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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-18
Fauna of the Mammoth Cave.

INTERESTING additions to our knOWl-
edge of the fauna of the Mammoth Cave
have recently been made by Mr.. F. w.
Putnam, Of Salem, Mass, who, as a
special assistant on the Kentucky State
Geological Survey, of which Prof N s.
Shaler is the director, had great facili-
ties extended by the proprietors of the
cave, and he made most thorough ex-
animation of its fauna, especially in rela-
ton to the aquatic animals. Mr.. Put
nam passed ten days in the cave, and by
various contrivances succeeded in OBJ
tanning large collections. He was par
ticularly fortunate in catching five speci-
mems of fish of which only one small
individual has heretofore been known,
and that was obtained several years ago
from a we'll in Lebanon, Tenn. This
fish, which Mr.. Putnam had previously
described from the Lebanon specimen
under the name of Chologaster Agasstztt,
is very different in it's habits from the
blind fishes of the cave and other subter-
ranean streams, and is of a dark color.
IL AAfOo P1 IuNlEJctIAJ Ou GuO DOGIOu d1O 10
exceedingly quick in it's motions. 1t be-
longs to the same family as the two
species of blind fishes found in the cave.
He also obtained five specimens of four
species of fishes that were in every re-
spect Identical with those of the Green
River, showing that the river fish do at
times enter the dark waters Of the cave,
and when once there apparently thrive
as well as the regular inhabitants. a
large number of the white blind fishes
were also procured from the Mammoth
Cave and from other subterranean
streams. In one stream the blind fishes
were found in such position as to show
that they could go into daylight if they
chose, while the fact Of finding the
ChOlOgaster in the waters of the Nam
moth Cave, where all is utter darkness,
shows that animals with eyes flourish
there, and is another proof that color is
not dependent on light. Mr.. Putnam
found the same array of facts in regard
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-18
A Chinese idyI.

FASHIONABLE circles at Shanghai have
recently found abundant food for gossip
in an exciting incident" of which
Chinese General is the hero. This war
riOr, after having reaped mis- laurels by
defending the Mohammedans in Yunan.
happened to be struck with one of the
Celestial beauties whom he saw while
passing through Shanghai on his way to
Picking. Unfortunately this young lady
was the daughter of distinguished per-
sonage, and was affanced to wealthy
Chinese. This only infamed the passion
Of the aged warrior, who, by a liberal
distribution of presents, gained the conf
dence of several persons belonging to the
young lady's household, and, what was
still better, of her mother. 1t only re-
manned for him, in order to insure the
success of the elopement, to secure the
passive cooperation Of the police, and
this he was enabled to do b. judicious
arrangements with tanao, once mem
Der of the municipal police, who under
took to "make it right" with his former
colleagues. So at the appointed time
the General was enabled to carry the
young lady off from her house, and " the
happy couple" embarking in richly
decorated sampan which was lying in the
river, got off safely to Soochow. The
marriage does not appear, however, to
have been happy one, for the General
has written to the f1ance, offering to re-
turn him his wife and to pay a good
round sum to be rid of her. The Gener-
al's influence will be sufficiently strong
to protect him from punishment, but the
tapao who "made it right with the police
will probably suffer for his share in the
offense Of separating two affianced per-
sons-which is visited with severe penal
ties in China and most Eastern countries.
Pail Mall Gazette. E#
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-18
The Color Changes of the Chameleon.

BUT the colOr-changes of the chame-
leon form perhaps the most interesting
phenomenon connected with this ami
NAL We need not repeat the fabulous
stories told about these color-changes;
the facts which can be strictly verified
by direct observation are wonderful
enough without the adOrnnents of mag
nation. These changes of color range
from whity-yellow, through yellow, bright
and dark green, to dull black; and these
diversities of coloration may affect the
entire surface of the animal, or one or
other of it's sides, or may appear only in
spots When the chameleon is asleep,
and not exposed to the direct rays of the
sun, it's color is a whity-yellow; when
basking in the sun, it is dingy black or
dusky brown On being aroused from
sleep the side which is first awakened
assumes darker shade. There is reason
for believing that sunlight, apart from
the warmth which accompanies it, is
very grateful to the chameleon and, in re-
Spouse to this stimulus, he at once begins
his play of color NJ. Paul Bert, a French
SGUGat, has for some time been engaged
in studying the anatomy and mechanism
of these phenomena. His researches are
not yet completed, but we may state
some Of the facts which he has estab-
Hshed.
In the skin of the chameleon he finds a
close network of minute ducts, connect
ing with pigment-vesicles situated on It's
under surface. When the coloring
liquid is all retained in these vesicles
the animals skin appears yellowish, that
being the color of the semi transparent
epidermis. When the liquid is injected
into the ducts the color of the animal
changes, the tint depending on the degree
of tension in the ducts. If nerve be
cut, the region of the chameleOn's body
to which that nerve was distributed be-
comes at once deep black, and no more
color-changes occur over that area. IL a
piece of the skin be placed under mi
croscope it will appear black. Pass a
current of electricity through it and
| there will be seen white vacuoles, which
coalesce into rregularly-shaped masses,
and these in turn break up into minute
vacuoles again, leaving the field of a
greenish color. Stop the current and the
reverse order of phenomena appears. NJ.
Bert finds that the effect of curare on
the chameleon is to give it very dark
color, while chloroform, on the contrary,
lightens the tint; but when given in
quantity sufficient to destroy the animals
life, chlorcform darkens the color. Bert
is disposed to believe that the chameleon
| possesses special set of color-nerves"
distinct from the motor and sensory
systems, and that these nerves are under
the control of the will.-J Fitzgerald, an
Popular Science Monthly for March.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-18
Published March 3, 1851


AN ACT relating to statistics for of State and
County Boards of Assessment.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, represent
ed in Senate and Assembly, do enact fol-
lows:
SECTION 1. Whenever any Town, Village or City
Clerk shall fail in any year to return to the Coun-
ty Clerk within the time fixed by law the state
ment required by Sec. of Chap. one hundred and
six (106) of the general laws of 1869, it shall be
the duty of the County Clerk of the county to
send messenger to such town, village or city so
delinquent, to procure the statement required by
said act; said messenger shall be entitled to a
compensation of 50 per day and to a travelling fee
of 10 cents per mile for the distance necessarily
Travelled in the discharge OF such duty; and such
compensation shall be paid from the county treas
ury, and the Chairman and Clerk shall issue
der for the amount, and said amount shall be
charged to the town, village city delinquent,
and shall be certified to the Clerk of such town,
village or city by the County Clerk as a special
county tax to be raised therein at the time of
making the annual appOrhOnment of taxes in
November of each year.
SEC g. Whenever the County Clerk of any
county shall fail to discharge the duty required by
Sec. of Chap. one hundred and six 900 of the
general laws OF 1869, before the second Monday in
October in any year it shall be the duty of the
Secretary OF State to dispatch messenger to such
county to procure the statistics required by such
section: and suCh messenger shall be entitled
to q compensation of So per day for such
services and travelling fee of ten cents per
mile for actual travel in the discharge of such du
ties; and such compensation shall be made by
drawing warrant by the Secretary of State on
the State Treasury for the amount, and said Sec
rotary shall certify such amount to the County
Clerk of the county so delinquent at the time of
certifying to the State tax necessary to be raised
IN such county; and said amount shall be spe-
Cial State tax against such county and shall be
collected and returned in the same manner that
other State taxes are collected and paid into the
State Treasury.
SEC. B. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage and publication
Approved Feb 70, 1875. ~" COPY.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-18
Published March 8. 1875. |
WI A DTEp 101


AN ACT relating to cemeteries and cemetery
associations.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, repre-
scented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as fol-
lows:
SECTION 1. All cemetery associations and pro-
prietOrs of public cemeteries shall have authority
to prevent the erection, construction or mainte-
nance, within such cemeteries, of wooden fences,
ratings, or wooden structures of any kind, or of
any unsightly, offensive or dangerous structures,
headstones or monuments, and may after giving
reasonable notice to the owner or proprietor of
any cemetery lot, on which the same are situated,
remove or cause the same to be removed at the
expense of such proprietor. If such owner or
proprietor shall be resident of the county where
said cemetery is located the notice shall be per-
sonal; in any other case the notice may be served
by mail or by publication of such notice for
three successive weeks in a newspaper published
in the county where such cemetery is located, or
in a newspaper published in an adjoining county
or at the seat of Government of the State, if no
newspaper shall be published in the county
where such cemetery is located.
SEC. 2. This act shall be in force from and after
its passage and publication.
Approved March 2, 1875. s@COPY.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-18
Published March 6, 1875. I
CHAPTER 1917.
g@COPY.
AN ACT to provide for reimbursing the State

AN ACT to provide for reimbursing the State for
moneys paid in certain cases. Id
The people of the State of Wisconsin, represent
ed in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows
SECTION 1. Whenever any money shall have
been, shall hereafter be, appropriated from the
State Treasury to any person or persons on &C
count of the failure of the State to furnish
pee title to lands sold by the State to such person
or persons, it is hereby made the duty of the Sec
rotary of State to ascertain how much Ofthe money
paid by such person or persons on such lands
has been apportiOned and paid to any county for
other than school purposes.
SEC. ,. 1T shall be the duty of the Secretary of
State at the time of the annual appOrtionment of
the State taxes, in addition to the taxes now au-
thOrIzed by law, to certify an additional tax to
counties in which such lands are located, equal
to the amount paid to such county proceeds
from the sale of such lands, or other than school
purposes and such certificate shall further con-
tain a description of the lands on account of the
sale of which the additional tax is levied
SEC. 3. The County Board of Supervisors, at
the time of their annual meeting, shall add such
additional tax to either the State tax before it
is apportioned to the several towns, or to the
State tax of the town in which such lands
located after the State tax is apportioned, &C
Cording as either the county or the town in which
such lands are located shI II have received the
benefit of the moneys arising from the sale of
such lands.
SEC. q. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and publication.
Approved March 2, 1875. ES@COPY.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-18
Published March 3, 1875
on PTEP o.

AN ACT requiring notice to be gwen in cases
where accidents occur on account of insufficient
cy or want Of repair on highways.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented
in Senate and Assembly, do enact follows:
SECTION I. No action shall hereafter be had or
maintained in any court in this State against
any town for injuries received or damages
sustained, after the passage and publica-
ton of this act, through the insuffciency
or want of repair of any highway or
bridge unless notice shall have first been
given, in writing, to one or more of the Town
Board OF Supervisors of the town in which the
highway or bridge is situated by the person in
jured or claiming damage within sixty days Of the
time of the occurrence of such injury or damage
stating the place where such injury or damage
occurred, describing the insutficienCy or want of
repair which oCCasioned such injury or damage,
and that he she so injured or damaged will
claim satisfaction of such town.
SEC. B. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and publication.
Approved Feb. %, 1875. a~COPY.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-18
Published March 6, 1881
CHI pier 130

AN ACT to render women eligible to local
school Offices
The people of the State of Wisconsin, repre-
scented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows:
SECTION 1. Every woman of the age of twenty
one years and upward, residing in the district
within which the duties of the Office are to be
may be elected to the following school offices,
viz: The Office of Director, Treasurer, and Clerk
of school districts; Director and Secretary OF
Town Boards under the township system of
school government; member of a Board of Edu-
cation in cities; and County Superintendent oil
Schools.
SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent
with the provisions of this act are hereby re-
pealed.
SEC. 3 This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and publication.
Approved March 2 1875. - COPY.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-18

and informed his schoolmates that he
SPAIN but Your Royal Highness;'
that he was not to be touched by pie
beian hands, and that he never associated
with persons who were not of royal or
at least noble blood. Wen Prince your
quoth the boys. So they treated the
exiled heir to good thrashing by way of
teaching him good manners, and his
mother forthwith took him away from
school,"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-18

to the craytish of the cave, one species
being white and blind while another
species had large black eyes and was of
various shades of brown color. A
number of living specimens of all the
aforementioned inhabitants of the
waters of the cave were successfully
brought to Massachusetts, after having
been kept in daylight for several weeks,
proving that all the blind cave animals
do not die on being exposed to light as
has been stated.-Ndture.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-18
Pub ished March 4, 1871.
EH PIER o.

AN ACT to amrnd Sec. 46 of the Wisconsin
School Code al relating to common schools.
The people of TIVE State of Wisconsin, repre-
scented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows:
SECTION /. Sec 46 of the Wisconsin School
Code Is hereby amended by adding to the end of
said section as follows: But any meeting of the
District Board he'd within the limits Ofthe school
district shall be considered legally constituted to
do business provided all the members are present
and do each then and here consent to call it a
meeting of the District Board: and preceded
farther, That the Board at any such meeting, not
previously called, shall not have power to pur-
chase school apparatus or to transact such other
business is provided for in Secs. 47, 81 and 50
Of said code; and it shall be the duty of the Dis
trict Clerk to record the transactions of such
meetings said record to be signed by the District
Clerk and the other members of the District
Board.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after
its passage and publication.
Approved March J. 1875. sy~COPY.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-18
Published March 3, 1875.

AN ACT to prevent the ensnaring or trapping of
deer.
The people Of the State of Wisconsin. repre-
sented IN Senate and Assembly, do enact as fol-
lows:
SECTION 1. 1t shall be unlawful for any person
Or persons to ensnare or trap, by any means or
device whatever, any deer, buck, doe, or fawn in
this State, and every person or persons who shall
violate the provisions of this act shall upon con-
viCtion thereof be subject to a penalty of not
less than ten nor more than twenty-five dollars
for each and every offense.
SEC. , Justices of the Peace shall have iuris-
dictiOn to try and determine all cases arising
under this act: Pr0U5ded, That the defendant
shall not be deprived Of a jury trial, nor of his
rights of appeal as in other cases.
SEC. ). This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after it's passage and publication.
Approved Feb. %. 1875 E@@COPY.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-18
Published March 8, 1874
A Nm No

AN ACT to amend Sec. 35 of Chap. 243 of the
laws of 1874 entitled :" An act relating to pub
lie printing. ,,r.-.:-, -.
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows: -, g.,
SECTION 1. Sec IS of Chap. PAS of the laws of
1874 is hereby amended by adding to said section
fbe following proviso: PrOgided, That said
work of printing, stereotyping and binding can
ne done in this State well and at as low price
as elsewhere.
SEC. @ This act shall take effect and be In force
from and after it's passage and publication
Approved March /, 1875. CoF1'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-18
" ACTS OF GENERAL INTEREST"
Published March 3, 1875.
CHAPTER n.

AN ACT to amend Chap. 90 of the Revised Stat
utes, entitled ''Of the powers of the Circuit
Court over the estate of infants, Insane per
sons and habitual drunkards.n
The people of the State of Wisconsin, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows:
SECTION 1. Proceedings for the conveyance of
any real estate by an infant, for the sale OF the
real estate of any infant in any of the cases pro-
vded in Chap ninety-six (96) of the Revised Stat
term of the Circuit Court, and the Circuit Judge
may make any order in such proceedings at cham
bers in vacation which the court would be au-
thorized to make. And any order so made by the
Circuit Judge in any such proceeding which shall
hereafter be commenced in any Circuit Court
shall have the same force and effect if the same
had been made by the court.
SEC 2. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after it's passage and publication.
Approved Feb 20, 1875. GyCOPY.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-18
Antiquarian Discovery.

AN editor man is very sore (the
wound is too new to allow of names be-
ing mentioned) at having recently been
thoroughly hoaxed A copy of an an
Gent inscription was sent for insertion to
local, the original of which was pro-
fessedly taken from stone found in ex-
cavating the foundation of some new
buildings in Queen Victoria street. The
following note accompanied it, and, with
the inscription, duly appeared:
&C inclose copy of an inscription in
medieval Latin, from a stone discovered
during the excavation in Queen Victoria
street, where, as you are aware, there
formerly stood church dedicated to a
Saxon saint and missionary, of whom
many traces and relics still exist. He is
known to the monkish chroniclers by the
name of Uncatus Ambulans.
Perhaps copy might be suitable for
your we'll known and extensively-read
paper, and some of your antiquarian
readers may be able to supply transla-
ton:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-18
"I-SABILLI-HGRES-AGO.
-FORTIOUS-ES-IN-ARO-
NOSCE-MARI-THEBE-TR UX
VOLTS TAYNTEHE ZINC AT nTrU 3,

A metrical translation was forward
ed next day, and was inserted with note
that we eve knew all the time it was a
hoax, and only inserted as a joke" but
those who saw Arthur just after he had
received the translation say they cannot
reconcile his look of agonized horror and
the awful profanity of his language with
his public explanation.
Inscription on stone discovered on
the site of Church of ST. Walker, called
by the monkish chroniclers "Uncatus
Ambulans" (Hookey Walker):
say, Billy, here's go,
Forty 'ouses in a row,
No, see Mary! they be trucks;
Vot is in 'em? Peas and ducks.
-London Paper-TTade Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-18
Published March E. 1851

%.
AN ACT to repeal Sec. ten C0l of Chap. seventy
nine (79) OF the general laws of 1871, entitled
An act authorizing County Boards of Super
visors to appoint land inspectors and to define
their duties and the duties of the clerks OF the
Boards of Supervisors and Assessors"
The people of the State of Wisconsin, represent
ed in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows
SECTION 1. Sec. ten (10) of Chap. seventy nine
G9) OF the general laws of 1871 is hereby re-
pealed.
SEC 2. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage and publication.
Approved March 2 1875 - COPY.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-18

The Rev. Samuel Watson, of Mem
phis, kicked at dog the other day and
fell and broke his leg. The dog grinned
and passed around a corner.-Detroat
Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-18

The agonies of bachelor life are
never more wildly presented than in the
struggle with a fractions oollar.button
on winter morning. ~ s-s
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-18

The London Times has had to pay
$500 for calling a man rascal, but En-
gland never was much of a country.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-18

Parting the hair on the side is fash
ion entirely out Of date save among bal
let girls and old men.
The daily Argus., 1875-10-12
aOUTHE RN
Hon H l..
HOTE Il.
E, ST. LOUIS,
Fronting on Walnut, 4th and 9th sts,
LAVEILLE, WARNER & co,
PROPRIETORS.

During the past year this Hotel has been
thoroughly overhauled, re painted, re-fres-
coed, re- carpeted and furnished from
top to bottom, and is frst-class in all re-
spects.
The "soUTHERN" is located near the
center of business, the theaters, and all
places of amusements. Its tables are sup
phed with the best the markets afford, and
there is 10 the Hotel building the neatest
RESTAURANT in the city for Ladies and
Gentlemen.
There have been added twenty Eve bath
rooms and closets also, fourteen large
sample rooms on the Office floor, especially
suited to travelling men who have goods to
show.
The proprietors are determined that the
SOUTHERN HOTEL" shall be among the
best hotels of the country, and hope to
greet their old friends, as we'll as many
new ones, promising every attention that
will add to their comfort, and make them
feel at home.
There is an improved elevator leading
from the first floor. Railroad and steam
boat ticket Offices, news stand, and West
ern Union Telegraph Office in rotunda Of
Hotel.
The daily Argus., 1875-10-12

No. 2. No. 6. NO. 4.
Day Ex. Pack N'htEx
Ex.Sun. Daily. Ex, Sat.
Il Sun.