Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-03-30
Grand Rapids, Thursday, March 50

Inc appointment OF Mr.. Dana y.
Lamb, Of Fond du Lac. as railroad com
missioner under the new law, will be
generally recognized as an excellent
one Mr.. Lamb is a very capable gen
tleman, of superior Judgement and
unqucstioned integrity. He will bring
to the discharge Of his duties a clear
understanding of the needs Of the diff
ferent interests in the State, and a dis
position to secure equal justice to all
of them. We have confidence that he
will prove an admirable officer, and
make the Office an agency of great use
fuluess in adjusting the relations of
the people with the railroads.
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THE NEW YORK State Republican
Convention convened at Syracuse last
week with such a representation of
representative republicans as the old
Empire State had never before seen,
Hon. Roscoe Conkiing was ''the no.
blest Roman Of them ALL y and the
convention declared for him as the
nominee of the National Convention to
be holden at Cincinnati in June, though
Geo. VIM. Curtis and Hon. f. Rob
erts opposed him with all the power
they could command It locks as
though Roscoe might be the candidate
after all. Surely. with the great En-
pire State behind him with its power
and majesty, he may gain a momen-
tum that may make him the coming
man before the convention and the
people And there are few grander
men than Conkling in the nation, as
there are few who could SO ably fiji
the position of Chief Executive
THE THRIVING city of Hazel Green
in this state was almost utterly des-
troyed by one of the most remarkable
tornados ever witnessed, on the 10th
inst.
The first indication of an approach
ing storm was the appearance Of a
small black cloud in the northwest
lmpelled by terrific tempest in the
heavens. Before any preparations
could be made for safety the tornado
burst upon the town with invincible
fury, spreading ruin far and wide, and
leaving utter desOlation in It's terrible
pathway. Rocks weighing tons were
carried through the air as though they
were so many balls of cotton fake.
Houses were swept down instantly,
and horses and cattle taken up bodily
and carried for rods and dashed to
pieces. The loss Of property is very
large, but the most terrible is loss of hu-
man life Some dozen souls were
,ushered into eternity in less time than
1T takes to chronicle the fact, and ruin,
desolati0n and sorrow brood over one
of the most beautiful and retired ham
lets in our state.
REV, MYRoN w. REED, of Mil
waukee, who was a member of the late
Plymouth Council, in his sermon a week
or SO ago, referring to Mr.. Beecher,
said
Il dc not ask you to construct
theory that will show Mr.. Beecher to
have been wise, or prudent, or watch
ful, CT always doing the best. [ do
not want any such theory as that. He
had bad men about him, he threw his
arms about their necks aud let them
throw their arms around his neck, man
men looked like snakes. Take such a
that as Bowen for friend; God has
put mark on that man. 1t is mar
velous that Beecher, who seems to
know human nature, should choose
such friends. He seems to have been
like a grapevine clin3ing 50 anything
in sight, sound or rotten. You need
not construct 4 theory 20 make MN
prudent. He is imprudent and I'M
wise, but it is not necessity, if you
have got an Imagination, to bring him
in guilty, Now | know myself a por-
ton of story that makes me ashamed
that [ ever believed him guilty Since
[ have heard that story there is no
cloud about his head, Noah Porter,
President Of Yale College, knows that
story in full Before 5000 people he
said: If this story should now be
made known to the whole world,
though men should tear Beecher limb
from limb into shreds. womankind
would gather those shreds together,
and on Bonded knees bury them with
tears of gratitude for the defense OF
woman honor.