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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-08-24
a Troublesome Ten-DOIIar Bill.

A Cohoes on. 7. man was recently sent
to the penitentiary in default of ten dollars
to pay his fine. A highly esteemed Tro-
jan, feeling an interest in the impecunious
citizen, proceeded to Albany and paid the
fine with ten-dOllar bill to Deputy Su-
perintendent of the penitentiary. The
Deputy Superintendent handed the ten
dollar bill over to a convict whose term
had expired, and who was only waiting for
the customary donation to long term pris-
oners before leaving. The liberated pris-
oner proceeded to the business part of AL
bany and attempted to purchase goods with
the money, The merchant, glancing
doubtfully at his convict garb, concluded
that he must be willful passer of counter
felt money, and straig htway the free man
of an hour found himself again under lock
and key.
The for once unjustly accused ex-con-
vict communicated by messenger with the
Deputy Superintendent, who soon APP
peared and freed him. The deputy
shortly after startled the estimable
Trojan by appearing at his office and de
handing eleven dollars to make good the
suspected bill and his expenses. The de-
mand was suitably honored, and the Tro-
jan received back the supposed counter
felt. A number of Troy experts then pro-
nounced the bill perfectly good, and the
Trojan telegraphed to the Deputy Super
intendent to return the surplus dollar paid
for travelling expenses. Here was an I'M
fortunate ex-convict prosecuted, an estima-
bic Trojan suspected, and jealous prison
official put to great deal of unnecessary
expense, all for the reason that an Albany
merchant Jumped at conclusions" and
decided that a ten-dOllar bill in the hands
of penitentiary guest must necessarily
be a Ounterfeit.-AIba7gg IN. " Argus.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-08-24

is one of the obstructionists. Theline
was laid as far as her property last
week, when it was brought to an
a0rupt termination. On Sunday the
tracklayerS stole march on the oppo-
sition. They went to work early, and
by the afternoon the iron road was laid
in approved style over the unpurchasa-
BILE property. The lady was taken at
disadvantage, and her opinion of the
encroachment was not modified by the
reflection that the day was not one OF
which to obtain legal assistance. She
had tue right on her side, however,
whatever the day might be, and had
mother-wit enough to offset the trick
that had been played her. In due tine
the locomotive came putting along the
new line. The old lady went putting
out to meetit. She took up a position
on the track and faced the monster.
Several men who had come up on the
engine went to her and tried to per-
suade her to leave. The woman re-
fused, and the engine backed down,
leaving her mistress of the SituatiOn.-
San Francisco Bulletin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-08-24
State Fairs and Expeditions.

Connecticut State Fair, Hartford, Sept. 1c
to Is. S. NJ. Wells, Secretary
California State Fair, Sacramento, Sept. Is
to %. Robert Beck, Secretary.
Chicago Industrial Exposition, Chicago,
Sept 6 to Oct. 9. I. P. Reynolds, Secretary.
Des Moines, Iowa, Burlington, Sept. 10 to
%. E. q. Parsons, Secretary.
Illinois State Fair, Ottawa, Sept. 1 to g..
S. d. Fisher, Secretary.
Indiana State Fair and Exposition, Indian
apolis, Sept. % to Oct. Is. Alex. Heron,
Secretary.
Iowa State Fair, Cedar Rapids, Sept II to
Is. John r. Shaffer, Secretary.
Massachusetts State Agricultural Society,
Boston, no fair. Chas. L. Flint, Secretary.
Michigan State Fair, Jackson, September
Is to %. c. F. KimbalI, Secretary.
Kansas Agricultural Society, Topeka, no
fair. Alfred Gray, Secretary.
Kansas City Exposition, Kansas City, Mo-,
September Is to %. d. L. Hall, Secretary
Kentucky State Agricultural Society, Lex
ington, no fair JAS. Miller, Secretary.
Minnesota State Fair, st. Paul, October 8
to 6. R. c. Judson, Secretary.
Nebraska State Fair, Lincoln, September
y New W Jersey state Fair, Wamiy, September
Is to %. I. T. Quinn, Secretary.
New York State Fair, Albany, September
II to Is. L. Harrison Secretary.
Northern Ohio Fair, Cleveland, September
IL to Is. Sam. Briggs, Secretary
Northeastern Iowa Fair, Dubuque, Sep
TENDER to s. NJ s. Robson, Secretary.
Ohio State Fair, Columbus, September to
s. j. HI. Klippart, Secretary.
Oregon State Fair, Salem, Oct to Is. E.
M. Waite, Secretary.
Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society,
Harrisburg, no fair. D. W. Seller, Secretary.
Southern Ohio Fair, Dayton, Sept. Is to 20.
John A. Miller, Secretary.
st, Louis Agricultural and Mechanical
Fair, st. Louis, Oct. to 7. G. o. Kalb,
Secretary.
st. Joseph Agricultural Exposition, ST..
Joseph, Sept. 25 to 80. j. T. Imbrie, Secre-
tary.
West Virginia Central Agricultural Fair,
Clarlsburg, Sept. 10 to q. George Bastable,
Secretary.
Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Sept. IL to 16. w.
w. Field, Secretary.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-08-24
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

On the 18th, the joint resolution
proposing an amendment to the Constitu-
ton prohibiting appropriations for sectarian
schools was read a third time in the Senate.
A Conference Committee was appointed on
the bill to defray the expenses of the Dis
trict of Columbia until Dec. l, 1876. Bills
were passed-House bill to provide for the
sale of certain Cherokee scrip lands in
Kansas; to print a report of the proceed
ings of the Belknap Impeachment trial: APP
propriating $500, 900 to pay judgments of the
Court of Claims. Conference reports on the
Legislative, Executive and Judicial aud
on the Consular and Diplomatic Appropria-
ton bills were made and agreed to- The
bill to carry into effect the Hawaiian treaty
was debated. 49,. In the House, Conference
reports on the Consular and Diplomatic and
the Legis. alive, Executive and Judicial APP
preparation bills, and on the bill to regulate
the distribution of artificial limbs to sol
diers and sailors, were agreed to. Another
conference was ordered on the Indian APP
preparation bill. The Senate bill post
poning the publication of the Army Register
was passed. The political discussion was
resumed, and Mr.. Lynch made a speech in
reply to MIR. Lamar.
On the 14th, in the Senate. a resOlu-
ton was passed for the appointment of a
bers of each house, to prepare a suitable
government for the District of Column hia
The House bill for the sale of saline lands
was amended and passea, as was also the
House hill to authorize the President to ac-
cept the services of volunteers to aid in the
Indian war. After a lengthy debate the bill
to ca ry into eff ct the Hawaiian treaty was
pa sed-29 to II. The Conference report
on the bill to regulate the issue of artificial
limbs to disabled Union soldiers and sailors
was agreed to- The House Joint resolution
proposing an amendment to the Constitution
prohibiting the appropriation Of money for
the support of sectarian schools was, after a
long debate, rejected by st let party vote
20 yeas to 10 nays-less than two-thirds in
the affirmative. Mr.. Spencer offered a reso-
luton providing for the appointments q COM
mittee OF five to inquire into alleged frauds
at The late election in Alabama. . In the
House, Henry Watterson, Of Kentucky, was
sworn in as the successor OF the late Mr.
Parsons. The Conference report on the
Indian Appropriation bill was agreed to. A
message was received from the President in
regard to he River and Harbor bill, in which
he stated that il it had been compulsory to
expend the money therein appropriated he
would have vetoed it. but as it was not he
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-08-24

THE first prisoner out had almond
cOlored Whiskers, trouble with his
eyes, and his garments were proof that
he had rolled in the mud. When his
Honor asked him if he had even the
shadow of an excuse for his conduct
he stood back and said:
cone time there was a blamed old
mule, and that was me. He came to
Detroit to sell some oats, and that was
me again. When he had his cash in
his pocket he felt good-blast his eyes
and he asked the boys to go over and
take a drink. This old mule took
whisky for his, and that was me. Then
he took beer ON top Of it, and pretty
soon he felt so good that he 'he-haWed'
and 'ge-haWed' and pranced around
like circus horse. The first thing
the old fool knew he didn't know a
load of hay from bottle of hair-oil,
and that was me, and now you can
whale away
s'Mr Oakum, do you feelrepentant? %
inquired the Court.
GAS repentant as dog, and I've got
the stiffest neck and the worst head
ache you ever heard tell Of"
''Do you think you will do those
things again?''
II never will. Why, just look at
me once. See the mud and grass on
me-see the clay on my ears and the
paving-stones in my hair! Do I look
as if I'd ever make fool Of myself
again?''
II hope not, Mr.. Oakum. Strong
drink is a snake in the grass. Lager
beer is
Purity good, but don't want any
more" said the prisoner as the Court
hesitated. The police gave him his
knife and tobacco-box and he edged
out and hired boy to scrape off the
mud.-Detroit Free Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-08-24
The Christade1pIlians

THE Christadelphians are a society
of forty members of both sexes, who
meet every Sunday in Jersey City and
West Hoboken. They have no pas
tors. They take the Bible for their
standard, and believe that Christ will
return again bodily to earth and rule; ;
also that all the fragments Of bones,
dust and gases, iptO which all the de-
ceased human bodies that ever existed
have been resolved, will meet again,
and present precisely the same forms
they previously wore. This they are
to do upon the coming of Christ, who
will judge the reSurrected in regard to
their conduct in the former life. Those
individuals whom He considers evil
will live the allotted age of man on
earth, then die ard become spiritual
Iy extinct. The good will be glorifed
in aspect under Christ's manipula-
lions, become immortal, and reside
with Him forever upon the earth,
which is never to exchange its ex-
listing form, but is to remain perpet-
uaIly the abode of the blessed. The
Christadelphians further believe that
the orthodox Heaven has no existence,
and that the spirits Of those who die
will float off into space without ident-
ity, until called upon to again enter
their former tenements upon Christ
coming. All this they assert that they
find authority for in the Bible. In the
Jersey City congregation yesterday
were ten members, eight visitors and
four children. The service consistedof
prayer, Bible-reading, singing and
preaching, and upon the administra-
ton of the communion a decanter of
wine, goblet, ard a slice of bread
folded in napkin, were moved from
a side table to the reading-desk. One
of the members opened the napkin and
broke the bread in small pieces. An
other member passed it. Wine was
also poured in the goblet and passed. =
n. Y San.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-08-24
ABROAD.


On the 18th, President MacMahon di-
rected the liberation of 161 Communist
prisoners.
A SMALL boat, named the Centennial,
which left Gloucester, Mass, several
weeks ago, arrived on the coast of Wales
on the 18th, having successfully crossed
the ocean under the guidance of Mr.. John
son, its sole occupant. She was capsiZed
once during the voyage.
PRINCE MILAN returned to Belgrade on
the 18th The Servians were reported to
be greatly dispirited because Of the recent
Turkish successes.
A NEW circular in relation to fugitive
slaves has been issued by the British
Admiralty, in which commanders are
instructed to entertain no demand for
the return of fugitives on the ground Of
slavery.
VIENNA dispatches of the 18th say that
Servia had been compelled to pawn her
crown jewels for the sum of $4,000 forms
to provide for some immediate financial
demand.
A SHANGHAI dispatch Of the 14th an
nounces an attack by the natives upon a
French mission chapel at Ming Kooe, and
the murder Of the priest and many Of the
worshipers.
On the 18th the Queen prorogued the
British Parliament The customary
speech was read from the throne.
A RIOT occurred in Belfast, Ireland, on
the 10Th, between Lady day procession
and a crowd of spectators. The disturb
ance had not ended at last accounts. Sew
eral had been badly wounded.
BELGRADE dispatches of the 18th say
the Turks had occupied the pass Of Banja,
the Servians retiring without firing shot.
A report prevailed that England had
offered to mediate between Servia and
Turkey.
A CARA dispatch of the 18th reports that
an engagement had been fought the dav
peIore near Kucl between the MOntene-
grins and Turks, in which the former were
altogether successful.
BELGRADE kilograms of the 10th say
Prince Milan had issued d proclamation
declaring that Servia and Montenegro
would fight to the last. In the battle near
Kuci, the Turks lost over 5000 men.
THE statue of Livingston, the great AT
rican explorer, was unveiled at Edinburgh,
Scotland, on the 10Th.
On the 10Th a financial panic prevailed
throughout Portugal. Several banks had
been forced to suspend.
THE Scottish National memorial to
the late Prince Albert was unveiled at
Edinburgh, on the 18th, by Her Majesty
the Queen.
A BELGRADE telegram of the 18th states
that correspondents who had been writing
unfriendly to Servia had been ordered to
leave the country.
RECENT advices report famine in the
northern provinces of China Thousands
Of deaths were occurring daily.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-08-24
Presidents Message Relative to
Troops in the Indian Country.
WASHINGTON. Aug. II.

WASHINGTON, Aug. II.
The following message was sent by the
President to Congress today:
To the Senate and House of Representatives:
| transmit herewith a telegram of the 5th of
August inst. from Lieut. Gen. Sheridan to
Gen. Sherman, letter of the 18th of the pres
ent month from Gen. Sherman TO the Secre-
tary of War, and a letter from the latter of
the same date TO me, all setting forth the
possible needs of the army in consequence
of existing hostilities. [ would strongly
urge upon Congress the necessity for ma <
ing some provision for contingency which
may arise during the vacation for more
troops in the Indian country than it is now
possible to send. 1t would seem to me to be
much more economical and better to au-
thorize an increase of the present cavalry
force by $500 privates, but if this is not
deemed advisable, then that the President
be authorized to call out not exceeding five
regiments, 900 strong each, of volunteers,
to serve for a period not exceeding six
months. Should this latter authority be
given, would not order out any volunteers
unless, in my opinion, based upon reports
from the scene of war. deemed it absolute
ly necessary, and then only the smallest
number considered sufficient to meet the
emergency.
(Signed) u. s. GRANT
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Aug. II.
The following is Gen. Sheridan's letter
to Gen. Sherman:
CHICAGO, Aug. $40 Gen. W. T. Sher-
man, Washington. | have not yet been able
to reinforce the garrison at Red Cloud, at
Spotted Tail, or at Standing Rock, to count
the Indians or to arrest and disarm those
coming in. | beg of you to see the Military
Committee of the House and urge on it the
necessity of increasing the cavalry regi-
ments to 100 to each company. Gen. Crooks
total strength is liza, Terry's 1878,
and to give this force to them l
have stripped every post from
the line of Manitoba to Texas. We
want more mounted men. We have
not exceeded the law in enlisting Indian
scouts-in fact have not as many as the law
allows US. The whole number in this divs-
ion is only Ia. The Indians with Gen.
Crook are not enlisted, or even paid. They
are not worth paying. They are with him
only to crafty their desire for fight and
their thirst for revenge on the Sioux.
(SigneD ?. HI. SHERIDAN,
Northumberland.
A letter Of Gen. Sherman to the Secre-
tary of War Endorses the recommendations
of Ger. Sheridan, and the letter of the
Secretary of War recommends the same
to the President.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-08-24
to secure the required number as soon as

to secure the required number as soon as
possible.
Col. D. r. ANTHONY, editor of the
the Leavenworth Times, is the Republican
candidate for Governor of Kansas. For
Lieutenant-G Governor, NJ. j. Sutter; Sec
rotary of State, T. H. Cavanaugh; Treas
urer, John Francis.
THE Independent State Convention of
Indiana, called to fill vacancies on the
State ticket, was held at Indianapolis on
the 18th. Resolutions were adopted in
dorsing the platform of the Independent
State and National Conventions, and de-
nouncing the act of 1878 by which the
silver dollar was dropped from our
list of coins, and demanding its re-
turn; that free coinage should be encour-
aged to enable the Government to pay It's
obligations in silver, as it has a right to
do under original contract; that ali values
should be taxed equally, including Gov
eminent bonds and greenbacks. Nomi-
nations were then made to fill the yacan-
cies on the State ticket.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-08-24
How the Turks Regard Paper
Money.

The Turks are infidels, immoral, cruel
and corrupt, but they have at least one
grain of sense. A proposition to emit
paper money, according to Constantine
pie correspondent, is regarded with dis
may" which means that the subjects of
the Porte, with all their faults and degra-
dalton, foresee what the results must inev-
itably be, and, appalled, at the thought,
"regard with dismay" the proposition to
initiate the s.currency, put the National
finances on a false basis, create apparent
prosperity, and eventually bring ruin upon
the whole business fabric of the Nation.
They will, no doubt, issue the paper money
as "war measure" it may be; but the
Turk goes into it with his eyes
open. He knows that it is a de-
IuoIUn ana snare, and is i" dis
mayed" He knows that it will enrich the
rich and impoverish the poor; that it will
load his country with debt double and
treble in amount the value received; that
it will foster extravaganza and engender
all kinds of official corruption, Of which
Turkey already has more than her share
Of course he is " dismayed." Not SO the
cheerful American 6 statesman" of infia
ton proclivities. He puts his trust in pa
per mills and printing presses, looks upon
money owed as money owned, laughs to
scorn the teachings of the effete civiliza-
tions of the Old WorId,' and demands
cheap money" AS between the two one
cannot but feel that in the matter of brains,
the g heather in his blindness is decided
ly ahead of those " enlightened" idiots, Of
whatever political party, who are seeking
to defer resumption, and, if possible, in
fate the currency of this country. Boston
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-08-24
How a Woman Stopped a Loco
motive.

THE Central Pacific Railroad Com
pany, in the construction of their
branch line between Oakland and
Berkeley, have met with a show of
opposition on the part of one or two
property-Owners living in the vicinity
of the latter place. The objection
raised by the landholders has not been
to the formation Of the line, but to the
compensation they have been offered
for the right of way. An elderly lady
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-08-24
The BObOlinks Song.

| HAVE noticed that the bobolink
does not sing the same in different To-
calities. In New Jersey it has one
song; on the Hudson slight variation
of the same, and on the high grass
lands of the interior of the State, quite
q different Strain-clearer, more dis
tinctly articulated, and running off
with more sparkle and spirit. 1t
reminds one of the clearer mountain
air and the translucent spring water
of those localities. l never could make
out what the bobolink says in New
jersey, but in certain districts in this
State his enunciation is quite distinct.
Sometimes he begins with the word
"gegue, gegue." Then again, more
fully, ''be true to me, Clarsy, be true
to me, Clarsy, Clarsy," thence full tilt
into his inimitable song, interspersed
in which the words 'kick your slipper,
kick your slipper" and temperance,
temperance" (the last with a peculiar
nasal resonance, are plainly heard. AT
it's best it is a remarkable performance,
a unique performance, as Il contains
not the slightest hint or suggestion,
either in tone, manner, or effect, OF any
other bird-sOng to be heard. The bob
olink has no mate or parallel IN any
part of the world. He stands alone.
There is no cloSely-allied species. He
is not a lark, nor finch, nor War-
bier, nor a thrush, nor starting. He
is an exception to many Well-knOWn
rules. He is the only grOund-blrd
known to me of marked and cOnspicu-
Gus plumage. He is the only black
and-white bird we have, and, what is
still more odd, he is black beneath and
white abOVe-the reverse of the fact
in all other cases. Pre-eminently a
bird of the meadow during the breed
ing season, and associated with clover,
and daisies, and buttercups, as no other
bird is, he yet has the look of an inter
lOper OF a newcomer, and not of one
to the manor born.
The bobolink has an unusually full
throat, which may help account for
his great power Of song. No bird has
yet been found that could initiate him
or even repeat or suggest single note,
as if his song were the product Of a
new set of organs. There is q Vibra-
ton about it and a rapid running over
the keys that is the despair of other
sOngsters. 1t is said that the mocking-
bird is dumb in the presence Of the
bobolink. My neighbOr has an Eng
liSh sky-lark that was Matched and
reared in captivity. The bird is a
most persistent and vocifer0us song
ster, and fully as successful a mimic as
the mocking-bird. 1t pours out a
strain that is regular mosaic of near
ly all the biId-notes to be heard, it's
own proper lark song forming kind
of bordering for the whole. The notes
of the phGbe-bird, the purple finch,
the swallow, the yellOW5ird, the king
bird, the robin and others, are render
ed with perfect distinctness and
accuracy, but not word of the bobo-
links, though the lark must have
heard it's song every day for four sue
cessive summers. 1t was the one con-
spicuous note in the fields around that
the lark made no attempt to plagiarizee
He could not steal the bobolink's
thunder-Joh7a burroughs In Serb
91e1'S NonthIy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-08-24

The Kelley motor has succeeded
at last-in getting up a lawsuit. 4
case involving 200 shares of stock in
the concern is being tried at Philadel-
phia.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-08-24

The Sultan gets drunk on absinthe
and mourns for his uncle. Yet It's
said absinthe conquers love.
The Morning herald., 1876-09-07
Ckrtstja,sa Re0atto.

1t may be gratifying to the many lovers
of aquatic sports in Wilmington to know
that they are to have chance of witnessing
several rowing matches this fall. Although
nothing has been said of late about them,
our boatmen have not been idle, but have
been practicing frequently, and arrange
ments are in progress for three rowing
matches on the Christiana, between the
Delaware Rowing Club and the Bachelor
Club. The time spoken Of, but not def
nitely fixed, is Saturday, September 9th, and
the two succeeding Saturdays.
The Pacific Club is becoming quite prof.
cient in rowing, but being o juvenile organ
ization,it will not take part in the approach
ing contest.