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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-31
THE EAST.

AT the instance of the Boston Board of
Health, five prominent manufacturers have
been indicted for the adulteration Of candies
with poisonous ingredients, and on the 18th
they gave bonds in $4,000 each
Ex-Gov. CHAMBERLAIN has been recently
Omitted to the New York bar.
COM EDWARD w. CARPENTER, United
States Navy, died at Shrewsbury, N. j., on
the 10th, aged eighty-one.
A NEW YORK dispatch of the Goth states
that, under instructions from the Custom
House Investigating Committee, fifty clerks
in various divisions of the Custom House
were already marked for dismissal, and heads
of departments had been instructed to report
how many can be dispensed with in their de-
partments.
AT Chester, Pa, on the morning of the 22d,
on the occasion of the launching of a large
iron steamship, called the Saratoga, num-
ber of workmen who were under the hull
failed TO hear the warning given, aud when
the blocking W IS knocked away the monster
vessel crushed and manged ten of the men,
seven of them being killed or fatally injured.
The scene at the time of the accident was
hrartrending, the victims struggling to es-
cape while huge blocks, rolled by
the ship, crushed them to a jelly. No
assistance could possibly be rendered
by those who were standing by. Instead of
the cheers usually given on the occasion of
a launch, wall of anguish went up, and
shrieks of pain rent the air.
p. T. BARNUM, with the sanction of Mr.
Christian Ross, has offered a reward of
$1,000 for the restitution of little Charley
Ross, and has promised immunity to the
person or persons making the surrender.
W. II. c. HosMER, the poet, died at Avon
n. Y, on the morning of the Esd, aged about
sixty-three years.
Four inches of snow fell in Berkshire
County, Mass, on the morning of the oath,
and it was found that much damage had
been done to the fruit crops.
GOLD closed in New York, on May 24th, at
1865. The following were the closing quo
Wheat, 81 7S@1.S0; No. Milwaukee,
S1Sj Oats, Western and State, 42@66c
Corn, Western Mixed, 6515c Pork, Mess
Sl47O9l4.75. Lard, $96215. Flour, good
TO choice, S7.306I40; White Wheat Ex.
ira, s7.450 7.65 Cattle, $l1.50@11 rs for good
to extra. Sheep, S4.O0@5.75. Hogs, $3.50
@5.75.
AT East Liberty Pa, on May Gath, Cattle
brought: Best, S5.7566.00; Medium, So. 81
@575; Common, s4.75@5 25. Hogs SOLD
Workers, s5.1O@520; Philadelphias, s53(
$50. Sheep brought 3,5o@5.1O-accord
Ing to quality.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-31
EX.President Grant.
New YORK, May Is.

New YORK. May IS.
The following iC the farewell address of
ex-President Grant, made while steaming
down tho Delaware:
I" My DEAR FRIENDs-I was not aware
we would have so much speech-making
here, or that it would be necessary for me
to say any more to you, but | feel that the
compliments YOU have showered upon me
were not altogether deserved. They
should not all be paid to me, either as a
soldier or as civil officer. AS General,
your praises do not belong to me; as the
Executive of the Nation, they were not due
to me. There is no man that can fill both
or either of these positions without
the help of good men. / selected my
Lieutenants when was in both positions,
and they were men, | believe, which
could have filled my place often better
than | did. | never f1attered myself
was entitled to the place you gave me.
Ny Lieutenants could have acted, per-
haps, better than [, had opportunity pre-
sented itself. Gen. Sherman could have
taken my place as soldier, or in the
civil office, and so could Sheridan and
others might name. | am sure, if the
country ever comes to this need again,
there will be men for the work there will
be men born for every emergency. Again.
thank you, and again l bid you good
by, and once again l say that if had
failed, Sherman or Sheridan, or some of
my other Lieutenants, would have sue
ceedeG."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-31
The Use OF 10rpedOes.

The recent destruction Of British
steamer by torpedo in the harbor of
kertch will give a fresh argument to
Lieut.. Col. Boxgrove an Englishman,
who is attempting to form an International
i-Torpedo Association. Col. Box
grove gives the outline of his purpose in
the following letter il the London Times:
When explosive bullets and chain
shot were invented ard actually used in
war, nations unanimously agreed to dis
continue their use AID prohibited their
manufacture; yet explosive bullets and
chain shot, it must be admitted, are harm
less as compared withtorpedoes. Poison.
ing is prohibited in war. Why not pro-
hibit torpedoes, which are actually more
subtle and deadly thai poison, there be-
ing no antidote to or escape from them Z
For instance, were | allowed to fire from
a mortar, gutta-percha bags filled with
strychn1ne and charged with burster'
and time fuse to cause the bag to burst
and scatter its diabolical contents over
some obstinate city or fort which would
not capitulate, this visitation would lie
far more merciful in is way toward the
people of that city or fort than torpedoes
would be against screws of ships, because
the strychnipe could be seen and avoided
by flight, whereas, on tle other hand, tor.
pedoes secretly moored or even fish-tor-
pedoes, insure complete, sudden, unex-
pected and unavoidable destruction
Several clever artisans have already been
killed by merely pumping compressed
air into the tails of unloaded fsh-torpe-
does. Had these torpedoes been loaded
with gun-cotton for service on board
ships; and even if one of them exploded
from careless handling during action
while compressed air was being supplied
to start it, or if by chance shot. or shell
struck the ship at the time of starting a
torpedo on its death track, the fear
full consequences may be easily imagined.
As proof that Governments. appreciate
the danger they incur by the use of torpe-
does, | may here state it is well known
that after the Austro-Italian war all the
picked up torpedoes proved to be dunn
mics 1t is our bounden duty to keep
peace with other Countries, but every one
will admit that the sooner the Interna-
tional Anti i-Torpedo Association has ac-
complished its task the better for the cause
of humanity"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-31
WEST AND SOUTH.

AT Cleveland, on the eveningiof the 1Sth
q woman named Mrs. Donovan, after ql.,
reling with her husband, took her two chll-
dren, one eight months and the other tao
years old, and jumped into the river, all
three of them being drowned.
A SPECIAL from Norfolk, Va, on the 2lst,
says the town Of Creswell, n. c., was totally
destroyed by fire on the night of the 18th
All the United States mails in the Postoffice
there were consumed. There was but little
insurance held in The town by the property
holders, ana the greatest distress prevailed.
WHAT may prove to be another Charley
Ross case has recently occurred in Chicago, a
little boy named Willie Dean, aged five and
half years. having mysteriously disap-
peared on the afternoon of the 18th. No trace
of him had been discovered up to the 22d,
further than that when last seen, on the even
ing of the nth, he was in company with
some strolling Italian musici ,us A reward
of $500 was offered for his recovery, and
several arrests of suspected parties were
made, without any satisfactory results
THE verdict of the Coroner's Jury in the
ease of the Court House disaster at Rock
ford, H., is to the effect that the cause of
the falling of the building was the neglect
of the architect, Henry L. Gay, to provide
for tie great amount of weight called for to
complete the construction of said building
according to the plans as designed by him
that the Board Of Supervisors failed to use
that caution in examining the plans and
specifications which the construction of s
building of that magnitude would seem L
require, and that they acted unwisely in no
employing competent architect 10 superin
tend the construction of the same.
AT Louisville, KY, on the oath, the hors
TenBroeck ran a mile in 1:393l, being tw'
seconds faster than the best time for that dis
tance previously accomplished.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-31
The Taurup, or Great Turtle.

Bad as are his habits (the pickereD, how
ever, he is not the only nor the worst
enemy of the poor, pestered trout. The
great turtle, the tau17tp or torper OF the
aborigines, the swapping turtle of more re-
fined dialects, is a deadlier foe, for he
takes the mature fish, not the mere finger
lings which satisfy the pickerel.
The tnur7tp is a horrible creature, one of
the antediluviars, cruelty in its eye,
strength in its muscles, imperViousness in
its shell, and neither mercy nor gentle
ness in its heart or bowels. With equal
independence it lives on land or in water,
with equal cou- age 1t defends itself from
man or beast One of forty, fifty, or even
sixty pounds, to which weight they often
attain, is no mean antagonist; when capt
ured and drawn into the boat, or cornered,
it turns, and rising on its black and wrin-
killed. legs, not crawling prone like an or
dinary turtle, but with head extended,
little yellow eyes glittering, and sharp
beak really for the contest, it advances de-
fiant of all created things. Then it is no
pleasant object, nor agreeable companion
within the narrow limits of an ordinary
boat, and the captOr at such moment
wishes he had done something else, and
been good way off instead of being just
in hat particular spot at that moment of
time. l remember one | captured, of
quite sixty pounds weight-dragging him
ashore by the tail, and then chopping his
head half off with an aXe-whicb
cleared the kitchen quicker than the
" Ole folks, young folks" when we
undertook to put him into the wash boiler
of boiling water, with view to turtle
soup; and another which moved its legs
twenty-four hours after it WAS not only de-
capitated but disemboweled. What an
appealing spectacle for the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and the
other weak sentimentalists in general
These fellows are dangerous to deal with,
and must be approached with care; their
bite is terrible, their jaws never relaxing
till the piece seized upon comes out, and
they are possessed of quickness OF mo-
ton which no one would expect from
their heavy, awkward shape. They lay
their eggs IN the sand during the warm
days OF early June, depositing about
thirty or forty, and scratching out hole
about half the depth of their bodies tor
the purpose. The eggs are round, nearly
an inch in diameter, and of a delicate
orange color, the shell being exceedingly
thin like transparent paper, and they are
LETT to hatch OF themselves under the heat
Of the summers sun. Swapping turtles
destroy and devour some Of our finest
trout, approaching them for that purpose
from below, rising slowly from the bot
tom, and looking more like some black,
rough barked log than living creature,
till they are near enough to dart out their
long nesk and big head. The trout some
times escapes, but carries with him there
after the clear imprint of the two horny
jaws on either side of his abdOmen.-
Robert 3. R0OSeoe.t, in App5et0n's journal
| f1r ,Tuae
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-31
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

jefferson Davis is writing his me-
moirs at Mobile.
If you were the Earl of Dudley it
your family of four.
The property which Parson Brownlow
left consists of his homestead, with about
1000, life insurance policy and an in
terest in the Wing and Chronicle news
paper.
"A few nights before his death DIR.
Muhlenberg, listening to the storm out
side, said, with quaint humor, 1t is such
bad, rough weather that I guess I'll not
venture out to go over the River Jordan
tonight"
"A man living in Nicholas County,
Ky, AYERS that he glanced at every word
in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary,
which required three days work, and
found that there are 335 words of seven
syllables, twenty four with eight syllables,
and three with nine.
Mrs. Ralston, widow of the Califor-
MIA banker, has written from Paris to
friends in San Francisco that the gentle
man she has married is named Candor :;
that he is an American by birth, but has
lived long abroad; and that their future
home will probably be London or Paris.
Dr. J. Marion Sims has written book
to show that DR.. Crawford W. Long, of
Georgia, was the real discoverer Of an@s-
thetics, having antedated Wells, Morton
and Jackson by several years. DR.. Sims
suggests the appropriation by Congress of
$780, 900, TO be divided between the fami-
lies of Long, Wells, Morton and Jackson.
Lucy Stone objects to the announce
ment of a widows death as that OF a
"relict'' of somebody" piece that is
left of the man she belongs to-" How
would it look, inquiries Lucy, to have a
man alluded to as the " "relict" of his late
wife? To this the Springfield Republican,
with malicious glee, retorts: Lucy will
have the pleasure, if she dies before Mr..
Blackwell, and then comes back in the
spirit to read his obituary notice, of MOTTO
ing something very much to that effect
said of him.
When Mr.. Boxer, the United States
Minister to Russia, was Minister to Tur-
key Gen. Ignatieff called upon him and
said that he had honored him and the
United States with the first official visit,
although, little while before, Mr.
Boxer had seen the General enter the
British Embassy. Mr.. Boxer knew the
Russians peculiarly well, and soon after
ward, having heard that the latter had so
bad cold that he had lost his voice COM
pletely, remarked, If that is so, the re-
cording angel will enjoy respite. ~
7. EUening Post.
"A type foundry in st. Paul has lately
furnished tue types for the Frdm0ao5, an
Icelandic newspaper to be published in
The Iceland colony at Keewatin, on the
Red River, in British territory, about
sixty miles from Fort Garry. This will
be the first newspaper published on the
American continent in the Icelandic Ian
guage. The preparation of the types re-
quired the greatest care. They are in the
Roman alphabet, but with a great many
peculiarities in regard to accentuation,
and are of very antiquated form. The
Icelandic language is something like the
Norwegian language, as it was spoken
about thousand years ago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-31
An Encounter With a Grizzly.

Crossing over the trail from Bear Val
lev to San Bernardino, we encountered a
grizzly bear standing directly in our path.
My guide strongly advised making de-
tour and leaving bruin in possession of
the pass, but thought of my California
stock bought at sixty, and determined to
be avenged upon this bruin for what
had suffered at the hands of the California
street bears. had heavy Sharp's rife,
and putting a handful of cartridges into
my vest pocket to expedite rapid loading,
| approached within sixty yards, and.
dismounting, gave my lariat to the guide,
telling him If he attempted to run off with
the horses l would shoot him. | then
took deliberate aim at the bears head and
fired. With roar which sounded to me
like that of forty lions combined, he
bounded toward me. Hastily reloading,
I fired again, and was so fortunate as to
break one of his forelegs. This SO
checked his advance that | was able to
give him four more shots before we came
to close quarters. Owing to my rifle hav
ing become heated from rapid firing, |
had some difficulty in extracting an ex
ploded cartridge, and by the time 1 was
prepared to deliver my seventh and last
shot-for had no more cartridges in my
pOcket-Hly eHel4iy was "itIllu lel Ieet VI
me, could see that nearly every shot had
taken effect. One bullet had plowed a
deep furrow from near the end of his nose
to his left eye, under which it had lodged.
From a wound in his neck the blood was
spouting in heavy, rapid jets. His end
was evidently close at hand, but mine
might be even nearer. All depended upon
the chance he would give me to put in my
next shot Even if | had had more cart
ridges, | knew that / would not have
time to reload. I leveled my rife, and as
| did so the bear raised upon his hind
legs as if TO embrace me. His left paw
having shattered the leg above the knee
The long claws on his other paw looked
ANYTHING but pleasant, as he extended ii
J with the evident design of going Short
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-31

on me. As he raised his paw he exposed
his breast, and l sent my last bullet
through his heart. He did not immedi-
ately drop, but settled back upon his
launches and gla"ed at me for an instant
with the fury of 10000 devils in his eyes;
then with a growl of disappointed rage
he gave one convulsive spring forward
and fell dead at my. feet. | examined my
dead prize, and found that six of my sew
en- shots had struck him. 1 came to the
conclusion then and there to give ''griz-
Zly" wide berth for the future. 1t takes
too much lead to kill him.-Cor. San
Francisco Chronicle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-31
Turkish Rapacity.

The history OF the world does not af-
ford another instance of vast multitudes
of yaDquished subjects so grievously op-
pressed for centuries in their own native
land by mere handful of conquerors.
It has been principle of Ottoman gov
eminent to allow no official survey or
census: but il is believed that the total
population OF the Empire does not ex-
ceed thirty-two millions, and of these
about thirteen millions are in Europe Of
the latter onlv three millions are Mos
lens; the rest belong to the subject races
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-31

There is a curious well at Wessen,
Miss Sometimes it Dlows out pure air,
and nothing but iron and heavy articles
can be thrown in it. If sand is thrown IN
the we'll it is blown out. The air it blows
out is perfectly pure and can he inhaled
without any unpleasant effect. At other
times the we'll sucks in air, aud when one
puts his hand over it the suction is strong
" felt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-31

When you see newspaper article
which promises in its beginning to be an
essay of high merit. it is web to read it
for the profit to accrue from 50 doing.
But, as matter of precaution, it is bet
ter to glance first at the end to see if any
thing is said about tg two fh sizes Of bottles Is,
lar.-Ddn614y Neaos.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-31

WIEN it is noon in New YORK IL IS
seven O'Clock in the evening at CONSTANT
nople and the fighting is all over IN kou-
mania for the day.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-31

Let all the school teachers put on all
the biackboards of the land: - It's
nieer-to-sell-whea eat-th2n-to-fght. y
~. J. Graphic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-31

A new JERSEY girl who was invited %
go fishing gsaid she had plenty of hooks ana
eyes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-05-31

Gen. John B. Hood, of New Orleans,
The e1-Confederate, has just been pre-
sented with his third pair of twins.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-05-02
Vermont Central Railroad.

We publish in another column 4
summary Of the report Of the special
Masters in Chancery, who, for nearly
TWO years, have been investigating the
accounts, transactions and manage
ment of the road and its leased lines
by its legal receivers, Messrs. j. Greg
ary Smith, Joseph Clarke, Worthlng
ton C. Smith, Benjamin z. Cheney
and Lawrence Barnes. The eminent
ability of this investigating commit
tee and the high personal character
of its members preclude the posslblll-
ty that the report which they send
forth is anything but the truth, and
the whole truth. We have been OF
the opinion that great deal OF the
scandal which has arisen regarding
these receivers had its rise at first
among parties who felt the competl-
ton which the receivers created, while
the charges made appeared to be sub
stantiated in the minds of many when
the securities deprecated and all the
available earnings were swallowed up
10 keep the concern from total inSol-
yeacy. Had the good times Of 1864
to 1870 continued. this road would
have achieved the popularity which 4
good paying investment receives, and
its managers would have experienced
only the thanks OF The hondholders.
it is no doubt true that the managers
were somewhat over sanguine regard.
ing their Western connections, and
made some sacrifices to promote inter
ests which they regarded as essential
to the ultimate growth Of the road,
! but that there has been fraud practlceu
the report of the special commission
ers in cilancery clearly disproves. But
| it is the future rather than the past
that interests the holders of these Sc
curities. Il IS no doubt possible, now
that the arrangement has been per
lected, for the road to meet its o5liga.
tons upon the new basis, and, with
revival of business, to show that ever
some of its most Sanguine friends sim
ply discounted by a few years the pos
siJillty of its capacity for proving re
muncrative. -Boston journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1877-05-02
Ben Wade and the Administration.
JEFFERSON, Ohio, April 9.

JEFFERSON, Ohio, April Q.
To W. II. Painter, Washington, ID. g.
NV Dear Sir-Your letter Of the 5th
Was duly received. You ask whether
| remember what | said in favor Of
President Hayes in my endeaVor to
procure his nomination at the Cincln-
natl Convention. | do remember it,
after what has since transpired with
indignation and ltterness Of soul
that [ never felt before. You know
with what untiring zeal labored for
the emancipation OF the slaves Of the
South, and to procure justice for them
before and during the time | was IN
Congress, and l supposed President
HAYES was in full accord with me on
this subject. But have been deceiv-
ed, betrayed and even humiliated by
the course he has taken to degree
that have no language to express
During the first month Of his admlnls-
tralion we ind him closted with two
of the worst and most malig nant enc
mics of the colored race that can be
found in all the slave-cursed region,
and consulting with those maletactors
how best he can put these cclored peo.
ple under the iron heel OF their most
bitter enemies and reduce them 10 a
condition infinitely worse than before
they were free, / iecl that to have
emancipated these people and then to
leave them unprotected would be 3
crime as infamous as to have reduced
them to slavery when they were free
and for Hayes to do this TO the mel
tnat had, at the hazard OF their lives,
given him the votes without which
he never could have had the power to
do this terrible injustice no doubt he
melitates the destruction Of the party
that elected him. A contemplation Of
this fills me with amazement aud mex
pressible Indignation. My only con
ISOLATION is that history informs me
that better men than | ever pretended
to be have III like manner been de
ccived. Some have attempted to ex-
cusc him by saying that he ''means
WELL" but hell is paved with such good
intentions. Truly yours,
b. +. WADE.