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

AT Mulheim, Germany, a potato field on
which the Colorado beetle appeared has been
covered with petroleum and tan-bark and
burned, the Government indemnifying the
owner.
THE Russian Commissariat was tele-
graphed, on the 29th ult., to hurry up sup
plies for the forces south of the Danube, as
the country was entirely destitute and fam
inc impended. About 100000 men had passed
over at Simnitza up to the morning of the
29th ult.
On the 1st, the Porte published the follow
ing official dispatch: "The Russians, defy
ing the rights of humanity, and without any
military necessity, have completely de-
stroyed the 1ourishing Town of Rustchuk,
which is now nothing but heap of ruins.
| They spared neither mosques, churches, hos
pitfalls, nor public buildings. We hereby
| make known their act to the justice and hu-
manity ef Europe
CoNsTANTINoPLE dispatches of the 30th
ult. report heavy fighting near Sistova. The
Turks were hastily forwarding reinforce
mepts and were infiicting considerable dam
age.
| SHUMLA kilograms of the 30th ult. report
| the defeat of a Russian force advancing in
land, at Biela. 1t was also reported that the
| Town of Nikopolis had been evacuated and
the Turkish monitors stationed there aban
doned.
| ACCORDING to ST. Petersburg dispatches of
| the 30th ult., the Cars proclamation, on en-
tering Bulgaria, was regarded there as the
signal for Bulgarian insurrection. The
announcement had been made by the Car
| that the Turks had retreated, and that all OF
Bulgaria except the quadrilateral composed
of Rutschuk, Silestria, Shumla and Varna
might be considered in the hands of the
| Russians.
A TURKISH monitor sank Russian steam.
er embarking troops and ammunition, neal
Widin, on the 30th ult.
On the I'd, the Russians occupied Tirnova
the ancient capital of Bulgaria, and pro
claimed Prince Tcherkoski Provisional Coy
ernor of the Province.
ACCORDING to Shumla dispatches of tht
ID, more than 200 women and children had
up 10 that time, been killed in Rustchuk by
the Russian shells. 1t was stated that the
Czar would attend personally to the redue
tion of the place.
| The Turks in Kars made desperate sortie
on the morning of the 30th ult., but wer
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Hugh MiIler's Early Days.

The name of Hugh Miller is we'll
known. He devoted himself early to a
life of hard labor as a Quarryman and a
mason, and, by the steady exercise of the
powers which God had given him, arose to
position of much usefulness and honor.
This story has been often told, to show
what can be done by the earnest use of
common means.
The father Of this celebrated man was
Master of sloOp belonging to Scotland,
which was lost in a fearful tempest. In
consequence of this bereavement, the
widow had to work late into the night, as
a seamstress, to provide for the family.
Hugh used TO frequent the harbor and
watch the shipping, sadly missing the fa-
mll1ar vessel, the return of which used to
be the cause of such joy to him. He
would also climb, day after day, grassy
knoll of the coast, close behind his moth
er's house, which commanded a wide
view OF the Moray Firth, and look wist-
fully out, long after every one else had
ceased to hope, for the sloop with the two
stripes of white, and the two square top
sails, commanded by his father. But they
never appeared again.
He learned the letters of the alphabet
by studying the sign-posts; he afterward
attended small school, and persevered
in his lessons till he rose to the highest
form, and became member of the Bible
class. The story of Joseph aroused his
interest, and he became diligent reader
Of all the Scripture stories. Hugh then
began TO collect library in a birch bark
box about nine inches square, which was
found large enough to contain all his
books.
He has described in his cold Red
Sandstone " the feelings with which he
began work, and the happiness he found
in it. "To be sure, my hands were lit
tie sore, and | felt nearly as much fatigued
as If | had been climbing among the
rocks; but had wrought and been useful
and had yet enjoyed the day fully as much
as usual. | was as light of heart next
morning as any of my brother workmen."
After describing the landscape, he says.
:" returned to the quarry, convinced that
very exquisite pleasure may be very
cheap one, and that the busiest employ
ments may afford leisure enough to en-
joy it,"
Various wonders soon disclosed them
selves in the rocks; marks of burrows, as
of an ebbing tide, and leaves of plants
Almost erery day opened new discoveries
to his curious eye, and awakened deeper
interest. And thus began that course of
observation and study which made him
famous as geOlogist, and enabled him to
render valuable help in the progress of
science.
His first year of labor came to close,
and he found that "the amount of mis-
happiness had not been less than in the
last of his boyhood. The additional ex-
perience of twenty years, he adds, g has
not shown me that there is any necessary
connection between a life of toll and life
of Wretchedness.
" My ADVICE says Hugh Miller, to
young workingmen desirous Of bettering
their circumstances, and adding to the
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Points by Josh Billings.

The habit of saving is a good one, but
the results are sometimes simply ridicu
lous. have known people fairly poor, in
odd and ends, that they had saved, that
were worse than nothing.
When an old man marries young wife,
the love in the transaction is always on
one side, but the folly is about equally
divided.
To avoid all trouble of lawsuits from
heirs and others, have concluded to ad-
minister upon my own estate by spending
1t as go along. sita
There are men who can keep a secret,
but they are the very ones who never will
take one to keep if they can help it.
good talker is a pleasant acquisition
to any company, but to be very agreeable
a man must at times be good listener.
The Office of true wit is to discover truth
and to show it up in a new and concise
manner.
In a forlorn hope woman's wit is
worth more thar mans judgment.
The friendships that exist between those
who give and those who receive is in
yariably ON the side of those who give; if
we give gifts that can be repaid we have
made debtor and lost a friend.
L don't know that philosophy makes a
I1du dDy WlStI VI CfCH udDD1Cl, Ii Slll-
ply makes him more satisfied with what
he cannot help.
Laziness has been mistaken for adversi-
ty, and has conquered more persons than
adversely ever has.
If man is perfectly honest he does not
need much brains to run his machine sue
cessfully, but if he is not he ha2 got to
have a head full.
There is no man needs watching 50
much as the one who is all the time watch
ing some one else.
l never knew drunken, lazy vagrant
yet, but what was always complaining of
his bad luck.
1t is great deal easier to cheat cum
ming man than an honest one, especially
if you trade twice with him.
Avarice is not economy, any more than
generosity is justice.
The great mass cf people go through
life as the bubbles float on the surface of
the river, with no desire or power to go
only where the current leads.
True courage never picks its time and
place; like the conscience, it is always at
its post, ready for the encounter,
The most ridiculous sight l know of is
a sheep in VOLTS clothing.-N. 7. Weekly.
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General News Summary.
FROM WASHINGTON.

PRESIDENT HAYES has appointed Gen.
William G. Leduc, of Minnesota, Commits
siGner of Agriculture.
THE following is the official statement of
the United States currency outstanding on
the 1st: Old demand notes, SO, ,396, ,250; legal
tender notes, 1853, ,764 ,322; notes of 1868,
500, ,2S5; compound interest notes, $500, ,26O; !;
fractional currency, SIC, ,4O3, 1874; total,
$3.50, ,627, 1864. The total amount of silver
coin issued to same date was 1913, ,121 ,5S7, of
which sl1 ,981 ,526 was issued on account of
currency obligations, and s21 ,14O,n6l in re-
demption Of fractional currency
THE coinage reports from all the mints in
the United States, except that at Carson
City, New, state that the aggregate coinage
for the fiscal year is 81 ,0O0, 600, showing an
increase over that of the last fscal year of
$14, 100000.
PRESIDENT HAYES and family returned to
Washington on the 30th ult from their New
England trip. They will spend the heated
term at the Soldiers Home, about three
miles from the White House, where they will
occupy The cottage used by President Lin
coin during two or three months of each
summer while he was President.
IHE pubic ueDb statement Tor Junc SHOWS
the following: Coin bonds outstanding,
81 697 1885, 800; total debt, 50 246 1S4 1S3; cash
in Treasury, 1886, ,O25, 800; debt, less cash in
the Treasury, s., ,06O, ,158, ,223; decrease during
June, %, ,229, ,199; since June 80, 1876, $780,
ISL ,121.
THE Secretary of the United States Treas
ury has given notice that the $40 bonds of
the act of March 3, 1865 ard consols of 1865,
will be paid at the Treasury of the United
States on and after the 5th of October, 1877,
and interest will close on that day.
A WASHINGTON dispatch of the 5th states
that the Postmaster had received a
letter from E. w. Keyes, Postmaster of Mad
ison, Wis, stating that four of five MEM
bers of the Republican State Executive Com
mittee were Postmasters, and inquiring
whether their signature for a call for State
Convention would violate the spirit of the
Presidents order. As the Convention could
not be called by any other means, they
hoped the performance of the formal duty
above indicated would not be considered
rs a violation of the Presidents dir, ctions
The Postmaster-General replied that, al
though he would prefer each official should
interpret the Presid entail order for himself,
yet lie was of opinion that to merely provide
for the meeting Of a Convention, and to call
it to order without attempting to control its
organization or future action, would not be
inconsistent with the spirit or purpose of the
Presidents instructions.
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The Sea Serpent Sighted from Royal
Yacht.

The Osborne, paddle royal yacht, CoAa-
mander Hugh l.. Pearson, which arrived
at Portsmouth from the MediterTanesA Osi
Monday, June IL, and at once proceeded
to her mcorinys in the haIbor, has for
warded an official repcrt tc the Admiralty,
through the Commander in Chief (Ad-
mlral Sir George Elliot, K. G. b. respect
ing sea acnster which she encountered
during her homeward voyage.
At shout five O'Clock in the afternoon
OF tsse I'd of June, the sea being excep-
tfenally calm, while the yacht was pro.
ceeding round the north coast of Sicily
toward Cape Vito, the officer on the
watch observed long ridge of fins, each
about SIX feet long, moving slowly along.
tie called for telescope, and was at once
Joined by other officers. The Osborne
was steaming westward at ten and a half
knets an hour, and, having long passage
beaoGe her, could not STAY to make minute
observations. The fins were progressing
, Sss an eastwardly direction, and as the yes
sci more nearly approached them, they
were replaced by the foremost part of
gigantic monster It's skin was, so far as
1t could be seen, altogether devoid OF
scales, appearing rather to resemble in
sickness that of a seal.
The head was bullet-shaped, with an
elongated termination, being somewhat
similar in form to that of seal, and was
about six feet in diameter Its features
| were only seen by one officer, who de-
scribed them as like those of an alligator.
The neck was comparatively narrow, but
so much of the body as could be seen de-
| veloped in form like that of a gigantic
turtle, and m each side extended two
fins, about fl en- feet in length, by which
the monster p died itself along after the
fashion of tur..e.
The appearance of the monster is ac-
counted for by a submarine volcano,
which occurred north of Galita, in the
Gulf of Tunis, about the middle of May,
and was reported at the time by a steamer
which was struck by detached fragment
Of submarine rock. The disturbance be-
low water, it is thought probable, may
have driven up the monster from its g ma
tive element" as the site of the eruption
is only one hundred miles from where it
was reported to have been seen.-POrts-
mouth (Gmp.} ISnaes
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esque as some lil.y maids we know. when
they come dom to breakfast on bright.
blithe JuIe day, arrayed in graceful
prints, With bows of ribbon at the neck
ana a. spotless apron tied around the waist
But the print and the apron would not
please us if worn TO church or to an even
Ing company, or on the crowRing day of
young girls hopes, at the reception of
ner diploma. Something more is needed,
then. to meet the requirements of fastidi-
Gus fancy. That something is not far to
seek. A white dress of plain muslin, SIM
ply trimmed, is within the reach of every
schoolgirl, and rich in her youth and
beauty, she needs nothing more elaborate
The students of the most conspicuous and
influential seminaries should set the fash
ion in this particular. .-Nargaret r. Sang
ster, IN the Christian InteUigencer.
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compelled to withdraw, after several hours
fighting, with heavy losses.
eAccoRDING to London kilograms of the
I'd, the Government had finally, after warm
discussion, resolved to extend no material
aid to Turkey. A small feet had been or
dered to Besika Bay, but it was stated that
this was a measure only of ordinary precau-
ton and had no sinister significance.
BUCHAREST dispatches of the I'd say that
Roumania had finally decided upon the in
auguration of offensive warfare with Turkey.
The ends she seeks to secure are the ac-
acknowledgement of the absolute independ-
ence of the State, the dismantling of Turk
ish fortresses along the Danube and full in
deninity for war expenditures and depreda-
tions of Turkish Armies.
on the night of the Both ult., the Rou-
manians crossed the Danube a. point east
of Kalafat, and threw up intrenchments with
view to the investment of Widin from the
land side.
THE seEsation, on the I'd, was the offer of
Gen. Garibaldi to the Roumanian Govern
ment to send experienced officers to form an
Italian Legion. After consultation with the
Gar, the offer was declined with thanks.
AUSTRIA notified the Porte, on the I'd, that
she would not permit the crushing of Mon
tenegro, and threatened to occupy Bosnia if
the Turkish Armies menaced Cettinje.
ACCORDING to Bulgarian dispatches of the
Sd, the Gear had issued a proclamation de-
claring the independence of Bulgaria. All
able bodied Bulgarians had been summoned
to present themselves at the Russian camp, to
be organized into force for their own pro-
lection. .s1r. seart- 4f5
CLAsToN & Co., heavy shipping merchants
at London, with extensive foreign connec-
tions, failed ON the Sd, for 100000.
!, A Bucharest telegram of the 5th says the
Russian cavalry had penetrated to the foot
of the Balkans, and appeared to be masters
of Bulgaria, except that portion embraced by
| the quadrilateral.
A ST. PETERSBURG dispatch of the 5th an
nounces that the Dobrudscha had been COM
| pletely cleared of Turks as far as Trajan' S
| TTaJI
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amount of their enjoyment, is very sim.
pie one. Do not seek happiness in what
is misnamed pleasure; seek it rather in
what is termed study. Keep your con-
sciences clear, your curiosity fresh and
embrace every opportunity of cultivating
your minds. Learn to make a right use
OF your eyes; the commonest things are
worth looking at-even stones and weeds,
and the most familiar animals. Read
good books, not forgetting the best of all; /;
there is more true philosophy in the Bible
than in every work of every skeptic that
ever wrote; and we should all be nisera
BILE creatures without it."-CkGId's Com
gGn&en.
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Girl-Graduates' FrOcks.

Now we are not in sympathy with that
rigid economy which would impose on
girls the wearing of calico on Commence
ment Day. Calico is too plebeian to suit
our ideas Of the fitness in that relation.
1t is suitable for the laundry, the kitchen
and the everyday business of the house
hold. She who sweeps, she who bakes,
she who goes to a picnic, she who sits on
the verandah with her mending of sum-
mer morning, is neatly and appropriately
dressed in calico gown. Elaine, in her
faded silk, was not SO pretty or SO pictur-
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Capt. Charles Brown, of Southport,
Me-, was placidly fishing in his dory, the
other day, when he felt bite y which
jerked him over the edge. His compan-
ion, however, caught him by the heel as
he was about TO disappear in the briny
deep, and pulled him in, still clinging to
his line; the two, after pretracted strug-
gle, succeeded in hauling the fish aboard,
which proved to be hal1but weighing
130 pounds
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WEST AND SOUTH.

SEVERAL years ago Mrs. Sarah NJ. Victor
was convicted in the Courts of Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, of murder in the first degree,
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The equality in point of numbers of
the sexes is most nearly attained in France.
For every 1 900 men there are / ,OO7 women.
The other extreme is found in Paraguay,
where there are 2,089 women for / 900
men.
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A man by the name Of Cast, in Gin
cinnati, lost his little girl three years old.
A young lady found the waif and cared
for her tenderly for week at great
trouble, and finally discovered who her
parents were, and borrowed hat and
other things to take her wee thing home
in. She barely escaped with a whole
skull, and now has milliner's bill to pay.
She thinks if charity is twice blessed it is
about time for the first installment to be
paid.a
1t is said that the late Gen.-Admiral
Ward, of China, who was a native of
Salem, Mass, bequeathed his fortune of
SO, 900, 900 to his Salem relatives; but,
as he was a Chinese subject, the money
went back to the source whence il came,
although his father passed eleven months
in China in vain effort to Secure it.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-02-17

I,,,,af.pr eaoih cslse
sbe necessities 81 eoseie 's. 3
This Is something MI hor and 70 aos g
mon But II, indess tis 8 u pot
FAR ag tban The water, ii ID Tins tp abandon
the canal and subststut IS onoo the railway
mon the water-line from the tide at Kicn-1
nond 10 Clifton Forge. - we are ready 70
settle, this question one way or the !. osnsr
this Is the time. III In favor OF the railway,
the small project now pending should 90
developed into q measure worthy Of the dig'
n,sv Of the subject, Il In favor. Of canal
tho lease and the energies OF MASON 9 y 20.
should be Immediately summoned s.o 'ns
continuation Of the canal and the rel'et %
The Commonwealth. 49,. ssI Il Il
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-02-17

'l'.ll la.4 q
md ssasntg stseasap aa aasE BE 49, y
"a "a YuunellIs shese he an xesppef
ssss I'M; IN 3sssel aint M thsfs cap
, III 4 M NH made aSepert to ths anre-
Erial society Tor pronapting naval eoInlann,.
s s..,ans Il st. peters ufgh. BE states that
s, sssS can IN one season pass through the
4 s rssic ses and up the Yenissei To the II town
a. Yenisssisk, and return rte. tho Atlantic
,orta This town is about 800 miles from
Tho mouth 81 the.riYer Yenissei. This dis.
coyary will afford TO Russia, in her rugged
Arctic region, new artery Of commerce
not ravigable for great while each year.
hut certainly valuable to the kingdom.
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DEATHS.

Heai re, f9pr ,ns.s Mrs MARY A. SCHUTTE In
the thirty-third year OF ner age.
Dearest sister, thou hast left us.
.,E we Inv loss most deeply feel;
But lis God who has bereft us,
He can all our sorrows heal.
Her funeral will take place from St; Mary's church
at O'Clock SATURDAY MORNING. FIienas and
acauaintances of the family are respectfully invited
to attend without further notice. =
Baltimore and Washington papers please copy.
Died. in New York city, on the 18th instant It
VERNON RICHARDS, second child OF =! J ON s 1
His remains will arrive In Richmond by This
mornings train for interment in Hollywood Gene
terry.
Died, on Friday. tyesterdayl Mrs. MARY JANE E.
her age tier long and intense suffering. ;,
She left behind her record of worth, and family
submerged In the he, deepest efr 1s EVENING at
O'clock at her late residence 106 east Leigh street
The members of the Christadelphian church and
| friends of the family arc earnestly invited.
Died, on the 18th Instant at his residence on Du-
one years. He was born Qree) In smithteld,
Va, but was resident of this city for forty-eight
Tine yeT m on d
ceased for the first time as butler in the hosp.
home q Captain SShepRad pI ba
Enquirer. We think there are few men OF his class
who can show better record than DAWSON GARD
NER Honest in all his dealings, polite to ALL and at
tentiye to his business he had up TO the beginning
of the war collected some property. He owned seye-
raj fine hacks, which were impressed by the Confed-
crate Government and finally destroyed, with their
teams but we never heard word Of complaint from
him. ..-
Perhaps the best eulogy that can be passed upon
the deceasedis the fact that Of his five sons who SUR
vtve him ali are SOBER honest, and Industrious men,
They respected their father that they cheerfuliy
served him till twenty-one years of age setting an
example to white and colored which in these dPgen-
crate days Is much needed. man who thus I'M
presses himself upon his must be man OF char
acter. Another link between the present and hap
pier and better past Of our city Is broken The de-
ceased leaves wife and seven children TO mourn
in peacel ... ,o,,o,x, 49,.
The funeral will take place TOMORROW Sun
dayl AT / O'Clock A. NJ. at Ebenezer church. The
a FRIEND.
Petersburg and Norfolk papers please copy.
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~ = Ia I 49, - r +
MARRIAGE OF JAMES G. HOLLAND, ESQ.,
Thursday afternoon at 5;o'clock the mar.
riage Of James g.. Holland, Esq, OF the
Associated Press, and Miss sallie 2. Robin
SON, Of this city, took place OF the residence
Of the fair brides parents IN the presence
Of large number Of relatives and friends Is
The ceremony was performed BY Key. =. n.
ton. After brief reception, in which they
received many congratulations and heartfelt
wishes for their future, the happy couple
departed on the evening train on northern
wedding tour. His cont rerss in the office
heartily congratulating Mr.. Holland on his
r9ew-found happiness, are cheeriuiiy DONG
double duty, and singing over their WORK
81 We throw an old shoe after aJim:"
zfla 49,: Washington Union.
rand SO do we, and all our readers, who
know him as "Timon." zt7G