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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-06-29

THE first railroad ever built I'm the
United States, and the first coal-mine
ever opened in this country. are both
situated within fifty miles of Phfiadel-
phia, at the most picturesque town of
Mauch Chunk, and ought on no ac-
count to be omitted by visitors to the
Centennial. The railroad is still op-
Grated, and called the SWitchback,"
for the cars are drawn up steep in
clined planes by stationary engines,
and then switched back, moving by
gravitatiOn down a slightly descending
track. Pleasure cars run over the
road, and take one In view of the
original coa1-m1ne. This romantic
town, where the wealthy Judge Packer
resides, IS worth whole weeks stav.
UneXceptl0nablea Accommodations are af-
fOrded at the American House. where
plain and respectable travellers with
only one trunk receive as much atten-
ton as those with a half-dozen, which.
says correspondent who speaks from
experience, is more than can be said of
most hotels in that and other places.
A fine railroad ride over the noun
tains to Wilkesbarre, overlooking the
far-famed and beautiful Wyoming Val
ley, is one of the delights Of this re-
gion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-06-29
The Old Time Spirit.

JOHN HOWE, of Marlborough, 1875,
a quiet farming town, was cobbling at
pair of shoes which he had promised
should be done within an hour, when
he heard that the British were march
ing to Concord. Being man of his
word, he kept at his work, notwith-
standing the excitement, and the de-
parture Of his toWnsmen. He had just
finished the job when Polly Smith, the
young woman who kept the house
where he boarded, ran into the shop.
John! Johnr' she cried with glow
ing cheeks and flashing eyes, "you
ought to have been off to Concord an
hour ago. Every other man in the vii
lage has got there by this timer
"Twouldn't be any use for me to go,
anyhow! 7 haven't got any bullets,
said John.
"Come into the house and run some,
them" said Polly.
q haven't anything to make 'em
Of"
80, I'll find something for you to
make 'em of, - and Polly darted into
the house.
Selling every spoon on the dresser,
she Immediately returned to him.
"Here take these" said she, land
if you want more, I'll get 'em for
you
In those days all the spoons in COM
mon use were made of pewter.
John was soon supplied balls. TAX
ing his old gun, he started on the long
walk of fourteen miles, through the
woods to Concord. Whenever he
passed house, the women and children
all cheered him.
Reaching Concord, he found the
British were just starting from what
is now the Agricultural Grounds, on
their retreat to Boston.
A wounded .'red-coat," lying beside
the road, begged John, as he passed by,
to put an end to his misery.
NO said John, Il amt quite a
brute, but I'll just change pieces with
you, and leave you to the women
Exchanging his old gun for the
enemy's new musket and ammunition
he joined in the pursuit, and did good
service on the way to Charlestown
Neck.
John Howe enlisted at Cambridge
for the wal, and fought at Bunker
Hill. He was in most of our import
ant battles of the seven years contest.
and never came home until the British
sailed for England. Beingh hardy. faith
full and Jealous. he was frequently
chosen by Washington for dangerous
enterprises. He was one of the most
useful men in the army, and once saved
Washington life. At the end of the
war it was Col. Howe who returned to
Marlborough.
Polly Smith, during these years, had
been spinning, weaving and knitting
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-06-29
Il LITTLE SHOE.

by the author of g Comm Thro' the Rye."l
THERE it lies. little shoe
Only that, at least to you.
just such others, six or more,
Patter on the nursery floor;
And your heart and lips are smiling,
Some sweet thought is you beguiling,
OF one little pair Of feet
That will hurry out to meet
Mother = and when they have found you,
Chubby arms will cling around you,
You will have no need to call him.
Neither sleep nor death enthral him.
You will hold him to your breast,
With an utter sense of rest;
All your own within your grasp,
At your neck the baby clasp.
<
And to me fearless weeping
And hunger never sleeping.
As stand, my heart ut-leaping,
Knocking, knocking at the door,
Where God stands forevermore.
For He holds the wee one who
Once did wear this little shoe
And the tender little voice,
That did make my heart rejoice,
Maybe He has taught another
Language, and the childish clinoinc
Has died out in his upbringing,
And he will not know his mother.
Not the shoe, but what was in it.
As the cage that holds the hnnet,
Did love; but Christ bereft me,
And the husk alone is left me:
On my dead heart let + lie;
| could leave it, if on high
My lost little one should meet me.
Tottering, hurrying up to greet me Z = i
This you know not-only you
See little common shoe.
- PeZ0pUy;1
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-06-29
9or Donng Rsadtrs.
JENNA BROWN.

BRING her here, my little Alice
Poor Jemima Brown!
Make the little cradle ready,
Softly lay her down
once she lived in ease and comfort,
Slept on couch of down:
Now upon the floor she's lying
Poor Jemima Browni
Once she was a lovely dolly.
Rosy-cheeked and fair.
With her eyes of brightest azure,
And her golden hair
Now, alas no hairs remaining
On her poor old crown;
And the crown itself is broken
Poor Jemima Brown,
Once her legs were smooth and comely,
And her nose was straight;
And that arm, now hanging lonely,
Had, methinks, a mate.
All, she was as finely dressed as
ANY doll in town.;
Now she's old, torlorn and ragged
Poor Jemima Brownl
Yet be kind to her, my Affect
'Tis no fault Of hers
If her willful little mistress
Other dolls prefers
Did she pull her pretty hair out?
Did she break her crown?
Did she tear her arms and legs off?
Poor Jemima Brown!
Little hands that did the mischief.
You must do your best
Now to give the poor old dolly
Comfortable rest.
So We'll make the cradle ready.
And We'll lay her down;
And We'll ask papa to mend her
Poor Jemima Brownl
Laura e. Richards, In st. Nicholas for ia
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-06-29

for the soldiers. She was the first
person Col. Howe sought. When,
however, he returned her spoons, they
were Of silver, and marked ssPolly
Howe
The descendants of John and Polly
are among the most highly honored in
our country. Youths Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-06-29

THE Methodist camp-meeting at
Martha's Vineyard opens Monday,
Aug. p, to continue a week. Moody
and Sankey will probably attend. Great
improvements have been made on the
camp ground, $4,000 having been ex-
pended on the construction of concrete
sidewalks alone.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-06-29

AN old curmudgeon says that the
ladies have decoration day every
Sunday.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-07-11
The Pursuit.

The train came on to Upton, and
there Conductor Tibbetts forwarded telc-
grams to st. Louis and Sedalia telling
what had happened. The railroad Off
Gals at once set about organizing for
pursuit. The sheriff of Pettls county
started out with party before morning.
General Bacon Montgomery and select
party took special train at Sedalia AID
came down to OtterviIle and started in
pursuit. a message from Montgomery
reached the general offices on the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad company yesterday
about noon. Ii was to the effect that he
had struck the trail at Florence, ten
miles below Otterville. The robbers,
eight in number, had galloped through
Florence at 2 O'Clock in the morning,
going south. Montgomery followed the
trail, sending back word to have fresh
horses for his party at Warsaw. on the
Usage river. The railroad company also
started out parties from Clinton on the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas road, and
from Lebanon, Oh the Atlantic and Pa
citic. This programme put the pur-
suers in the position of converging from
three points with the robbers somewhere
near the center and going south. BY
good riding the robbers should have
reached the broken mountainous coun-
try around Monegaw springs last night,
and, if this is the case. the pursuit will
have to be changed into u long and
dangerous scout in the brush, with poor
chances of success. Montgomery and
the Lebanon party are expected to form
junction somewhere near Buffalo to-day
in case they 90 not fall in with the rob
beers before that.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-07-11

ApIsPATCH from Washington to the
st. Louis Republican Of Saturday says:
"McKee's friends declare that Avery's
pardon will be issued next week and
that Mckee's will follow. The pIesi-
dents advisers, however, hold to the
opinion that the president has relin-
pushed any such intention for the
present at least. Certain il is, that
Averys case is being pressed with a
= great deal OF force. The old story that
Avery has letters which he holds over
the president is revived with apparent
good authority. The attorney-gene-
raj had McKee's friends telegraphed
ito tonight for an original copy of the
sentence, but what the object Of this. is
Mckec's friends do not know. A dis.
patch was received tonight from Knox
stating that Judge Farrar would be here
Sunday morning with important eyi
'dence.'
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-07-11
GUSTAV K0ERNER.
The veteran Liberal German Declares
for Tilden aud kefOrm.

Ex-Lieut. Gov. Gustav Koerner, OF St.
Clair county, makes the following rally
ing call to disaffected Republicans and
Liberals in late number Of the Stern des
Westens, OF Bellville:
The moment has come tor the Liberal
Republicans to take decided stand upon
the presidential election:
We take it for granted that they, d.
rectly or indirectly. had given in their
adhesion to the movement which culmin-
ated in the so-called New York confer
ence under the auspices of Carl Schurz,
Geo. William Curtis, William Cullen
Bryant, Charles Francis Adams, Jr., and
other highly respected gentlemen. The
letter OF Invitation sent by great number
of prominent men who were credited with
sufficient sense of independence to tree
themselves, il necessary, from the bonds
of partyism, laid particular stress upon
the fact that an unlimited party spirit
| by means OF a comparative minority who
| make business of politics, would, in
the impending elections. paralyze the
patriotic impulses of the people. In or
der to prevent the people from being left
| only choice between two evils, aud in
order to cause the election of men to the
| highest offices OF the republic, whose
| character and abilities can cope with the
crisis, and who will be an honor TO the
| American name." the signers Of the call
invited those whom they addressed 10 @
conference In New York. About the
same time Mr.. Curtis spoke 10 the Repub-
lican convention Of New York the fol
| lowing words: "This time the man
must be the PLATFORM" Words that
were received on all sides, and especially
by the independent press, with the loud
est applause; so much the more SO a
years ago the opinion had already taker
root that party platforms are only mad,
TO be forgotten, and as a 10Y Of politica
children.
0lIn the brilliant address issued by til,
conference, return to specie payment, re
demption of our national pledges, recog
milton Of the constitutional situation a
the amendments make II, return TO peac
and union by candid reconciliation. ar
recognized as matters of importance. w,
read In this address: "Our discussion
and struggles about other great ques
tons and principles will appear like
mockery and farce II We permit our pub
lie concerns to drift into that ruinOus an
archy which corruption must necessarily
bring In its train, because 1t destroys iii
confidence Of the people in their self gov
ernment. the greatest calamity that ca
befall Republic. 1t is simple ques
ton OF life or death. 4 corrupt mon
archy may last by the rule Of force
corrupt Hepublic cannot endure"
After this idea has been considerable
. enlarged upon, We read further: u
view OF the grave circumstances at pres
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ened travellers passed the time IL told in
the statements of themselves and of the
train men below. Only one of the rob
bers showed any disposition to 20 in for
individual plumber and he was promptly
checked by the leader.
THE wATCnMAN.
The presence of the Waterman with
the red light was explained to the train
men by some of the more communicative
train men. The watchnan himself got
ont of the way as rapidly rs possible al
ter giving the signal.
The robbers. from the various dcscrip-
tons given. seem to have been mostly
young men. None of them, so taras these
descriptions go, had any beard. They
were moderately we'll dressed. chiefly in
jeans and stout country clothes, and
nearly all wore high cavalry boots with
the pants tucked in. Several had on
spurs. They made no effort at disguis-
ing their voices, but talked almost con-
tinuously. To the people on the
dozen in and along the train
and as many more on the banks shouting
and shooting. The trail, however, shows
party of less than twelve. The train
was held just an hour and ten minutes.
AS the robbers drew of they called at
tention to the distractions in the rear,
| remarking that they had better be re-
moved. The train men set about clear
ing the track and while at work could
hear the robbers chatting and laughing as
they walked over the hills. None were
mounted at the cut, but it was subsc-
quently found that they took horses a
short distance away and rode to the south.
AS free as the robbers were in their speech
while about the train, it was noticed that
none of them called each other by name
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-07-11
IITTELL'S LIVING AGE.

Numbers 1873 and 1874 of Litteirs
Lining Age, for the weeks ending July lst
and sth, respectively, have some note
worthy articles, as follows: The Courses
OF Religious Thought, by 1t. Hon. w. +.
Gladstone, Contemporary Rerielc: The In
tellectual Revival of the Middle Ages.
Westminster Revier; Natural Religion,
part VI, Macmillan. Remarks on Modern
Warfare, by Military Officer, Fraser;
Zachary Macaulay, by w. G. Blake,
DID,, Sunday Mogasine; Visit TO aSpanish
Prison, Temple Bar; The "Venus" OF
Quinipiy, Macmillan; The Kings OF the
Renaissance, Charles VIII and Louis
XII, by the author OF "Mirabeau," etc.
Temple Bar; Tricks of Memory
Queen; Early Autumn on the Lower
iangtze, FortnightLy Revieto: Norwegian
Deep-Sea Exploration, academy; Poke
Money; Saturday Revie,o; James North
cote, Il. A, Fortni9htky RsrieW; togethe
with the beginning of new serial, 'Car
ita,' by Mrs. Oliphant, an installment o
what She Came Through" by Sarai
Tyler, author OF LADY Bell" and tia
conclusions of two shorter stories. Tn
select poetry and miscellany complet
the numbers.
The numbers are the first OF new vol
ume-the one hundred and thirtieth-o
this sterling electie, and are therefor
good ones with which 10 begin ne,
subscription. For iifty-two such nun
beers, of sixty-four large pages each, 70
more than 1900 pages a year. the sui
scription price tss) is low. or still bettel
Tor $lO.50 any one OF the American
Inonthlies or weeklles is sent with n
Licing Age for a year. both POSTPAID
Littell q Gay, Boston, are the publisher
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-07-11

ent surrounding us we declare the coun-
try cannot now afford to have any man
elected to the presidency whose very
name Is not conclusive evidence OF the
most uncompromising determination OF
the American people to make this pure
government once more
4 R,he address then continues to point out
~ no candidate is worthy of the prcsi-
On Of whom It Is only supposed that
take corruption by the throat, and
tlich comes this celebrated passage:
This is no time for so-called availability
sprnging from distinction gained on fields
Of action foreign to the duties OF the gov
eminent. nor Tor that more dangerous
sort of availability which consists In this,
that the candidate be neither so bad as to
repel good citizens, nor so good as to en-
courage the bad ones
Now come the following almost pro-
phetic words: Passive virtue, In the
highest place, has too often been known
to permit the growth of active VICE be-
low, The man to be intrusted with the
presidency this year must have deserved
not only the confidence of honest men,
but also the fear and hatred OF the thieves.
Every American citizen who has the flu
| ture of the public and the national honor
| sincerely at heart, should sOlemDly de-
| clare that the country must now nave
president whose name is already watch
| word of reform, whose capacity anu
courage tor the work are matters OF rec
ord rather than promise. who VIII re.
| store the simplicity, Independence ana
rectitude OF the early dminstrations,and
| whose life will be guaranty OF his tidel-
| ity and fitness
| Afterward the conference issued kind
l nf
been in attendance, for their signatures,
the last passage Of which reads "a fol-
lows:
1--WE declare in accordance with the
| views of this conference that no candi-
date for the presidency ought to be made
whose name alone Is not an unquestion-
ed pledge that it is the Interchangeable Will
OF the American people to restore this
government again to its purity ,:and that
we will support no nomination that does
not satisfy us that these reforms Will be
accomplished.
This programme has been signed by
the most prominent Liberal Republicans
{ OF Illinois, and, without doubt, of Other
States, aud is in the hands OF the officers
of the conference.
| When tins address was issued the cry
went up in the whole country, thai
| means BrlStOW or lllueH III Tue toi
ference itself Adams said: First Bis
, tow. then Tilden. and his words were
| received with loud applause.
| True to this programme, and not ac
, customed to change our course without
. good reason, we hoist without the inten
| ton OF debating TO Others and without
bitterness) the flag of "Tilden.' whose
, name alone-in the words OF the confer
ence-is ''pledge of REFORM and whC
has learned not only the confidence o
honest men, but the fear and hatred o
3 thieves" u. X.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-07-11

against the administration in telling what
he knew about Belknap. He was sighted
at the war office. and when he called on
President Grant. he was made to wait
in the ante-room of the white house SIX
hours, and at the end of it was refused
admit,ance to the President who sent
word he was going to dinner.
This rude and to the last degree be-
littleing conduct OF Gen. Grant, COM
porting so lily with his position as the
president of the United States and as the
superior officer of Gen. Custer. and Its
sequel, the death of the gallant soldier,
has placed President Grant in a very uh-
enviable position in the eyes OF the pub
lie. Custer living, was reproach
to him; Custer dead Is an
eternal condemnation of his character
istic selijshness which in this case degen-
Grated into cruelty, it not absolute ma
lightly.
The press concentrations on Grant
| treatment of Custer exceed in severity
| ANYTHING that has been said OF the
president during his seven years
of mal-administration The Ciil-
cinnati Commercial says; "Grant
refused to see Custer the last time that
Gallant officer called at the white house.
Custer had offended by telling the truth
about some of the iavorite thieves on the
frontiers"
The Louisville Co,oier-JoWaot call:
down execration upon 1.-THE grim cllef
tain who refusing to see his young com
rade because that comrade was not
thief, ordered him to his grave.
The Chicago, Times asks: "lf. then
Gen. Grant could SO far forget the dig
nifty ofhis station, to say nothing of tn
amenities due rank and service SO illus
'trious as that OF the dead soldier who's
wounds lay gaping TO the star
; .and sun three days out yonder
lis it unreasonable to suppose that NJ
, would aid and abct any plan whicl
, might bring about his ruin in his pro
.fession, even to the extent OF his buch
, sery ~ And the New York Herald says
General Clusters desperate hardihoo'
in riding into the jaws OF death, int
the mouth of hell, was natural conse
I 'auence of the treatment he had receive
from the president.
5 would be hardly too severe TO say I
President Grant, behold you
'hands. they are red with IN
,, blood of Custer and his brave three hur
'dred.'' The Republican party, tn
j. Hayes party, resolved in convention tbs
0 president Grant deserved the continue
: and hearty gratitude of the America
n people for his eminent services IN wa
I and in peace Where will they put IN
= death OF Custer-among Grants war sci
h vices or his peace services:
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NOT I(s.
ITli
G-2lwtot

Notice is hereby given that default hav-
inc been made for more than sixty days in
the payment Of portion OF the amount Sc
cured to be paid by q certain mortgage eN-
cuted by Jaucs Ryan to Samuel Staats
Taylor and Edwin Par ons, trustees OF the
Caiio City Property, dated the 18th day oi
MAY, A. ID. 1873. and rec orded in the record
er's office, in and for Alexander county, in
the State of Illinois, in book q of deed, page
5etc. The undersigned. the successor of
said trustees, will on Wednesday, the 18th
day OF July n Xt, a. ID. ls1G, IA. 10 O'Clock
in the forenoon of that day, under and by
virtue of the power OF sale contained ia
said mortgage. sell at public auction, TO the
highest bidder, for cash, at his office, cor.
ner of " Arlington avenue aud Eighteenth
street. in said city of Cairo, in Alexander
county and State OF lllinoi-, all the right,
title and interest OF said James Ryan Oh hi,
assigns, in and to lots numbered III l1hir-
teen and II Fourteen, in block number.
ed y Twenty eight In the First addition
10 said City oil Cairo, according 10 the re-
corded plat thereof. with the appurtenan-
ces. to satisfy the purposes and condition
OF said mortgage.
Dated, Cairo, III, June 9th 1876
=. STAATsTAYLoR.
Trustee Of the Cairo City property.
G-29-Wtd
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CUSTER AND GRANT.

The untimely death OF Gen. Custer has
eentered attention anew On the unjust
manner in which that brave soldier was
treated by the president after his testi-
mony before the Belknap committee.
The facts OF the case are these: II had
been planned that Gen. Custer was to
command the expedition against the
Sioux. In the meantime he was sum-
m0ned before the house committee
examining the Belknsp case, and
he gave in his evidence-evidence very un-
favorable to the ex-secretary ofwsr. This
drew down upon Clusters head the wrath
0f Gen. Grant and he was soon made to
feel that he had committed Q crime
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-07-11
Chattel Morieapn Sale.

10y virtue of a chattel mortgage, executed Wy
IDA. II. Stafford and H. l.. Morrill, IA receivers
of the Cairo and Ninccnnes railroad and tie
Cairo and Nincennes railroad empany, TO
the undersigned, bearing date Frnrtinry let,
1873, we will, on the 2ld day of July, lS1G, at
the hour OF ~ O'Clock q. M, AT the round house
ot the Cairo and Nincenncs railroad, in Cairo,
Illinois. proceed to sell. ut public Ncndue TO the
highest bidder, the following described. proper
ty, being portion OF tue rolling stock of the
said Cairo and NinceDnes railroad, and por-
tion of the property Described in said mortgage.
to-wit; Box cars numbered ten U0)s twenty
(20), twenty-five (2!), twenty -four (2t). thirty
t3ol, thirty t32), thirty-four t3D ,&hirty-
eight Cis), forty-siy 90 flfy-two (52) 4v-six
(16), seventy-two (12) seyenty-four t1fl, tfhty-
two (s2), one hundred and six 400, one hundred
and fourteen Clt) one hundred and twenty U2o)
one hundred and Twenty-Five U22) one hundred
AMI twenty EIGHT Q2N) one hundred and forty
two ui2) one hundred and furty-siN U i6) and
one hundred and sixty (loD.
Flat and coal ears numbered twenty seven ca,
thirty nine $50 and forty Five (ii) that the
terms of said sale Nxp cash In hand.
Dated june 18th ,1p16.
DREXEL, MORGAN Il co..
G-2O-d-eOd. M Mortgages.