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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-08-09
A POst-hOie Card.

An old gentleman in a Franklin
county town, who recently became the
recipient of his first postal card, placed
his specks carefully astride his nasal
organ and eyed the pasteboard closely.
" What is this thing anyway" he finally
demanded, why, a postal card OF
course" was the answer. "a post
hole card? What is SIGH thing good
for, I'd like to know" He was Informed
that cheap rate of postage had come
into vogue, and writing paper was at a
discount. Blast it all!' famed the
old gentleman in sudden rage, while
his nose described a semicircle with q
sharp angle; they've got to 'dulteratin'
tea with weeds, terbacker with icorice
and copper, whiskey with pepper and
turpentine, an now they've got ter
dulteratin' envelopes tn save the paperl
Confound 'em!"-.Sprinatfeld Union
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-08-09

FOUND His BoY.-Not long after the
stealing of Charley Ross, a little son of
Henry Dochmueier, of St. Louis, was
stolen. The father had but little prop
erty, and was unable to pay the expense
of an extensive search; but he shrewdly
hit upon plan for accomplishing the
object efectualIy. He read the papers
carefully, and whenever he saw an ac-
count ofthe finding ofasupposedCharley
Ross he sent to learn if the boy was not
his lost one At length, two years after
the kidnapping, he saw an account of a
strange boy in Illinois, and on going
there, he found what he had been so
long in search of. The child's hair had
been dyed, and he had changed much
through sickness and deprivation, but
there was no doubt as to his identity
He had been stolen by wandering beg
gars, who had made his pretty face
profitable in exciting sympathy. The
father is now prosecuting the supposed
kidnappers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-08-09

CHEERFULNESs is excellent wearing
quality. 1t has been called the bright
weather OF the heart. 1t gives harmony
to the soul and is perpetual song with
out words 1t is tantamount to repose.
1t enables nature to recruit strength |;
whereas worry and discomfort debilitates
it, involving constant wear and tear.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-08-09

Love Of display which results in vul-
gar ostentation is the result ofselfshness,
of desire to excite the envy of Others
rather than the wish to share benefits
with them-an effort to appear great
without striving to be great in reality.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-08-09

certificate as witnesses. After that Mark
paid the Minister, gave the couple 5000
in cash, and set them adrift with an in
junctlon-which, by the way, he as
cribed to Hoyle,-to go and sin no
9,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-08-09
A New Hypothesis on the Origin Of
Petroleum.

At recent meeting of the Chemical
Society of St. Petersburg, Prof Mende-
lief sought to combat some of the old
notions on the origin Of petroleum, and
to substitute a new theory on the sub
ject. 1t has been maintained by many
biologists that the decomposition of
mineral matter in the lower strata of the
earth was the source of petroleum.
Mendeliieff believes that the true source
is to be sought much lower down. The
sandstones in which it is found were
not its original source, as Is shown from
the fact that no carbonized animal re-
mains are found in it. There ought
also to be other products of organic de-
composition if that was the starting
point; we must search lower down, even
| below the silurian, as the mineral oil in
the Caucasus is found in the tertiary,
and in Pennsylvania in the devonian
and silurian. As, however, in the rocks
below the silurian there was very little
organic life, the formation Of such a
great quantity of petroleum could
scarcely be traced to such limited
source. MendeGeff, therefore, proposes
a substitute for the organic theory. He
goes back to the nebular hypothesis of
Laplace, and applies Dalton's law Of the
original gaseous condition of the mate
rial of the earth, and, taking into con-
sideration the density of the earth and
the vapor density of the elements, he
arrives at the conclusion that the inte-
rior contains many metals and comes to
the following conclusions: Through
some of the assures in the crust of the
earth occasioned by the upheaval and
depression of the surface, water perco-
lated to the carburetted metals and acted
upon them at high temperature and
elevated pressure, thus forming metallic
oxides and saturated HYDROCARBONS; the
latter rose in the form of vapor to the
upper STRATA where they condensed to
liquids in porous sandstones and other
rocks which have tendency to absorb
liquids. The internal heat of the earth
occasioned the reduction of carburetted
metals. and this gave rise to hydro-car-
bons. Other chemists than Mendeliieff
have shown experimentally that some
thing very like petroleum can be pro-
duced artificially, by initiating il the
| laboratory the process above described.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-08-09

Don't forget to have a good woodshed
this fall well filed with wood. Dry wood
stored In the shed will be much more
pleasant and economical to use during
the cold, unpleasant weather of winter
than that which has remained out Of
doors.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-08-09

THE cultivation of flax in the west is
increasing, as it should, The North
western Flax Society report the average
value of the crop per acre to be S27 .09.
The United States import annually $50,
100000 worth Of flax, hemp and jute.
Improved processes are steadily dimin-
ishing the cost of harvesting, preparing
and manufacturing. Jute may be grown
in the southern states, hemp in Kentuc-
ky, Missouri, Illinois and Indiana; futh-
er north, flax is at home The two lat
ter are extensively grown already.
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-10-18
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:, .s h this town. Oct asl sl6. very suddenly. Mrs. Edwin Pratt, aged 46 years sg.5vIa 5 Entered into rest at Watertown. Conn., Oct. ,i2, Rev. w. H. Lewis. D. D. Son of the late Ozias Lewis Esq. of this vin- age, insthe 7th year of his age.s7jaeY '' '''
 In Harwinton, Oct. 9th, Mir. Epharim Cleveland in his S9th year.
 In East Litchfeld. Oct. 13, Wallace, son .of Averies MoWeeds 'aged A yeafss S Il U 'l tsSouth Kent, 0ets 29sh, Mrs, l.. Nor eys. aged S6.swoiIel sa goKTETa dlalaH9I
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-10-18

baa r'!nagdagfea eaaJa38 0d4 ( -g4 haa tssi aat sasaa sIi no nwoE
 .sinemI
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-10-18
MorFas.

Mr. Horatio Benton has had very long and successful season this year, with an average of about 70 boasders, twenty of whom still remain with him.
 We hear that petiticn is soon to be served on the, ToWn- of Merris for 3 new road from the Bethlehem line to the She. pahg Depot at West Morris. It is stated that the proposed( road will give .alevel route from that depot to Bethlehem cen, ter, considerably shorter and better thar the one to the Waterbowi,. .a.iS .s ..
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-10-18
Dr. shiTol,ss svstteIiI1nol t II1o yTtaiIzer

.os'w {. We ate anthoriized, 10, guarantee this remedy for the cure of Dyspepsia, Inac- tive Liser.i Sour Stomach, Constipation,
 Loss of Appetite, Coming mp of Food,
 Yellow Skin. and General Languor and Debility. You must acknowledge that
 this would be ruinous unless we had pos
 tive tesideneelt twill cufe. q You who
 are suffering from these complaints, these
 words are addressed and will you con- Itinpe to suffer when you can De cured on
 such terms? It is for yopv to determine.
 Sample bottle. 10 cents; regular size 75 cents. Sold by Wessells & Gates. A v q 50. 900 die annually by neglecting .
 Cough. Cold or Crcup; often leading to Consumption and the grave. Why will you neglect so important . matter when syou can get at our store SHILoH's CoN.
 spsEPrfoN CURs, with the assurance of .
 speedylrecovery.a Eorsoreness across the eChest or Lungs or Lame Back or Side SHiLoH's PoR6Us PhAsfER, gives prompt relief Sold by Wessells & Gates. I a..a 2.
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-10-18

ata H HAacsKMEFAcK, q popnlaf and fragrant .peffume. bsSold by WesseIls < Gates.
 Litchield Conn.,, elsewhere, by dealers
 generally.
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-10-18

As means of clearing of boulders from
 farms there can be nothing eqaal-to 1t. Il The expense of cracking them, to man.. l.ageable size cannot be one tenth that of blasting with gunpowder, and had t been
 employed before, it's use on Echo Farm ,l alone would have saved thousands of doi-
 lars. eess s . T e1'7 as lasas p-,is3 aal @ f-4 l The crowd who were presenttos see the blasts were naturally much surprised at 1 the effectiveness of the new explosive At | first we took distant view from the rocks 1 back of the old Marsh place. but finally I got considerably nearer. so that stone
 from one of the surface blasts whizzed by quite close to us. -i1s aa .. .e,.sfrd eas s Il The dynamite blasting brought into prominence valuable feature in a small dog owned by Mr. E. P. Cheney. When people are running from blast. this in- itelligept animal will always chase and bite the person who happens to be near. ! lest him. This is a fact fotEvhieh we cau vouehE personally, having beet the ihdi { lvlduai selected and bitten in the lees, on
 Monday afternoon, probably lwish "a view n Co a:looal notice in the next paper. .ls.a - | .8atssfa vnsa4@R sas 8af hg i& .6aoI33tsa rls -The, Superior Court finished it's Sep. tember term on Thursday last On Thurs day afternoon Judge Sandford rendered this 1ascisions in the following eases,
 hetetofote tried before him: ,s', ses ., |. gei
 Ncte "a. aCyaase was alecriminal case
 tried. to the oourt instead of to the jury landerihe recent statute giving the pris ? pner the privilege. at his option, of beint i, sso tried. ~ The material point in the cas' ]. was rsearding oonfessioR made by th'
 prisoner to the officers soon after his ar
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-10-18


 course: & 4&sA Ak4XNS. 5 2 At Lords Cotton Mills Baldwln's) on the Biz Elk, ninety feet of the dam breast between 4OO and 800 perches of stone were swept down the stream from this dam. Tie head. gate of the race was par. tiaiIy destroyed, and a heavy stone wal forming one end of Che saw.mill building, was carried away and the water wheel de. moIished. Here, as at the other points mentioned, the entire aspect of the place IS changed, Immense gullies have been washed out and huge sand banks built mp, while large boulders are scattered here and there, presenting wild and desolate app0arance. Mir. .Vanhorn, ths foreman of this mill, was driven from hil dwelling by the water. and sforced to TO move to other qnarters. The loss here is from S5, 900 to q, 900. a. 4h@ al.a er
 -'.UxcnE ToM's CABIN. "-McD Donougi Hall held the largest audience at an enter tainmsnt Saturday evening since Misi Kellogg gave a concert in it several year. ago. The audience had the pleasure oi seeing one of tho best renditiohs of tha famoas old drama ever witnessed there It had bean bnpposed by many that Che character of 10psy belonged exolusivel, to Mrs. c. O. Howard, but Eillie Wilkin son dispelled that illnsion efEectually. Sat urday evening, rendering that dificul part to perfection Charlie Wilkinson ii the same old jolly GuaaptsOn Ctste a aver and the grave old Quaker Pkineas. onl, he would ..get of the track. occasionally The company Is more than an average one and in many Kpspactst superior to travel ina c0mpaniab generally. What is more they hre at ladies' and eentlemen ip ever, aenas pf. tho woFds Many parsons yer present who never intend Baph nntBrtail ments, and not word of dissatisfactio was expressed s--A Af5dd1etOwD oorrespond egpf 0f H0rsford Post.
Litchfield enquirer., 1877-10-18

]. os ss,NLarT1ageS.e' 'ss sa's,.' v At Waterbury, Oct. 18th, at the 2d Congregational church, by Rev. E. O.
 Beckwith, D. D., MT Daniel o. Perkins
 of Cornwall, and Miss Eva E. aOurtiss, of
 Waterbury, s4o.a roersq svolsfsse szefaas
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-08-09
An Historical Fact.

Every agent who has been steadily selling
the Improved $50 Homestead Sewing Machine
for three years, owns his own dwelling house,
has good account in bank, is clear Of debt,
and has MONEY at interest the na'ural conse-
qnence of securing good agency for superior
goods at thu lowest prices A good frst-class
Sewing Machine, most useful-reliable IT all
times. easy to understand and control, the same
size and does the same work as any Machine
that sells for Four TlMEa the price. There is
no machine at any price better, or that will do
finer or more work, and certainly none 50 low
in price by many dollars. The HOMESTEAD is
widely known and used in thousands Of FAM
lilies in the Eastern and Middle States, and
daily becoming popular in the West. 1t will
save the c. st several times over in the season,
doing the work of the .mily, or will earn four
or FIVE dollars day for any man or woman
who sews for living. 1t is the strongest
Machine made, is ready at all times to do ifs
work. makes the strongest and finest stitch vet
invented and is acknowledged as the Standard
Family Sewing Machine. Price, complete for
domestic use, $40 delivered at your door; no
matter how remote you may reside. Business
permanent and honorable, with more certain
and rapid sales, and larger profits than any
theor. Extraordinary offers mane to local or
travelling agents where we have none establish
ed; or. if there is no agent near you, send your
order direct to the factory. Address John h.
Kendall & Co., 42l Broadway, New York.
137-1y
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-08-09
MARKET REPORTS
St. Paul Markets.
ST. PAUL, August s, 1877
PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS.

Business is very dull indeed, being confined
to the reduced actual wants OF the community
in time W hen people are thinking more OF
bathing in the lakes and rustlcatlng than OF
ANYTHING else. There are only few orders
for produce from the Black Hills, W hich seem
to be supplied for the present; Manitoba IS
very quiet now, and the Lake Superior coun-
tay is not extravagant in its demands, by any
means Considerable grain (oats and CORN
is going out in various directions, and some
large lots of butter are shipping eastward
otherwise the business doing Is manly con-
fined to the local and near by trade.
FLOUR--Wheat having remained quotable
at a considerable reduction from former
prices, flour has suffered tumble. Quota
tons are at present good deal mixed not
having reached bed rock. A good many
eastern orders for car load lots are going for
ward at the reduced prices, mostly by rail, as
BUYERS seem to have no further tear OF rail-
road strikers. and make their orders accord
ingly EQUATIONS take rather wider range
than usual and are for ordinary to good
xxx g 25 for large lots and 81 81 tor small,
the small sales including the daily transac-
tions with city and local dealers. Some brands
of xxx -four are firmly held and are selling
at 81. rs and in small lots at 90. Interior
qualities are nominal; with some sales OF Xxx
at So .OOd6 90 Indian flour is not now IN de-
mand Bolted corn meal is quoted at 81 AUG
1850 ~ 100 lbs Rye -four is scarce and quotable
at S2.76GS w " sack.
WHEAT From all parts of the state, except
some OF the counties in the north and north
west where the grasshoppers made clean
work comes the assurance that no finer or
more abundant crop of wheat was ever har-
vested than the one which is now very nearly
ready to cut Estimates of the average Yields
of the different localities range from 10 bush
els to 50 bushels to the acre, and the quality
is ALMOST universally said to be superb. On
some of the older and well known wheat
lands the recent hot and very dry weather is
said to have some damage by shrinking the
berry and reducing the actual weight, and 1t
.may turn out that this cause has had more
extended effect than is now suspected. OPP
tons for delivery in September in Chicago
and Milwaukee are selling at prices that do
not support present expectations OF producers:
No. W heat is now quotable in the st. Paul
markets at 81 .05 and No at 81 90.
The following are the quotations of No. 2
wheat in the great markets yesterday and yes
terday week
Last week. This week
Iiyerpool llsQ12s 1ls2d(0l2S6
New York Sl.4S S1.45
Chicago l.Y l.loa1.O
Milwaukee l.35H l.2o
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-08-09
MONEY TO LOAN,
On improved farms, in sums to suit Ad-
dress A. A MCLEOD. St. Paul l53-tt
$35 Life Scholarship, $50

La Crosse Business College teaches all COM
mon school branches, and all styles of book
keeping and business practices, and Plain and
Ornamental Penmanship Cheapest place to
board on the Mississippi river. Cheapest and
best College in the country. Send for circular
giving full information.
Address J. l.. WALLACE.
La Crosse, Wis
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-08-09
Social Event at Hastings.

One of the largest and most select parties
ever assembled in this city, congregated at the
Tbnrsday evening, to welcome home Mr.. and
Mrs p. Gardner from their bridal tour.
No pains or expense were spared by Mr.. and
Mrs. Gardner to make the evening an enjoy
ahle one for the guests and the young couple.
The nresents were numerous and OF a char
acter that showed the high esteem in which
Mr.. and Mrs. Gardner are held by their nu-
,nernus friends.-Hastings Union.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-08-09

We call attention to the advertisement OF
The la Cross Business College, in our columns
to-day. The reduction makes it the 6! cheapest sI
college in the Northwest, WHICH IN n, these Inc
as s,rnck the right key, and will receive his
rasyard in increased patronage.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-08-09

Two elevators are to be built at the town \, OF
nonnellv on the St. Paul & Pacific road; TINS
fall. one by the Elevator Company, ana Tue
other by Mr.. Locke.-St Paul Dispatch.
The town of Donnelly is tiourishing like
Green bay tree. 1t has the largest hotel IN
PROCESS of construction west OF the Bag
Woods
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-08-09
M You Want Cheap Insurance

Reader, When we say cheap insurance
mean safe insurance too. The best company
;s the safest. and home compsny IS the best
because we know more about'it than we can
possibly know about Now York or Connec-
ticut institution.
The ST. Paul Fire and Marine insurance
Company is one ofthe established
of Minnesota, and has grown ABOUT as rapidly
as the state itselt. ooo
It commenced in 1868 with but $4,000 OF
assets:-in fourteen years its assets have IN
creased to nearly million dollars. Its assets
in 1877 are $685., 2oa, IA, we doubt if any SINH
lar instance of rapid growth can be found IN
the history OF corporations. :,
Commencing with s75 ,0oOin 1863 it has paid!
out in fourteen years 81 ,704 ,sS97S for losses
And it's assets are in round numbers MIL
lion or more.
Ii is well managed by some OF the best
business men III the state, with {. II. Bigelow
as President, Horace Thompson as treasurer,
c. A. Eaton as Secretary and W. S. Timber
lake as Assistant Secretary.
We would recommend all our readers VINO
need insurance to give it call. It's rates are
low and its terms easy
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-08-09

The only bright spot in grasshopIpmer eaten N
Kandiyohi county isthe Spottswooat hH 1oo at a.
Willmar No man would drealn' ~ aoJ Iee ..'
,r;tb;n = thousand miles OF the place
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-08-09

Talk about your big wheat Look at Mr.
Pierce's field near Morris:-good Tor 80 push'
els to the acre despite grasshoppers and black
birds
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-08-09
GhHrn is not easily earned in these times
XIII | but it can be made in three months
W III | nv any one of either sex in any part

Of the country who is willing to work stead o.
ily at the employment that we furnish, 700
Der week in your own town. You need not
he awav from your home at night. You can
give your whole time to the work, or only
your SPARE moments. We have agents VINO
'raoa 1T once can make money fast At the
I nresent time money cannot be made SO easily
and rapidly at any other business. 1t costs
nothing to try the business. Terms and So
outfit free. Address at once, Il. HALLETT
Co Portland, Maine. loo-ohl.
The Portland daily press., 1877-12-22

The blood imparts to the body the elements which
essential to its existence. When these are in
sufficiently supplied its energies begin to flag there
is loss of aesh the muscles grow faccid. the re-
Elective powers lose vigor-ev function is dis
turbed, every organ weakened. Under these
circumstances, it is obvious that the constitution
must give way unless the vital fluid is enriched
To accomplish this object, recourse should be had
without delay to that grand fertilizer of the BLOOD
Hostetters Stomach Bitters, which promotes
assimilation of the food ami is the OF render
ing the circulation itch and active. The good effects
of the great tonic are speedily apparent in gain of
bodily vigor and mental energy. A regular action
of the various organs also results from its use the
good work of bodily reform goes rapidly on, and
eventually health IL established upon sure basis.
dec18 deod&w1w
The Portland daily press., 1877-12-22
By TELEGRAPH.
MAINE.

Especial to the Press.l
Fire at Tenants Harbor.
RooKLAND, Dec. 2l.-An incendiary fire at
Tenants Harbor last evening DESTROYED the
dwelling house of Melinda Jackson. Loss
about $1,000; Insured for $500.
ITO the Associated Press.l
Appointments by the Governor.
AUGUSTA, Dec. 2l.-The Governor has reap-
pointed Hon. Chas. Danforth of Gardiner.
Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court; Henry
Carmichael of Brunswick, and M. c. Fernald
OF Orono, members of the Board of Agricul.
ture.
Sudden Death.
BANGOR, Dec. DIV. B. Greenville of
Bucks Mills, Bucksport, 40 years old, dropped
dead with heart disease this morning.
Aaron McKenney's Centennial.
SAco, Dec. H.-Aaron McKenney was one
hundred years old today. The old gentleman
received hundreds of callers and there was a
family reunion. A string band was present.
and general Publication INDUCED in. His
father died at so and three brothers at 96, "a
and IS respectively. One young man of 95,
Jacob Milliken, was present who has voted
for every President from Adams to Tilden.
A large meeting of business men and land
holders of Old Orchard, last evening, deter
mined to fight to the bitter end to be set off
from Saco.
Maine State Grange.
The State Grange completed the election of
officers last evening, electing Mrs, S. r. Ryer-
son OF Norway, Pomona. The officers elected
were afterwards installed by Nelson Howe
Past Grand Master. The executive committee
chosen are Q. E. Gilman, Houlton; Nelson
Howe, Lewiston; 7. B. Hunter. 1t was voted
to add $4,000 to the capital Of the Portland
cooperative store. The Patrons Mutual Aid
Society elected Daniel Field of Auburn, Presi-
dent; Eli Hodgkins of Greene. Secretary; j.
M jackson of Lewiston, Treasurer. The SEES :
sion lasted till midnight. 1t will probably fin
ally adjourn this evening.