Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-07-12
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

DIR. R. V. Pierce, the well-known
medicine man, is talked Of for Mayor of
the City of Buffalo.
-Orpheus g. Kerr has not benefited
his health by crossing the ocean, and
there is not much hope of his living the
year out.
Capt. James B. Eads, who has charge
of the work On the Mississippi Jetties,
owns 2,702 shares of the National Bank of
Missouri at st. Louis, which failed few
days ago.
The death Of John S. G. Abbott was
caused by general debility brought on by
literary overwork. During mis- life he
labored at his desk constantly, and took
almost no exercise.-N. 7. E0eaiaag Post.
"A peculiar tombstone has been placed
in the Yantic Comm Cemetery, to mark
the grave of Mrs. David A Wells. 1t is
bowlder some four feet in diameter, one
side of which is faced and bears the in
scription: ''And they rolled stone to the
mouth of the sepulcher."
The old dispute, whether the name of
the Prophet of Islam should be spelled
MahOmet or Mohammed, has been settled
at last. The Oriental scholars say that it
should be spelled Muhammad. 1t will
still continue to be pronounced in acco-d-
ance with individual taste.
--Ex- Chancellor Robert Low, of In
gland, has written a treatise in which he
advocates the addition of fifteen new let
ters to our present alphabet. He does not
say whether he has been bought up by the
type founders or not, but the age is CEN
serious one.-DetrOft Free Press.
Wendell Phillips, while passing
through Pemberton Square, Boston, the
other morning, picked up pocket-booS
containing some money, and was on tae
point of starting for newspaper office TO
advertise it when he saw a young man
evidently looking for something. Mr.
Phillips accosted him and learned that he
had lost his pocket book, which, upon
description, proved to be the one found.
1t was, of course, returned to its owner,
who offered the finder one dollar as re.
ward, which was declined.
While the papers are graphing with
the intricacies of the Russian names, let
us observe the silvery flow of our own
names as given in the H'sry:ld /" Personal
Intelligence" The Russian Duke, at Pat
erson, yesterday morning, was talking
| with jackson about the beauties of Amer
ica. Said Jackson, "When | went to
Skaneateles, across the Shawangunk
HiOuHIdlliS, LdlllG DdCh Uy Tie way Oh
Chautauqua, Conshohocton, Susquehanna,
Wissahickon and Cattaraugus, but found
no scenery prettier than that around Pas
cack, Pequanac, Hackensack, Succasun-
ma, Packanack, Wagaraw, H0patcong and
Acquackanonk." The Russian looked in
amazement at the utterer of these simple
words, gasped "Titch,' - and died calmly.
N. 7. Herald.
"A Philadelphia special to the Chicago
Tribune states that during the execution
of C the Molly Mcguire" murderers at
Pottsville, Gov. HarIranft sat in the tele-
graphic office in Philadelphia by the side
of an operator who maintained constant
communication with the Pottsville office,
while his the Governors Private Secre-
| tary stood at the foot of the gallows with
reprieve in his pocket for Duffy, the
last man WAC was hung. The reprieve
was to be used in case any of the con-
demned men had in their last speeches ex-
| culpated Duffy from any share in the
crime of which he was found guilty. TIE
evidence against him was circumstantial-
ly strong but not absolute, and this course
was taken to avoid the possibility of his
being hung after some of the dying men
had asserted his innocence. But the
words that would have respited him at
least were not spoken, the reprieve re-
mained unread, ana the eXecutioner did
his work