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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-16
An Empty Honor.

THE bankruptcy of a Baronet and ex-
Lord Mayor is not a usual occurrence,
though it would be of little account if it
did not point a moral. Mr.. Stills John
Gibbons, a respectable London tradesman,
who had been for many years an Alder
man, became in due course, two or three
years ago, Lord Mayor of London, and
strutted his brief year on the stage, being
made a Baronet during his term. That
over, he sank back into his position as an
Alderman. A few weeks g it was an
nounced that, owing to ill-health, he had
resigned his aldermanic gown, and we
were all sympathizing with him. A little
later his name appeared in the fatal Gazette
among the names of bankrupts, and he is
now undergoing the process Of whitewasL-
ing. The moral | alluded to is this: He
was doing a comfortable business, and if
he had been contented with that might
have retired in a few years and lived con-
fortably the rest of his days. But no-the
height of a London tradesman's ambition
is to be Lord Mayor for one brief year,
and poor Gibbons could not resist his des-
tiny. The result was that the e10, 900 or
els, 900 it cost him {besides the salary
during those short twelve months was
more than his business would justify or
his capital could stand, and the result is
his downfall and the prospect of spending
the rest of his days in poverty. 1t is the
old story of the silly moth.-L0nd0n Cor.
Chicago Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-16
The Week of Prayer in England.

ACCORDING to its usual custom, the Brit
lsh Branch of the Evangelical Alliance
has issued a programme of the topics to.
be used during the coming week of pray
er, the first week in January, 1916. The,
programme is as follows:
Sunday, Jan. &Sermons: The love of
God perfected in him who "keepeth His.
word" l. John, ii. 5.
Monday, Jan. 3-Thanksgiying and Con.
~fession: A retrospect of the year.
Tuesday, Jan. 4Praver for the church
OF Christ: For the members recently added
to the church; for the union of true be-
levers in fraternal fellowship and active CO.
operation; for the removal of error, the in
crease Of goodness, and a clearer testimony
among believers to the doctrines and power
OF the Gospel of the grace Of God.
Wednesday, Jan. prayer for families:
For goddess parents; for prodigal sons; for
children at school; for those entering upon
professional and commercial life; for wild
ows and orphans; for sons and daughters in.
foreign lands; and for all who are mentally
or otherwise afflicted.
Thursday, Jan. 6-Prayer for rulers,
magistrates and statesmen; for soldiers and
sailors; for national institutions; for phil
anthropic and charitable societies; for pris-
oners and captives, andsfor the prosecuted
and oppressed.
Friday, Jan. Prayer for foreign mis-
sions: Matthew xviii. 10.
Saturday, Jan. S-Prayer for all nations:
For the maintenance of peace; for the cessa-
ton OF tumults, wars and civil strife; for
the remova of intemperance, immortality
and infdelity from the land, and that the
fruits of the earth may be brought forth
plentifully in their season.
Saturday, Jan. 9-Sermons: The ultimate.
triumph. Psalm Xxi. II.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-16

must be retaken, or American justice will be
the laughing-stock Of the world. His escape
was precisely similar to that of Harry Genet's.
He was driven to his house by a Deputy
Sheriff, asked permission to see his wife, left
the deputy cooling his heels IN the parlor,
and walked off, too safe to run.
The World intimates its belief that the
custodians of Tweed connived at his
escape, and says it is probable that they
have been ~stipendiaries of the prisoner for
months, granting him, for a consideration,
those favOrs which are always for sale at a
debtors prison. Whether captured or not,
his property will serve to satisfy the iudg-
ments, against him in the suits to recover the
plumber taken from the city. The Wor1dsays
that Sheriff Conner and Warden Durham are
liable to a fine of 81, GOO and one years i'm
prisonment for their neglect, and if Tweed is
not forthcoming they viii be apt to get the
full benefit of the law.
The Times says that whatever penalty can
be exacted from Sheriff Conner ought TO be
insisted on to the uttermost.
There is no cessation to-day to the excite
ment created on Saturday night throughout
the city by the announcement of the escape
of Tweed. Police Commissioner Matsell has
no theory in regard to the escape, but said
emphatically that in his opinion there was
collision somewhere. Supt. Walling at a late
hour this evening stated that thus far not the
slightest clew had been obtained by him
which might put him on the track of the fugi-
tive, as the police were unable TO find any
person who saw the coach which is supposed
to have carried Tweed off or the driver of tho
coach, who had been left at his residence by
the Sheriff's officers. The Sherlff's deputies
are securing the city also without any result.
The police are still of opinion that Tweed
passed out of the front basement door and
was taken to Sixtieth street and East River,
where he embarked in a small steam vessel.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-16
Gold Goes Where 1t Is Desired.

The wildcat initiation organ, which be-
leVes only in i~rredeemable, ~fiuctuating,
deprecated scrip for money, says:
The proposition that an increased supply
(ot gold would come to the nation merely
because more would be neededis as absurd as
would be the declaration tina the individual
has only to desire gold to possess a sufiicien-
cy OF it. The idea that wherever the gold
Is needed there will the gold speedily and
directly find its way'' is eminently worthy
the ignorance and innocence of the dark
ages.
Notwithstanding these dogmatic asser-
tons, it is a fact that gold does flow where
1t is desired, and that where it is needed
gold speedily finds its way. When it is
not desired It never circulates, but stays
away. What people do not desire in the
way OF any particular kind of property or
goods is not thrust upon them in defiance
of their wish. In order to possess gold
or any other valuable object, the first thing
necessary is to desire to have it. When
the people desire to have gold
in circulation as money they will speedily
find a way to obtain it. A country which
produces from its mines from eighty to
a hundred millions a year of gold and sill
yer can surely keep some of it If it de-
sires to, and more especially when the
same country produces from three to four
hundred millions o fsurplus cotton, bread
stuffs and petroleum for annual exporta-
ton, and has the power to fabricate and
export other hundreds of millions worth
OF manufactures whenever the people
choose to adopt 6. fiscal system that re-
moves the barriers and distractions there
to. The banks of the United States can
import a hundred millions of gold when
ever they see fit to export o~ne-quarter of
the bonds in their possession. There are
ways and means in abundance in this
country for obtaining all the coin needed
to support resumption whenever the peo-
pie desire the gold and conclude to re-
sumo, aud he that denies it shows that he
is too stupid to comprehend what he is
talking about.-ChicagO Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-16
THE IL rs.
NEW YORK.


LIVE SroCK.-Beef Cattle-s1O.W@1S25 q. Hogs
Live, S7.60@7.75. ~Sheep-Live, S4.50@6.50.
Observation-Disclosures to choice, $3.50
800; white wheat extra, S6.O598.W. Wheat-No.
2 Chicago, 81 .25@1.2 f No. 2 Northwestern.
S .25@1.26; No. 2 Milwaukee spring, $3.50
129. Rye-Western and State, 87@95c. Bar.
ley-$1.05@1.1.. Corn-Mixed Western, 73Q
74Mc. Oats-Mixed Western, 42044c.
PRovIsIoNs.-Pork-Mess, S222S022. SO. Lard
Prime Steam New, 12A@12%c. Cheese-f
@12hc.
WooL.-Domestic Fleece, 1866.
CHICAGO.
LIVE SToCK.--Beeves-Choice, $4,000 10;
good, S4.5005.25; medium, S4O0a4.5O; butch
ers' stock, S2.75@4.OO; stock cattle, $4,000
3.75. Hogs-Live, S6.S597.5O. Sheep--Good to
choice, S3.85@4.5O.
PRovIsIoNs.-Butter-ChoIce, 25032c. Eggs
Fresh, A025c. Pork-Mess, S19.15019.2O
Lard-S12. 15012.20.
BRHADsTUFFs.-Flour-White Winter Extra.
S5.25@7.50; spring extra, $4.5O95.75. Wheat
Spring, No. ?, $1.0lA@1.O1A. Corn--No. 2. 45h
@45Ac. Oats--No. 2, 29A@30c. Rye-No. 2
6S@6SHc. Barley-No. 2, S4h @S5c.
LUMBm.-First and Second Clear, 5000
S12.OOQ13.00; "a" Shingles, S2.7503O0; Lath.
S1.75@2.U0.
EAST LIBERTY.
LIVE SToeK-Beeves-Best, 6 .00@6. 40: me.
dunn, S4.5O@5.0. Hogs-Yorkers, $1,000. 20;
Philadelphias S7.50@7.75. Sheep-Best, 5000
SIS; medium, $4.5004.75.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-16

a sERvANT-GIRL of Franklin, Mass,
has been gathering hanna ltcame down
through the air, a few days ago, in the
shape of a shower Of twenty-fve-cent
scrip. The wind was blowing ~furiously,
but by hard work she gathered up, here
and there, $23 worth, while others got $40
more. The money was fresh from the
treasury and, as there was a pile of boards
near, 1t is supposed that it was stolen anu
laid there, and that the high wind had
forced q circulation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-16
A Strange Affection.

A YOUNG lady in Springfield, Mass,
who four or five years ago injured her
spine by a coasting accident, has since
that time exhibited some extraordinary
abnormal symptoms, which the Union
thus describes: "She is subject to a
strange variety Of attacks-all due, doubt
less, to one general cause, yet queer
enough to be classed phenomenal. Some
times she is blind; again, she is stricken
with deafness; subsequently recovering
both these senses, she will sing and play
with an ease and dexterity which, it is de-
clared, were impossible to her before her
accident. To-day she may be in appar-
emily good health; tomorrow she may be-
come helpless, and remain bedridden for
weeks. A particularly distressing form
of her malady is the closing up Of her
throat, so that she can only take liquid
food, and that through a tube. On one
occasion she received a gentleman caller
with much cordially and grace, and then
Immediately got down on all-fours and
crawled under the table, refusing for
some time to speak or stir; yet she is not
considered insane, as her mind is most OF
the time perfectly clear. During her sim
gular illness she has acquired a great love
for morphine, which she now eats in large
quantities. Strange to say, she seems to
thrive and grow fat upon it, and there is
probably no girl of eighteen in Spring
field who is fairer or more attractive in
person than she, in spite of this habit and
the many and severe trials she has been
called to pass through"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-16

MADAM" he said, "you see before
you a blighted fellow.creature! l amt a
tramp, marin, l amt! I have hadmy little
store Of wealth laid away for these rainy
days; but alb! marin, a relative and spec
ulation brought me to this sad state in
which you see me! I was long on E.
railroad stock, marin, and-eh? Wood?
Mel Me saw that wood? Madam, 7 feel
you cannot "ealize my situation. Good
morning!"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-16
" Boss" Tweed Escapes From the Gus
t0dy of His Jailers.
NEW YORE Dac Z

New YORK, Dec. d.
This evening, about TIA, VIM. NJ. Tweed
escaped from the custody of officers while on
a visit to his wife at his old home, corner of
Madison avenue and Fifteenth street.
It seems that for several weeks back Mr..
Tweed has been taken from Ludlow Street
Jail to his house, about six o'clock, where he
remained a short time with his family. On
this occasion Tweed asked the officers to per-
NIT him to have a few moments private con-
versation with his wife. This privilege was
granted him, and he went upstairs. After
he had been gone about fifteen minutes the
officers concluded that it was about time to
start for Ludlow, and asked a son of the Boss
to step upstairs and call his father. The
young man went up, and after a few moments
returned, and in the coolest manner possible
told the Sheriff:
"Pa is gone. He is not upstairs"
Then ensued a scene. The officers rushed
up and down stairs, searched every possible
spot where the burly form of the Boss"
could be concealed, but all in vain. He had
broken from his tolls and was making one
bold effort for liberty. The telegraph was set
in operation, and men dispatched II every
UlrCCJlOu III SGdICu Vi luC AuSAtl'S'
Sheriff Conner joined in the hun and had
men sent to cover every possible place of
exit from the city. Matsell and Walling
joined the party and assisted III deVising
means to secure the capture OF the noted
criminal. But it was the unanimous feeling
that all their efforts would prove futile, and
that even then he was far beyond their reach.
The police called at the residence of the
notorious Mrs. McMulien, but, as was antici-
pated, no trace of him was found in that
quarter.
The precise manner of his escape isstill un-
known, but it is thought that it was done
through the sanction of the jail warden and of
friends in league; that he was at once taken to
the bay and placed on a vessel that is now bear
ing him away to some South American State
where no extradition treaty can modest or
make him afraid.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-16

THE good God has more weapons than
we wot of, and more means of grace than
are counted in the catechism. The touch
Of q little child's hand has opened many g.
door through which the Master has after
ward come in and sat down and supped.-
Hrs. Charles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-16
II is of immense importance whether

II is of immense importance whether
the very earliest impressions are for or
against religious truth. Even before any
intelligent estimate can be made there may
be an unconscious bent of thought, a men
tai attitude taken which is of the greatest
consequence. Such a bent of tie mind
may color all subsequent teaching.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-16

THE knowledge is small which we have
on earth concerning those things that are
done in heaven; Notwithstanding, this
much we know even of saints in heaven,
that they pray.-H00&sr..
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-16
NEW YORK, Dec. 5

The papers, editorially, to-day are loud in
their denunciation of Sheriff Conner for his
gross and culpable negligence. The Sheriff
is holden to the State for the full amount OF
the pecuniary damages which may be sus-
tanned in the suits against Tweed, but his
official bonds are only for 100000
The Herald says the escape of Tweed is the
crowning shame of a one series Of disgraces.
Nothing new could excel this in iDfamy but
the failure of the police to retake him. Tweed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-16
A Thought for Infidels.

THE Springfield (Mass:) Republican S.
cribes all that is good in our Amer5usa
civilization to a belief in Jesus Christ:
Ono candid observer will DENY that
whatever of good there may be in our
American civilization is the product of
Christianity. Still less can he deny that
the grand motives which are working for
the elevation and publication of our So
ciety are strictly Christian. The immense
energies Of the Christian church, stimu-
lated by a love that shrinks from no OBJ
stacle, are all bent toward this great aim
of universal publication. These millions
Of sermons and eXhortations, which are q
constant power for good, these countless
prayers and songs of praise, in which the
heavy-laden lift their hearts above the
temptations and sorrows of the world, are
all the product Of faith in Jesus Christ.
That which gives us protection by day
and by night-the dwellings we live in,
the clothes we wear, the institutions of
social order-all these are the direct off
spring Of Christianity. All that dis
tinguishes us from the Pagan world-all
that makes US what We are, and all that
stimulates US in the task of making US
better than we are-is Christian. A
belief in Jesus Christ is the very fountain
head of everything that is desirable and
praiseworthy in our civilization, and this
civilization is the flower of time. Human
ity has reached its noblest thrift, its grand
est attitudes of excellence, its high-water
mark, through the influence of this faith"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-12-16

THEY pray the best who pray and watch,
They watch the best5who watch and pray
They hear Christ's fingers on the latch
Whether He comes by night or day.
Whether they guard the gates and watch
Or, patient, toll fer Him and wait,
They hear His fngers~on the latch,
If early He do come, or late.
-Re, E17n1rI Hopp<r
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-24
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
Election OF Trustees.

At the meeting Of the Stockholders
Of tho Carson Agricultural Mining and
Mechanical Society, held last evening,
pursuant to published notice for thirty
days Captain H.ynie in the absence
Of the President. WIS -l."'ed Chairman
pro tenn A. Waltz acted as Secretary
The object of the meeting being the
election Of seven trustees for the epsu-
ing year, the following gentlemen were
placed in nomination George ellison,
A. B. Boles. r. E. Kelley. Capt. Hay
ME O. P. Willis. Fred. Danebure. Nat.
Rinklc. George Tufy, Theo. Winters.
d. W. G. Gibson. Jacob Tcbriner. H.
n Yerington and A. W. Pray.
Aessrs. Danebure, Tufly, Tobriner,
Rinkle. Hsynie, ellison and Boles hav-
ing received a majority of all the votes
cast. were declared duly elected
No further business appearing. the
meeting adjourned sine die.
A WATT, Secretary.
The newly elected Trustees met and
elected Mr.. Geo. Tuhy President and
Treasurer. The election Of Secretary
was postponed until their next meeting,
which will be held on Monday evening
the 25:h instant.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-24

San Francisco, October 23-3 Pm
California sold at 63, the same price bid
for it this morning; Ophir So. $685.,
now bid; Mexican 20s. Confidence 22s..
Point %, Best i Belcher 51i,. Savage
IS. Chollar 76. Empire Mil %. Gould
& Curry 2Ua.. Very little is doing.
Most of the brokers and operators have
gone to tho races.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-24
Rules Adopted by the Board sf
PardOns.

The folloving rules were adopted by
the State Board of Pardons Yesterday;
l. The regular meetings o. the Board
! shall be held on the second Monday OF
January. April, July and October Of each
! year.
2. Specinl meetings NAV be called bv
/ the Governor at any time when the ext
! Gencies Of any case demand it. notice
thereof being given to each member of
| the Board.
B. No application for the remission Of
a fine or forfeiture, or for Communication
OF sentence or pardon shall be consider
ed by the Board unless presented in the
form and manner required by the law of
this State, approved February Doth,
1875"
4. In every case where the applicant
has been confined in the State Prison,
he or she must procure a written cer:if-
cate Of his or her condnc, during such
confinement from the Warden Of said
prison, and file the same with the Sere-
tary of this Board on or before the day
Of hearing.
,. All oral testimony offered upon the
hearing of any case must be presented
under oath, unless otherwise directed by
a majority Of the Board
6. Action by the Board upon everv
case shall be IN private unless otherwise
ordered by the consent Of all the mem
bers present
Z. After a cas-. has been once acted
upon, and the relief asked for has been
refused, it shall not within IL months
thereafter be again taken up or con.id-
cred upon any of the grounds specified
in the original application. except by the
consent Of all the members of the Board. |
8. In voting upon any application the
roll of members shall be called by the |
Secretary of the Board, in the following
order:
First-The Attorney General.
Second-The Junior Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court.
Third-The Senior Associate Justice.
Fourth-The Chief Justice.
Fifth-Ths Governor.
Each member when his name is called
shall declare his vote "for'' or against"
the remission of the fine or forfeiture.
of sentence, pardon or re-
to citizenship.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-24
HOTEL ARRIVALS.


PARDoNEp.-It is not generally under.
stood by the people at large that oul
Board Of Pardons have the power to
remit fines and penalties imposed by
Justices Of the Peace throughout the
State. But the fact exists that the State
Board Of Pardons possess the power Of
remitting any fines Or folfeitures imposed
anywhere within our State jurisdiction
Yesterday a case Of pardon of this char
acter was granted. 1t was that Of Kate
Miller, Of Eureka, convicted of disturb
ing the peace and quiet of q family and
sentenced to pay fine of 1892. to which
was added the sum Of $57 25 costs.
Failing to pay the fine and costs, Kate
was ordered to imprisonment in the
county Jail to serve out her sentence at
the usual rate of 81 per day. She was
imprisoned on the 9th CT July, and on
the representation that her punishment
had been already sufficient. the Board of
Pardons yesterday RENTED the remain
der Of j. and ordered her release.
Horse THIEVES CAusHr-About ten
days ago some horses and mules, seven
animals in all, we're stolen from the Five
Mile House, north Of this city. and the
matter Of their recovery placed in the
hands of Detective Lackey and Consta-
bles Baldwin and Smith. Two Ne1i-
cans were arrested in Austin a dav or
two ago upon suspicion Of being the
thieves. and last evening Ben Lack.y
departed for Battle Mountain, there to |
meet the Sheriff of Lander county and |
escort the prisoners to this ci.y.-Va
GINA Chronicle.
WANTS TO MEET HIS HAN.-Johnnv
Sullivan, the patron and champion of
the manly. is IN the city. In answer to
a question put yesterday by the reporter
as to tho length of his stay here, be said
he was here to fight Trevillian, and no
other man, and he wanted to stay just
long enough to meet and whip his man.
Enterprise Of yesterday.
CoNcERr.-By . notice in our adver-
llsing columns it will be seen that the
Vieuxtemps Brothers will give a vocal
and instrumental concert at the public
school house on Thursday next. They
will be assisted BY amateurs from Day.
ION. Tho entertainment will be given
n the interest Of the public school,
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, IN
aurd will oficiate to-day morning and
|vsning, at the usual hours,
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-10-24
THk ALARM OF FIRE, yesterday after

THk ALARM OF FIRE, yesterday after
noon, was caused by the burning of a
wash house in the vicinity Of China
town.
TEE FAvoRIrK.-The Bank Exchange Saloon
corner Of King and Ormsby streets. is becoming
tn. favorits resort Of this city. The great
attraction il Frederic ksburg Beer. while the
best Of wines, liquors and cigars are. also. sold
at the bar nrst class Pedro Gsme for the
amusement Of guests, cold lunch at all hours
and hearty good cheer for all are its recommend
jations to public favor. Il. X. Brown il the
proprietor.
PIANO TcNfNe.-Prcfessor Jacob xesh, the
well-hnown piano tuner, will arrive in Carson
City, on Wednesday. the 7Oth day Of October.
and remain long enoagh to put in order all
pianos or organs that may require his assist
Gnee. Orders left at the stores Of John G. Fox.
Chas. W. Friend, and Al the City Market. with
John p. Eeder, the proprietor. will be promptly
attended to on the arrival Of the Professor.
IMPORTANT. Endorsed by he Medical pro
fession. Dr. WIN. HALLS BALsAM FOR TEE
LUNGS cures COUGHS. Colds and Consumption,
and all diseases Of the Throat and Chest DIR.
TOWNSHIPS ToOTHACHE ANODYNE cures
Lin one MINUTE. mhl2-6m
:. J. WHITE. N. o., Physician and Surgeon.
Nonce more at his old quarters over Fosters
Drag Store, Carson Street, opposite the Capitol.
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