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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-02-22
WEST AND SOUTH.

The exceptions taken to the rulings and
sentence of John d. Lee, the Mountain
Meadow murderer, were overruled by the
Supreme Court of the Terri DRY on the
10th, and the Second District Court was or
dcred to fix ano her day for the execution.
1t was probable that an appeal would be
taken TO the United States Supreme Court.
AT Omaha, on the 18th, Caroline Lambert,
aged 101 years. while dressing a sore arm
with kerosene, spilled some of the oil on her
clothes, which she accidentally ignited. She
was burned almost to a crisp, a d died soon
after the accident.
THE Michigan Republican State Conven-
tion, to nominate one candidate for Justice
of the Supreme Court and two for Regents
of the University, to be voted for at the
State election in April, has just been called
to meet at Lansing on the 18th of March.
OK the morning of the 14th, an tempt
was made to wreck train on the Iron
Mountain Railroad, at point twelve miles
east of Little Rock, Ark. Rails were re-
moved from the track, and an express train
thrown down an embankment. The fireman
was instantly killed, and the engineer fatal
" wounded. 1t is thought that the expect
alton of the wreckers was that the train
would be thoroughly broken up, and that
in the confusion the passengers could be
easily robbed. Such aresultwas not reached,
and no outrage upon passengers was at
tempted.
a FEW minutes before noon on the 18th a
man, who gave his name as William H.
Weldon, and claimed to be an attachc of the
Philadelphia Press, gained access to the
room OF Gov. Packard in New Orleans, and,
after sitting fewsmoments, arose aud pre-
scnted pistol at the Governors head. The
latter struck down the mans hand Just as
the pistol went off, and the ball struck the
Governors knee pan, infiicting slight
wound. The Governor, who was not armed,
caught the fellow by the throat and threw
him against the wall before he had an oppor-
tunity to fire again. and struck him. There
were several gentlemen in the room at the
time,and during The excitement that followed
the assassin was shot in the arm, aud would
have been killed had not the Governor in
terfered Inquiries in Philadelphia devel-
oped The fact that no man by the name of
Weldon was connected with that paper
Gov. Nichols tele- raphed to Washington
that the circumstance, time. place, etc,
pointed to the act of luuatic, and that
every effort should be made to probe the
matter to the bottom. One dispatch says a
comrade of the would-be assassin had been
arrested, and another had escaped. Weldon
; had promised to make confession.
In Chicago, on the 18th, Spring wheat, No.
2, closed at s1.31S@1.32 cash. Cash corn
closed at 42c for No. 2. Cash oats No. 9
sold at 353sc; March options, 35xc
and 35Sc seller April Rye No. Q
691le. Barley No. ., 57c. Cash mess
pork closed at sl51219. Lard, 5000.
Good to choice beeves brought IS. 50id6. 90
medium grades, 81. l094.60; butchers stock
s3.UO9S IS; stock cattle, etc, So. 1898. 60
Hogs brought IS. .6O@6 25 for good tc
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-02-22
tPublished February 13, 1S77.J
CHAPTER .

AN ACT to amend chapter IS of the laws of 1876.
relating to foreign wills.
The people of the State of Wisconsin represented
IN Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section /. Section 1, of chapter 5S: OF the laws
OF 1876, is hereby amended so as to read as
follows: When will devising lands or any
interest in lands situated in this State shall ave
heretofore been or shall hereafter be duly proved
and allowed in the proper of any other of the
United States or the Territories thereof copy of
such will and of the probate thereof duly authen-
tlcated may be recorded in the Office o. the Reg
lister OF DEEDS OF any county in which any such
lands are situated and when so recorded and any
such VIII so proved and authenticated that NAV
have heretofore been recorded in any such county
shall be as valid and eectual as evidence of title
to such lands. as if proved and allowed in this
State and the record of such copy or ira, SCI ipt
OF SUCH record duly certified shall be prima facie
evidence OF the authority of the person or per-
sons therein named to convey such lands ii therein
authorized TO do So in all the Of this state
Section :. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passa, e and publication
Approved February =, 1871. sS~COPY,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-02-22

other young man, who had strong an
tipathy against ghosts, started to cross
the square. He had. proceeded about a
quarter of the distance when he discov-
cred the ''ghost up a tree.n The anti
ghost boy Immediately returned to Fifth
street, where he armed himself with as
many rocks as he could pack and re-
turned to the siege of thee st' ghost' up a
tree. After pelhng the impostor with
about dozen rocks the ghost descended
the tree and made most excellent use of
his legs, leaving his winding sheet as a
trophy to the ghost-hater. The boys have
not played ghost since that evening.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-02-22
H. B. PHlLLE0, Editor
A MEMORABLE .AFTERNOON.

"Oh, sweet" she said, THAT afternoon,
The smile o. God on land and sea,
Comes back. like a remembered tune,
The silence of the shore to mel
Oh, sweet the moment wasi the scenei
And sweet, through many vanished June,
The flashing of the shingles wet,
The scent of clover and of bean,
Warm fragrance of the fields that met
The sat fresh breeZes OF the sea,
The white sails dropping out of sight
Were kindled iuto tawny flame.
And all the moor lay stepped in light
The way he came, the way he camel"
"Oh, sweet she said. "the warm, wet reach
OF Slitteiing sandl The tide that woke
In tnmuit all along the beach,
Yet made the very calm it broke,
Blue was the heaven that e'er US bent;
The sheep upon sunward slope
A quiet to the landscape lenti
And al things gave a widening scope
To thoughts of peace and calm content,
And all things seemed in league with hope
The way we went, the way we wenti''
Dora Green1ceN, in Good Words.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-02-22
OREGON.

The Senate Committee on Privileges
and Elections, on the 14h, examined Alfred B.
Hinman and A. w. Shaw, of Detroit, Mich, who
have had business transactions with j. H. N.
Patrick, of Omaha, Neb., and WHO communicated
with him by telegraph in cipher for some
years. The key to the cipher used by them is
. The Household English Dictionary" and by the
aid of this key they had made translation of the
dispatches relative to The Oregon Electoral case
which tr nslations show effort or d sire on the
part ofJ. H. N. Patrick, James X. Kelley and
others to purchase one of the Republican Elect
ors in The State TO act with Cronin to secure
majority of the State Electoral College.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-02-22
DEAD.

Your cozy crib is in the corner yet:
| sit and watch it just as day is dead;
You cannot press again, my vanished pet,
Its pillow with your drowsy, golden head.
You cannot reach your arm to get my kiss,
Or dart about with rosy naked feet.
Babbling soft syilables of that and this,
A tiny night gowned fairy, blithe and sweet.
Empty the home where, frolicsome and fair,
Your precious presence made so bright part
Empty your little crib your Clothes your chair
But emptiest of all your mothers hear
San Francisco NetUs Litter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-02-22
LAWS OF WISCONSIN,

Where a superfGons wortI is found in the en-
ro led act it is printed in the text bat in italic
ana enclosed in psrenthesis, (thas) Where a
WORD Is found nee ssay to sustain the sense of tie
context, or where one word has been obvi ,usly
mistaken for smother. the word supposed to be
proper Is supplied, but in brackets, [thusl
All acts publish in the State paper that have
tne word - copy" are those selected by the Sec
fetafy OF State, as ''actS of general Interest," as
PROVIDED IN sect ons 81 and 3D. chapter g. OF the
revised statutes. All publishers of weekly news.
napers IN the State who shall pu blish their re-
spectlve newspapers the acts thus designated
VIII De allowed sixty dollars for such entire pub,
lcation. PETER DOYLE Sec etary of Stafe
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-02-22

"A rather ludicrous accident took
place two or three days ago, near the
Universalist Church, at Lawrence, to
three little girls who were sliding down
the hill, west of there, on one sled.
They were coming at lively rate when
a COW undertook to cross the street in
front of them, and had just got far
enough to catch the full force of the sled
on her hind legs The blow overthrew
the cow and upset the girls. and for a
few moments there was promiscuous
mixture of girls, COW and sled. Hearef3-
r0fth 4K0n) Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-02-22
THE INVESTIGATIONS.
Compiled from Associated Press Reports, unles
Otherwise Designated.
LOUISIANA.

John F. Mulhern, Clerk of the Lou
isiana Returning Board, testified before the
House Privileges Committee, on the 10th. that
some affidavits We're made by Clerks of the Board
in the compiling didn't know whether
they were used; most any name was signed to
affdavits; Dec. witness with Lit lefield and
Maj. Eaton slip of paper containing the total
of the Electoral vote; the majority on these o.
the Democrats was about 4,000; saw after
ward that a charge had been made in
The figures; saw Littlefeld take from a desk a
paper and Is axe some erasures about quarter of
an hour after conveeing with Gov Wells; ab ut
the beginning of December changes were made on
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-02-22
MISSISSIPPI

G. M. Shelton, of Hines County, Miss,
testified before the Senate Committee on Priv
ileges and Elections, the 13th to the effect that
he is Chairman of the Democratic Committee has
no knowledge of duplicate ballot-box keys being
furnished Democratic Judges of Elec' ions; knew
of the existence of armed Republican clubs
during each political campaign since 1870; thinks
the colored pc pie ere honestly convinced, pre-
to the election of 1875, that they would best
subserve their own interes by voting with the
native white people Of Mississippi.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-02-22
AT the recent examination for teachers,

AT the recent examination for teachers
certificates by our County Board one of
the exercises was: Define hyperbole,
and give an example" To which one Of
the lady applicants responded as follows:
"a hyperbOle is an exaggeration of the
truth, used to illustrate wit and humor
Example: The train running between
Shingle Springs and Latrobe goes with
such speed that the kiss left on the hand
of Mr.. Watkins by his Placerville girl
was not dry before it was shaken by his
girl at Latrobe. .''-PIdcsr0iAe (Cal.) Dem
0eT1f
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-02-22

THE champion economist lives in Osh-
kosh, and rents his money at twenty per
cent. A poor man was owing him recent
", and went to his house to saw wood for
him. The economist picked up the saw,
looked at it, and then told the man he
couldn't cut his wood, as his saw was set
too wide, and it would waste the wood
He now saws his own wood, and sets
pan under the saw to catch the dust.-HH.
lcaukee Sentinel
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-02-22

"A young woman IN Boston, on being
caught at shop-lifting, said that she be-
longed to titled family in England.
She was believed because she had the
delicate beauty and natural haughtiness
of manner that are never found in per-
sons of low BIRTH 1t turned out, how
ever. that her ancestors for several gener-
ations were Lynn shoemakers, and that
her mother was washerwoman.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-02-22

A NEW HAMPSHIRE lady says that she
kept her house-plants from freezing,
through the coolest nights last winter, in
a room without fire, by the following
method Draw table to the center OF
the room, set the plants on it, drop the
curtains and leave a lamp burning all
night. Apropos to that, lady living
IN the city says that half an hour before
her boys go to bed she lights the gas in
the room, and that takes the chillotf the
air
The Morning herald., 1877-03-30
BALLOTS-BAYONETS.

"Some one has blundered," said Tenny-
son in his immortal ballad Of the charge
ofthe Six Hundred. "a blunder is worse
than crime" said Tallyrand, politically,
its consequences may be more injurious to
a people. Certain it is that the leaders Of
the Democratic party haye criminally
blundered; bartering away the rights OF
the House .of Representatives for the di-
GERS promises of Evarts, Sherman, and
Mathews, the triune keepers Of Hayes
conscience. The bargain made by our
.iockeyed leaders has been broken, and the
people of the two PROSTATE States remain
ded to the rule of the soldiers bayonet.
We have truly fallen upon evil times,
when the shepherds Of the flock have trea'
ted with wolves, tor peace; followed by the
result inevitable from such bargain. God
help the people.
The Morning herald., 1877-03-30

FRANCE and the United States are about
to be connected by cable. The projectors
are said to be French company, lhough
considerable aid is expected from Ameri-
ca. The necessary capital required to
start this new enterprise is estimated at
S5,6Oo.o00. 1t is reported that one-half
this sum is already subscribed in France,
and America is looked to to advance the
remainder.
The Morning herald., 1877-03-30
To Advertiser.

and Mnn neWsboys. $500 papers daily, within
tho city Of Wilmington. which is, we ,Pet Pet
iieve, greater city circulation a1 Ens1 rsaS csnS
Of any other paper, 1t is extenSvey yahoni beS1
Sn n ing heine soid at the depot. II Is the only
nsper @ % in Whining certain to be read in this s
~ M"y preyious midnight in Europe to Its
readers ats O'Clock the following morning;
everything that happens IN w1!mingTo13 y ~ ~
next morning. M Buy THE HERALD-read
ii. and If you want:to sell anything, OF
any one to know what you want, advertise
in It. Remember 1t is read by more people
in Wilmington than any other paper.
The Morning herald., 1877-03-30
EDITORIAL VARIETIES.

The highest level of the Panama rail-
road is only 262 feet above the sea. Tide
water makes to within about three miles
in direct line of this summit, from the
Pacific, while the valley of the Rio Grandc
approaches, with deep depression, to
within a stones throw of the divide. 1t is
this route through which it is proposed to
construct canal.
The Morning herald., 1877-03-30

Rome, are no more politically considered
than the head quarters Of the respective
armies Of the countries they are capitals Of,
to have announced, that forty millions OF
people by their representatives in Congress
assembled, decided that a standing Is
unnecessarily expensive, and dangerous to
liberty, and that hereafter the armed mill
tia Of each State, shall be at once the mag
istrates of public order, and the soldiers OF
liberty.
Neither Canada nor Mexico, are likely
for century to be able to require our Re
public to prepare to meet their armed
hardes, there is not transportation enough
in the entire marine of Europe to debark
an army upon our shores, able to maintain
itself week. Two of our frontier States,
if we persist in killing the Indians OF the
face of the earth, would do it much cheaper
than it costs at present. If we DO not de-
sire to court Gods vengeance TOR our IN
Justice to the Red man, the Canadian gov
erument will show US how to manage, SO
that the cost Of our Indian Bureau will be
reduced from $3.50 for each Indian, to
s1.s1, and none killed, and no wars,
which is the difference between our man
agement and that Of Canada.
The army is used to provincialize two
Sovereign States, to sustain fraction OF
political power therein, as against the over
whelming might Of the States. One oftwo
things forbid by the law. the use under
any circumstances Of the army, in any
purely interstate quarrel, unless upon
resolution of both Houses Of Congress
Make it treason to so use the army-and
pin its penalty to the skirts Of the Presi-
dent. Abolish the idle and expensive, and
aristocratic grade Of General. The caste
of Soldiers have been in the United States
a corrupting power since the formation Of
the Government; obsequious at all times to
power, and by their organization open
contemners ofthe Constitution which subor.
dinates the Military to the civil power.
What it costs to keep this useless and
dangerous army, would be ample to open
industrial Colleges in the land,where every
child might be trained TO craft, and the
prosperity of the country assured by un-
usual industry.
The Morning herald., 1877-03-30
Little Boys, Attention !

There are numbers Of little 1elIoWs IN tne
c,tv who would greatly help their parents,
'' or perhaps, widowed mother, by
be be- done lone b. BY selling THE MEEALp: There
are ar several boys who sell 100 HERAIDs I 3
every morning: AS 1t Sred is sGla 70 o. two for
q % cent. the profit Is easily counted. The
PAPER % is ready for delivery at s O'clock, a: !:
can be sold, that are not thus far occupied
by any seller. Boys who desire to nonestly
earn some money, call at IHE hEhAAD
Office.
The Morning herald., 1877-03-30

AMERICA is now exporting an immense
quantity of soap. That sent to Marseilles
alone has thrown out Of employment in
that city, 5000 people. who have got to
give their attention to something else.
Surely ours is becoming great country.
The Morning herald., 1877-03-30

IT was a queer revelation that was made
in divorce case in Brooklyn, recently.
The husband was the half brother of the
wife ard both were children of the same
father. The clergyman who performed
the marriage ceremony in this case ought
to be called to account.
The Morning herald., 1877-03-30
THE HERALD
The Morning Herald

Is published every morning. (sundays
Wilmington and surrounding places ior SIX
cents per week, payable tO the carIors:
Mall subscriptions, postage nee' tnFee
GEO. OBYRNE 4 Co., Publishers,
No, 500 Shipley Street,
.... Wilmington, Del.
The Morning herald., 1877-03-30

1883 Prizes amounting to $I1U,4lU
Write for circulars or send orders to
NJ. A. DAUPHIN.
P.O. Box 692, New Orleans, La.
Or WILLIAMSON & CO., Agents,
3l7 Broadway, N. Y.
EXTRAORDINARY SEMI-ANNUAL
DRAWING. under the personal supervis.
Ion OF Gen. .. 4. Bea auregard. OF La. and
Gen. Jubal A. Early. of Va, Tuesday. June
5th, Capital Prize $l0O, ,OeO. Tickets $lo
only, mnN
The Morning herald., 1877-03-30

INSTEAD of Russia demobilizing her
army, we now hear that Austria is prepar-
ing to mobilize hers.
The Morning herald., 1877-03-30
LOTTERIES.
1 SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY
\ TO WIN A FORTUNE.
FIFTH GRAND DRAWING, 1877.

At New Orleans. Tuesday, May lst.
LOUISIANA STATE LOTTERY COMPA-
NY.
This Institution was regularly incorpo-
rated by the Legislature of the Stale for
Educational and Charitable purposes in
1868, with capital stock of 81 900, to
which il has added a reserve fund Of $780,
zoo. Its Grand Single Number Drawings
will take place monthly. 1t never scales
CAPITAL PRIZE, $4,000.
lOO,OO0TICK ETS AT TWO DOLLARS EACH
The Morning herald., 1877-03-30
.ARDEN SEEDS.
1y1sT RECEIVED,

JUST REJEIVH.p ~ f1arlb
A large lot ofall kind 1,, from mt tnerden naearden
valley Seed Gardens. These and al
are Selected with great carr, E,nre, corr
sale at Guthrie's Grocery avenue.
Front street and Marylanoa aonr cons
also has the best quality OF no"
ly on hand.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-05-12

Prince Pinkney, convicted of as
smult with intent to ravish, and as
sault with concealed deadly weap..
on--four yoers at hard labor in tho
ponitcntiary.
Moses Mcekin, convicted of grand
larccny--four years at hard labor in
the pcnitentiary.
Robert Cornelius, convicted of
grand larcony-two years at hard
labor in the penitentiary.
Joseph Bolton, convicted of grand
larccny-six years at hard labor in
the pcnitentiary.
Frank Johnston, convicted of
burglary two years at hard labor in
the pcnitentiary.
The court adjourned at two
o'clock, Il. m, on Tuesday. Tho
petit jurors were notified to appear
on the 9th Of July, when the court
will be hold Tor tho trial Of civil
causos only.
The prcscntment of tho grand
jury contains nothing of public in
tcrcst.
The prisoners sent to tho peni-
tcntiary were taken to Columbia by
Sheriff Ruff on Friday morning.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-05-12
ELECTION NOTICE,

pURSuANT to q writ of election issu,
l. ed by tho Honorable William II .
Wallace. Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentativcs of South Carolina, IN election
will be held on Monday, tho fourteenth
day OF Alny at the different polling places
in this county, for two mombers of tho
said House OF Representatives, to fill tho
vacancies caused by the resignation of
John Gibson and Daniel Byrd. The polls
Will be opened Mt six O'clock, q. M, and
will close Mt six o'clock, p. IN. The mana.
gers for tho different polls arc as follows:
DURHAMs-A. j. Lamar, D. H. Robert
son, Peter Young.
GIADDEN's GRovE-E. D. Mobloy,
Strothcr Ford, Alfred Leo.
fouNGuEsvIILE-Joh McCroroy, John
a. Stewart, Alex Hopkins.
EEAsrERvIIIE-J. Hendrix McImne.
David p. Crosby,J. +. V. Legg.
MoNTIcELIo-U. M. Zealy, II. e. Boil.
Stephen Rabb.
,JEK1NsyILLE.-John Sharpe, Thompson
Chappoll, Bolin Gregory.
HoHEn-J p. Macfe, J. W. Robinson.
j osiah Gibson.
6, DokoIW. L. McNulty J. L. wardlaw,
Samuel Watson.
RIDdEwAY-H. G. Davis, Howell Ed
munds, Douglass Fox.
"INNsBoRo--T r. Robert son, n. M.
Hucy, e. G. Bacot.
T.W. WOODWARD,
Il. GERIG,
GEORGE HOLLY,
Attdo. Commissioners of Election.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-05-12

of the bridge across the Mi ssouri
river at Boonvillo. This bridge is
one of the finest structures Of the
kindin America. With such an cX-
peri cnce and with native talent of Il
high order, Captain Dwight will
provo q most excellent officer, and
will do good service for tho Chester
and Lcnoir.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-05-12
The State Of South Carolina,

TO Thomas W. Woodward, Francis Gcrig
George Holly, Commissioners of Elcc,
ton for Fairfield County:
WHEREAS, Daniel Bird and John
W Gibson, who, at tho General Election
held November 7th, 1876, were chosen
members Of the House Of Representatives.
for the Election District Of Fairfield Coun-
ty, to serve for two years. has since said
election resigned. And, whereas, the
Constitution of the State Of South Carolina
directs that ia such case Writ of Election
shall be issued by tho Speaker of tho
House of Representatives, for the pur-
pose of filling the vacancy thus OCCASION
ed, for the remainder of tho term for
Whlch the Members SO rosigning wero
elected to serve:
Now, therefore, You and each of Won
arr hereby required, after duo ADVERTISE
mcnt, and with stright regard to all the
provisions Of the Constitution and Laws
OF the said State, touching your duty in
such case, to hold an election for Nom
bers OF the lIonsc Of Representatives., for
tho Election District aforesaid. to serve for
The remainder of the tenn for which tho
SAID Daniel Bird and John Gibson were
elected: the Polls to be opened ut the
various pla, es of Election in tho snid
District on Monday, the fourteenth day
or May, INST, by the various sets Of Mana
gers.
This writ together with your return of
the election to be held under it, have
before the House of Representatives. at its
next mcctingniter the election.
WITNESS, the Honorable w. II. Wallace
Esq nirc, Speaker of the House of Repre-
fentativcs, Mt Columbia, this tho third day
OF May in the year of our Lord one thous-
and eight hundred and scvcnty-seven.
w. III. WALLACE,
Speaker Of tho House Representatives
JOHN II. SLOAN,
Clerk Of the House Of Representatives.
may 8