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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-06-07
Ex-PREsIDENT GRANT was entertained by

EX-PREsIDENT GRANT was entertained by
the authorities and citizens of Manchester,
England, on the Both ult. At the corporation
dinner, speeches were made by distinguished
British gentlemen, and Gen. Grant made
graceful and appropriate Acknowledgements
for the cOurtesies shown him.
J. LoTHRoP MOTLEY, the American his
torian, died of paralysis, in London, on the
Both ult., aged sixty-three years.
ACCORDING TO telegram from the Russian
Agency in London, on the 31st ult, Ser
via had definitely resolved to maintain strict
neutrality.
VIENNA dispatches of the 31st ult. an
nounce The dismissal of Mukhtar Pasha The
Turkish Government charged malyersaiion
on an enormous scale.
On the 31st ult., the Vienna Fremdeablatt
asserted that the President of the Turkish
Chamber of Deputies had advised the recall
Of hidhat Pasha.
On the 3lst ult., during service, the Catho-
lie Church at Weischen, in Posen, was
struck by lightning. Six persons were killed
and seventy seriously injured.
MONTREAL, Can had a $500, ,0Oo-fre on the
30th ult. Aboutsixty families were rendered
homeless by the confiagration.
AT Portland, Ont, on the 3lst ult., the
house of Alexander Snyder was destroyed by
fire, and two of his children perished in the
flames, his wife being also seriously injured
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-06-07
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

EARLY on the morning of the 26th two
Russian officers exploded torpedoes under
a Turkish monitor at Matchin, causing her
to sink, with all on board.
A VIENNA dispatch of the 9th says the
Turkish Commander at Erzeroum had mott
fed the Porte that he should be compelled
to abandon that point, as the Russians were
appearing on his fianks and were likely to
capture his army if it remained.
RoUMANIA has appropriated the 100000
francs yearly tribute annually paid to Turkey
for the support of the Roumanian Army.
THE Gear has Issued decree forbidding
the granting of letters of marque.
ACCORDING to Constantinople dispatches
of the 2Sth, Ardahan had been recaptured by
the Turks. A council of war had demanded
of Mukhtar Pasha what his plans were. He
replied that scheme was on foot which
promised success, and begged to be left
alone. The Ministerial crisis continued, and
it was reported that the Sultan was contem-
plating abdication.
THE Turkish Commander-in-Ch Chief, on the
2Sth, notified the inhabitants of Rutscnuk,
Varna, Shumla and Silistria, that all persons
who had not provisions to last at least six
months must leave within twelve days.
GEN. GRANT and party arrived safely at
Liverpool, Eng, on the 2Sth, on board the
steamship Indiana. Gen. Adam Badeau, for
merly of Gen. Grants staff, but now Ameri-
can Consul General at London, with other
prominent citizens of the United States,
| boarded the steamship and accompanied the
distin guished party to the landing. On their
arrival they were warmly welcomed by the
Mayor ofLiverpool and other gentlemen.
A DECREE was issued by the Sultan, on the
29th, banishing some of the leading Softas,
officials and journalists concerned IN the late
| en,eUte in ConsJantinople.
IT was reported in Constantinople, on tn.
29th, that the Russians had abandoned the
whole coast line of Abasia.
THE Greek Cabinet resigned on the Goth
| ult.
GREAT excitement prevailed in Crete on the
| Goth. At meeting of the notables of the isl
and it was resolved to give Turkey twenty
| days to redress the grievances of the Cretans
| failing which, an appeal would be made to the
| Great Powers asking that the Government OF
the island be placed in charge of Mr.. Glad
stone, the British ex-Prime Minister, under
the title of the Prince of Crete.
OK the 30th ult., the Russians attacked tht
fortifeations at Bateum, and, after ten hours
fighting, were repulsed with considerable loss
BERLIN dispatches of the 3oih state that i
was reported there that, through the media
ton of Germany, an arrangement of the diff
fereuces between Turkey and Russia hat
b. en- concluded. The semi-oficial papers ha,
given currency to the rumor, and it was YER
generally believed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-06-07
Old People.

There is certain repOse and cheerful
ness about old people which doubtless ex-
ercises a healthy influence upon the
young, who are easily cast down and nat
urally impatient, not willing to wait for
the tardy revolutions of Fortunes wheel,
but must put their own shoulders to it
forthwith, and upon whom the soothing
atmosphere of their seniors acts like a
sedative. To be sure, it has taken them
fourscore years, perhaps, to find out the
folly of fretting and striving after pre-
eminence, the futility of jealousies, the sat
isfaction of loving ones neighbor as ones
self, but they do not appear to feel as if
they had paid too dearly for the knowl-
edge. Being no longer in the maelstrom
of affairs, but lookers-on in Venice, they
can afford to smile indulgently at the
eagerness of youth in the pursuit of bau-
bles, knowing that its richest attainments
will fall far short of its desire and eXpec-
Jation. They have learned, moreover, the
fine art of living in to-day, of welcoming
every hour, contented with what it brings,
never sacrificing it to the next; they have
learned repression, and appreciation
of trif1es as well; if "few envy the con-
sideration enioyed by the Oldest inhab1-
tant," neither does he envy youth its illu-
intolerance. If he has outlived his use
fulness, he has also survived many weak
nesses of his nature, while his blunders
have earned him the right to advise, and
his successes have taught him the value Of
defeat. What a comfort there is in the
companionship Of an old person! Har-
assed by no mean anxieties for the NOR
row, her selfishness has fallen from her
like wOrn-out garment, and not COM
peting with US for the prizes of life, she
can offer disinterested criticism and coun-
sci without ofense to our egotism; she is
the connecting link between us and the
shadowy past that seems too unreal for our
recognition of the shapes which haunt it,
but which are actual, breathing presences
to her fading sight.
That hearth-stone is barren and prosaic
indeed where the grandmother does not
preside, evnkIng with the precious wand
of memory the g1ories of her generation,
till the sad, imperfect tense" becomes
eloquent with romance, and we can readi'
ly forgive her if the fashions and
pleasures of to-day seem tarnished beside
the bright simiIitudes that scintillate
across her yesterdays-seem travestics
upon the customs and ceremonials Of her
heyday. The conversation of old people
kindles the imagination, and puts US on
familiar terms with the heroes of dead
and gone period, till we know their very
tread, so to speak, and the trick OF their
speech, while it abridges the awful dis
t1n>e between US and our ancestors, and
establishes a bond of human sympathy
Harper's Bazar.
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The Mistake of Captain in the Turk.
isiI Navy.

There is even areport th at the Ottoman
fleet passing by a Turkish fort mistook it
for odessa nd bombarded it, and that
the Turkish fort had conscientiously an
swered the fire. There is an old anecdote
IN circulation here, which is now given
as an absolute fact, and as such implicitly
believed. 1t is SO funny and apropos that
1t will bear repeating. The Sultan Add
ul-Aziz was very proud of his fleet and
desired to show sample of it to England.
He therefore ordered one of his Captains
to go to England to salute in his name
Queen Victoria. The ship sailed, and
while in the Mediterranean all went well :;
the pilot was still on board. But when
Gibraltar was reached and the pilot about
to take his leave the Captain explained
the bad fix he was in. He felt himself
wholly incapable of making an English
port. Out of this perplexity the pilot
drew him by showing him a steamer
leaving for England. g
- Follow that ship, sd4d ne, sne lS
gong W EnSlaud' -
SO it was done all day and all night
But during the darkness the guide was
lost. At daybreak a ship was seen on the
horizon, and the Turk followed it with all
confidence. Four days passed, then six,
then eight, then ten.
81 did not think England was so far"
said the discreet Captain.
At length great port was sighted. The
authorities visited the iron-clad, and
asked the Captain in English what he
desired.
Z" / come on behalf of my master to
salute your Sovereign" AT the word
Sovereign, the stupefaction of the visitors
was complete.
"What Sovereign" asked the chief
man.
"Queen Victoria. Am l not in Eng
land?''
AT these words all the people of the
country began to laugh.
"You are in New York" they cried.
Here is what had happened. During
the first night they had lost the steamer
which should have guided them, and they
had followed another, believing it to be
the same ship. l repeat that this story is
given as absolutely true.-Odessa Cor. N.
Y. Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-06-07
Fire.Crackers.

The insurance companies have been
compiling some astounding statistics con-
cerning fire crackers. They say that all
the fireworks imported since Jan. 1, 1865,
amount, at invoice value, to 81 800, 900,
and that at only two fires directly coca
stoned by them the loss was SIS, 900, 900.
In fact for every single dollars worth of
fiji crackers imported there is a loss oc-
casoned by them of 500. The loss on
the Centennial Fourth of July alone was
1854, 4,574.
II is always to be remembered that
these losses, though paid by the insurance
companies, are assessed upon the public
in increased premiums, and more too. 1t
is, we believe, the usual calculation of
fire insurance companies that the premi-
ums should average about double the
losses, the difference being the cost of
conducting the business and profits to
stockholders.
Now the question arises Is an intelli-
gent Nation willing to go on paying one
hundred dollars for every dollars worth
of pleasure in the tire-cracker line? Is
there no more rational way of testifying
gratitude for independence than letting
off crackers in the street, and thereby
scattering firebrands and sometimes
death? Should not century of this
singularly costly amusement suffice, in
which case we might appropriately con-
slider it as having been closed on the Cen
tennial Fourth of July? Suppose we
were now to substitute music of the
choicest and loudest kinds-ringing of
bells, firing of cannon, blowing of steam
whistles, singing patriotic songs by large
choirs walking through the streets, with
banners, parades, torch-light professions,
ETC., etc., and it may be fireworks at night
by the authorities in every place; but no
crackers in the hands of boys.-N. z.
| Witness
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belong to himself. He wears a large,
round, low cap made of skin from Astra-
Fan, wide pantaloOns stuffed iuto his boots
and reaching just below his knees, the
whole covered by kind of overcoat but
tonlng on the back and having three | NO
flaps reaching to the feet and fastened on
the full length. On his breast to the left
and right in vertical cases he carries six
cartridges at each side. In his belt he
carries a poniard. A baldrick hangs from
his right shoulder and passes to the left
side, where 1t supports a long saber in a
leather scabOard. On his back, hanging
from bandoleer and trapped in case
made of goats skin, he carrins his rlfie.
The Cnssaelr always carries in his hand a
whip, with a short lash, which he calls
hanYdt. His horse is small and rather
ugly, and, though he is made of good
stuff, his form is somewhat angular. To
form an idea of the Cossack saddle.
imagine an ordinary saddle upon which
would be fastened by a strap square
leather-cushion about four inches high.
This is the reason that at first sight one is
so much surprised to see this curious
looking cavalier perched up so high on
his saddle. He sticks on his horses back
by sticking his knees into the animals
sues WIN all MS strength, Which gives
the legs the appearance of a pair of
pincers. The stirrup is an equally curl
Gus thing. The bottom is round and thick
enough, but from that up it resembles
very much one of those tin boxes in which
preserves are sold. 1t has been already
said that the Cossack's horse is his person
al property, and it may be added that he
turns it to business account by hiring it
ont Since the arrival of tho trOOpC Of
Kischeneff they have been the delight of
the collegians, who, for a rouble an hour,
have been enabled to make promenades
on horseback in bands on these valiant
little animals.-Ksschenef Cor. ". Y.
Herald
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-06-07
Loose Marriage Bonds.

We do not know whether it is from
carelessness or unskilfulness On the part
of clergymen in tying matrimonial knots,
that so many of the knots show ten
dency to unite themselves, but during the
last six or eight months this tendency has
been seen in an altogether unusual and
alarming number of cases. Our readers
have not forgotten the Knox Merritt case,
in which the knot slipped SO badly that
even the clergyman who tied it was un-
able 10 say, with that degree of certainty
which is desirable in courts of justice,
whether or not it was ever tied at all. AL
most Immediately after Miss Knox was
officially converted into Mrs. Blank-that
is to say, after it became matter of proof
that she was the lawful wife of some per-
son to her and to everybody else unknown
another case of like kind arose, and
another woman was found to be married
in a vague, general way to nobody in par
ticular. In both cases the knot seems to
have slipped almost in the act Of tying it,
and now we have a case in New York in
which young woman clandestinely mar
ried man without the consent of her
parents, and Immediately thereafter had
so strong return of filial piety that she
secluded herself in her fathers house,
and now upon oath declares that she does
not wish to be the wife of the man whom
she ran away from home to marry.
The lamentable looseness with which
the marriage bonds are worn in such cases
as these suggests some fault and demands
a remedy. We are reminded of the plan
of worthy Baptist deacon whose way
ward son made a new profession of faith
at every revival, but always g backslid'
between meetings. The old deacon final
ly wrote to his pastor, saying, " You had
better baptiZe John in tar, and see II that
will not make him stick"
After all, however, the trouble was
with John, and not with the clergyman,
and in this matter of marriages that will
not stick, the trouble is with the young
persons who approach marriage good
deal more lightly than is wise for them or
wholesome for the public; or rather the
fault is with our customs with respect to
courtship and marriage. If we had de-
liberately planned TO make hasty and un-
considered marriages common, we could
scarcely have accomplished the end more
effectually than we have DONE The pub
lication OF banns is an obsolete ceremony
among us. Marriages are solemnlzed
without solemnity oftentlmes, and the
prevalent view of marriage among TOO
many young persons Is that IL is sort OF
Joke, to be laughed over, Jested about ana
concealed. 1t would be a good thing If,
in the absence of any legal restraint, cler-
gymen would insist upon greater sol
emnity and deliberation in this matter; 1t
might be well if Trey would at least en-
courage return to the old habit Of pub
fishing banns either in the pulpit or the
newspapers, and marrying in public afler
due deliberation. They may do much N
this way to cure an evil which Is IN
doubted, and which they lament.-N. i.
EUeni7g Post.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-06-07
Round Coats Among the "MennOn-
ites."

About 100 years ago it was customary
to wear the so-called round coat by nearly
all classes of people in this country, even
10y the military. Some sixty years ago
double breasted and frock coats became
fashionable, and about thirty-six years
since the sack coat was introduced.
To the present time some of the religious
people known as Mennonites' maintain
that persons belonging to their church
ought to wear none but round coats. For
merly no male person was admitted to
mem bership unless he wore round coat.
About fifty years ago this rule was aban-
doned, and in many of the Mennonite con-
gregations men were admitted to member
ship in any style of coat.
About forty seven years ago John H.
OberholtZer was admitted to a member
ship in coat that was round. In 1842
he was called to the ministry and was
duly installed, and several weeks there
after objection was made to the cut of
his coat, which, it was contended, should
be round, as he was a minister. He
ought at least to officiate in round coat.
He protested, and argued tnat minister
ought to have the privilege of wearing any
style of coat he thought appropriate. but
he " would yield to Scriptural proof to the
contrary"
The coat qnestion was finally taken s
hand by the Eastern Pennsylvania Men
MONTE Council in 1914, aad it was decided
that all the members of the Council
"who will not get round coats be expelled
until they do so.'' This decision was
considered by Mr. Oberholtzer and some
other Council members as unscriptural,
and they did not obey it. They continued
to preach without round coats, but did
not attend the annual Council. A number
of attempts were made up to 1847 to recon-
cile the ministers, when in that year those
who did not think it necessary to wear
round coats prepared and offered to the
Council a little book entitled " Ordi-
nance of the Mennonite Community for
adoption.
The ''little book'' was not accepted,
and resolution was adopted at the Coun-
Gil held in October, 1S47, at FrancOnia,
Montgomery County, " that the new ordi-
nance is in contradiction to the old evan
gelical ordinance of the community, F"
and that any member who signed tie new
ordinance will not be recognized by the
Council until they recall their names from
the document. In consequence of this
action some eight preachers and eight
deacons met Oct. %, 1847, at Skippack,
Montgomery County, and organized a sep
arate conference and formed new church
organization, the members of which are
known as the 4" New Mennonites, - while
the members of the other are called the
"Old Mennonites.
The new Mennonites adopted the lit
tie book as their ordinance, and they
claim to be tie only fully organized Men
monte Church in the United States and
Canada since the 2sth of May, 1860, and
declare that the old Mennonites are void
of missions, Christian press, theological
institute and general conference.-Read-
ing (PG.) Eagle.
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The COssacks. S.

The Cossacks are divided into several
corps-the Cossacks of the Den, the Cos
sacks of the Ukraine, the Cossacks of the
Caucasus, ETC. Each of these divisions
has Chief, who is called an Ataman, ami
holds the rank of General, and all the
Cossacks of the Empire are united under
q single Chief, who has the title of the
" Ataman-General." This latter title al
ways deyolves upon the hereditary Grand
Duke. The Cossack clothes and equips
himself, and his uniform and his loIse
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-06-07
While the Rev. Mr.. Thomas. of Care

While the Rev Mr.. Thomas, of Gard
ner, Me-, was immersing nine converts in
a small stream near Lisbon Falls, on re-
cent Sunday, he was suddenly stricken
down with paralysis. One of the converts
carried him to the bank, where he was
lifted into carriage and taken to dea-
cons house. "If had died at the water, "
he exclaimed, " it would have been well.
1 have always prayed that [ might die
with the armor on
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-06-07

Mrs Crapo, of New Bedford, who,
with her husband. lately sailed to Europe
in miniature craft, had letter the other
day from Boston young lazy, who wished
to form one of the party. But Mrs.
Crapo declined the offer, saying her hus-
band was Captain and she mate, and she
didn't want any crew.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-06-07

BREApsTUFFs are rising. 1t is ye East
, 1877-12-10

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