Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-08-31
Brutal and Inhuman Treat


some weeks past it has been rumored
about town that Daniel E. Carey and
his wife, who have for some time re
sided ia this city, and who have, liy-
ing with them, little daughter of the
said Daniel E. Carey's by his first wife.
have been, for over, a year past, in the
habit of brutally whipping, only about
half-feeding and clothing. and other
wise shamefully ill-treating the little
girl Alice, who Is now only eight years
old.
On the 18th instant complaint was
filed before NJ. G. Woodwork, j P,
by gentlemen L. B. Warner, ]. B.
Hasbrouck and S. A. Spaford, and
upon their affidavits a warrant for the
arrest of Carey and his wife was is
sued. After the parties had been ar
rested and brought into court, the case
was continued, once or twice. finally
until the 18th inst, when the examina-
ton was commenced before Justice
Woodwork.
Our able and efficient District At
torney, Geo. r. Gardner. appearing
for the State, and Henry Hayden for
the defendants. A large number of
witnesses were examined on the part
of the prosecution, aud the examina-
ton did not finally close until Monday
afternoon, 28th inst. From the testi-
mony it appears that Daniel E. Carey,
the Father, has, for a year or more
past been in the habit of often whip
ping the child in the most brutal
manner sometimes with sticks, or
straps and often with heavy horse
whip until her body was cut and lac
Grated, so that the marks and sears Of
his inhuman treatment are visible yet.
The child has been starved, until she
would go the neighbors slop pals, and
pick out, and eat the remnants of food
which she could find there.
One of the witnesses testified that
upon one occasion she demonstrated
with Carey for whipping the child,
and he replied, ''God damn her, |
could kill her"
The Justice has held the parties to
bail in the sum Of seven hundred dol
lars for their appearance at the next
term of the Circuit Court. @.
A War that will Involve the
Great Powers Of Europe. VIII
it Benefit America ?--Should Eng
land, Russia, Prussia, Austria, France
and Turkey become involved in gen
eral war, as appearances at present
strongly indicate, it will call from the
field and workshops the unemployed
reserves of each of those countries.
what will be the consequence? The
war will be long anu bloody, and the
drafts made upon the laboring classes
for soldiers will stop the bosy hum Of
the workshops and paralyze the agri-
cultural interests of Europe. Then
will the rich graneries Of our North
west be opened and our cereals COM
mand fabulous prices. Manufacturing
industries awakened, aud our half mil
lion Of skilled American artizans find
employment in the industrial establish
ments of our country-and gold from
our European neighbors will pour rap
idly into the laps of our deserving and
patriotic citizens, Many of them will
then forever regret they permitted the
splendid opportunity to pass without
visiting that grandest of triumphs, our
Centennial.
Never before has the Great Fort
Wayne & Pennsylvania Railway offer
ed such Inducements to the travelling
public. The superb sights, the glitter
ing line of double steel rail tracks, the
magnificent palatial cars from which
the Centennial visitor can view the
scenes of our country's early struggle,
running through the field of Brad
docks defeat, and winding over tie
ranges of the Alleghanies, enjoying a
sunrise on the famous horseshoe curve,
and for hundreds Of miles passing in
the midst of scenery, SO startlingly
grand, charmingly beautiful and pic
turesquely sublime, as to battle the des-
criptive powers of the most graphic
na0-nicture CORRESPONDENT. or the on