 18th. About 100000 damage was
done. The people were warned in time by a
messenger on horseback, and escaped to the
hills. The deluge was about ten feet deep as
it rushed down the canon. No lives were
lost
A report was received at Sioux City, Iowa,
on the 18th, from Fort Sully, to the effect
that the Indians to the number of 1000 made
an attack upon Clusters expedition on the
18th and were repulsed with heavy loss. Gus
ter's loss was reported at fifty killed and
wounded.
A fire at Joliet, Ill, on the 18th destroyed
the Robertson House and other property to
the value, in all, of 100000.
A Washington dispatch of the 10th says
that Secretary Fish had denied a report that the
Spanish Government had agreed to cede to
Germany the island Of Porto Rico in consid-
Grafton for the recognition by that power of
the Republic of Spain. The Secretary de-
cIares that the dispatches which led to this
report are forgeries.
The Commissioner of the General Land
Office at Washington has directed that regu-
lations respecting the final proof Of homestead
settlements in the grasshopper region of Iowa
and Minnesota will be so modified as to per
nit settlers to go before their County Court
to make their dispositions instead of before
the local land officers This order is made on
representations of reliable parties that many
settlers can i'll afford the expense of a long
Quincy, especially in their present impover-
ished condition.
At Saratoga, on the Goth, the horse Fellow
craft ran four miles in seven minutes nineteen
and a half seconds, being the fastest four
miles ever made in a running race.
A few evenings ago Amelia Forndran, an
Omaha girl, eleven years of age, attempted
to kindIe a fire in stove with kerosene and
was horribly burned. The flesh dropped
from her feet and her body was burned to a
cinder from head to foot. She could not long
survive.