davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-21

4 DESPERATE in the county of Beauce,
Quebec, was recently tried on five in
dictments-fo numbering an officer
sent to arrest him, shooting at two
other officers, assaulting another and
sending threatening letters to a witness.
The charges were fully proven, the
Judge charged against the prisoner, and
the jury, in twenty minutes, acquitted
him. Thejudge gave the jurors more
explicit instructions and sent them
back: same verdict in an hour. He
locked them up over Sunday; same
verdict on Monday, He then accepted
it, with the remark that such finding
could only be attributed to want of in
teIligence or fear. " 1t Is to be hoped,
he said, " that it is the least blamable
Of these causes that the verdict is due
that is, the want Of intelligence; but
in either case the verdict lis no less
Il dishonor than disgrace to the dis
trict." Judge Mondelet was once cred
tied with buldozing Quebec jury into
conyicting noted crimp, their friend
by very imperfectly concealed threat
TO march the twelve good men anC
true into the dock and put them OF
trial for perjury.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-21
Jones and the Barber.
Oil City Derrick.


"Ahl Pm in luck said Jones. as he
entered the barber shop and found the
barber reading the paper; won't have
to wait for my next" and he tossed his
hat into a corner and seated himself for
a shave.
Glow is this?' said the barber, read
ing from paper that marks its witty
column with blue pencil "By George,
how's this Pretty good, I take ii" and
he read:
'Did you ever see a pump handle
anything? Did you ever see witty
cism? Who ever see dog call herr"
And the good barber laughed heartily
at these scintillations of wit, and said
that "Some of them fellers are most
blamed clever"
Then he turned to the yellow fever
department, and, after reading three
Or four dispatches, asked Jones if he
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-21

x. had summoned cab and was
well on his way when the horrible sus-
picion that he had left his pocket-book
at home on the piano became terri
bic truth. Hi, coachae," he exclaim-
ed, as he neared his destination; 'hold
on-pull up-Pve dropped a ffIy-franc
piece in the straw here. Wait till | run
over to the shop opposite and get a can
die" So saying he sprang out Of the
vehicle, and was neither surprised nor
displeased to see the .coachman whip
UP his horse and disappear round the
corner at q 2I3l gait. a.s--.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-21
The Study of Siamese.

Several years ago, says the University
Magazine, two rather wild young ladies
wrote to Max Muller from England to
ask him what language they could study
with profit and pleasure which no one
else in England knew. He rebuked
them slightly for their puerile motive
by advising them to select some Ian
guage whose literature would be of
profit and interest to the student. He
said there was not single man in
Europe who understood Siamese( twelve
years ago), and that there was "a vast
literature almost unknown. The King
of Siam, he wrote, ''is man Of literery
tastes, a man who reads and writes
English, and vino would, no donbt, be
delighted to receive, say two or three
years hence-for it will at least take
that time-a letter written in his own
language by two English ladies'" As
we have not heard of the King of Siam
receiving any such letter, we presume
the English ladies merely wanted the
celebrated German scholars autograph.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-21

SAN FRANCISCO has one peculiar street
railroad It is above g. mile and half
long, and runs In California street over
steep Mob Hill, place of handsome
residences. The cost of building it was
$4,000, and it has never paid divi-
dend, but the owners do not mind that,
being among the wealtiest men on the
Pacific coast. The stranger is astonish-
ed to see the cars moving without any
apparent motive power. Between the
tracks is q continuous slit, under which
moves a wire cable. An attachment OF
each car, operated by lever, grips or
lets go this cable as required, and the
cable is moved by powerful engine I'M
derneath the street. The plan works
well but is very costly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-21

ACCORDING to speaker in the Baptist
Union Of Scotland, the Isle of Skye Is q
long way from the kingdom of heaven.
In that Island he has seen dear sister,
with Il cIeel of manure on her back,
creeping up the hillside on all fours to
her husband, who was planting pota-
toes" Also, "a mother and daughter
yoked to the harrow, dragging it across
their patch of corn, while the husband
was in Glasgow laboring to pay the rent.
From one end to the other the people
are in gross darkness in respect of the
simple Gospel" The inhabitants 'groan
and moan and seem afraid, and are
constantly repining," and though in
every parish there is an Established
Church, a Free Church and often an
United Presbyterian Church, too, with
the exception of few Baptists
(twenty-three in alD the speaker
never met a Skye man who
could be said 10 be really a Christian
man" Gwen their best men (Baptists)
hang down their heads like bulrushes." !"
The twenty-three Baptists who remain
in Skye are, however, respected" !"
and "the shoemaker had no difficulty
there in trusting Baptist for a pair OF
shoes" Free soiree tickets are COM
mended as having worked wonders in
the neighboring island Of Colonsay, and
to carry on the good work volunteers
are needed, "men of prayer, of sound
physical constitution and simple habits
men who can rough it, and of some ed
ucational gifts" In case the mission
aries should be married, it is wortf
adding that sometimes "the preacher
vile may pc seen coming from a moor
three miles away, with a creel of peat
on her back, knitting stocking as sh'
tolls homeWards."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-21

was sanctioned and enioined by their
system of religion. He closed with an
eloquent and impressive reference to
the well known Mountain Meadow
massacre by Mormon avenging an
gels, as an Illustration of the fanatical
extremes to which men unrestrained by
law, might be carried under the mista-
ken conviction of religious duty.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-21
Bogus Certificates,

1t Is no vile drugged stuff. pretending
to be made of wonderful foreign roots,
barks, &C., and pulled up by long bogus
certificates of pretended miraculous
cures, but simple, pure, effective
medicine, made of well known valuable
remedies, that furnishes its own certifi-
cate by its cures. We refer to Hop
Bitters, the purest and best of medi-
3ines. See Truths" and Proverbs" !"
n another column.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-21

CAL" means that Il vessel is all right
as TO hull, rigging and equipments, the
letter applying to the character or con-
dition Of the hull, and the figure de-
noting the efficient state of her anchors,
cables, stores, etc.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-21

TIE Louisville Courier-J OWnaL ex-
plains that "There are twenty-four
counties in the Ninth District, and as
the returns are usually sent in by
mover wagons coming in through the
Cumberland Gap, there is no use getting
i'm patient for the vote"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-21

THE Penobscot Indians have elected
Stephan Stanisiaus their governor, Saul
Neptune to be lieutenant-governor, and
Sabattis Dana as delegate to the legis-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-21

TIE politest man of the times lives
in New Orleans. He went into a tobac-
conists store, bought two cigars, and
said courteously to the proprietor, If
you do not object to the small of tobac-
co, / will smoke one of these cigars
here"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-21
ttlrc.

TIE st. Louis bridge will be sold un-
der foreclosure December Goth next. A
purchasing committee Of the English
hondholders is expected to buy the
prOncrtY In
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-21

A PROFESSOR of music, who is also
bachelor, at recent private soiree, felt
very much chagrined after playing fine
classical solo on the piano, to hear q
pretty girl remark III an undertone,
'Well. somehow l can never learn to
like that old Batch's musicp The poor
professor didn't know that the guileless
girl referred to Bach.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-21

The " Patriotic Fleet" devised by the
Russian cruiser committee consists OF
seventy vessels, ranging from 800 to
5000 (?) tons, to be employed mainly
in European waters and the northern
Pacific. Good speed and large coal
carrying capacity are held as indispens-
able for the admission of any trading
steamer
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-21

THREE Hindoos, who recently killed
4 young man at Mainpuri as a sacrifice
to the Goddess Kali, have been arrested
and stand very good chance of being
hanged.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-21

TIE Russo-Turkish war has added
7O,000,000 roubles-the rouble is nearly
rs cents to the annual interest on the
Russian debt, and inflated the currency
by 500, 1000 600 roubIes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-21

THE American Velvet Plant de-
lights the horticulturists of England.
Here it is known as the mullen
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-21
GENERAL NEWS.

THE democrats of South Carolina
elected three negroes to the legislature.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-21
bonds:

Coupon bonds, dated July 1st, 1865:
S100-Nos. 140,001 TO 142 go both inclusive
500-Nos. 99,00l to eco, both inclusive,
1, 1,O00-NoS. 1890 / to 197 coo both inclusive.
Total coupon bonds, 100000
"egistered bonds Tedtemable at pleasure of
United States after July 1st, 1870, as follows:
s50-NOs. ? 1856 to 2,493, both inclusive
1O0-Nos. III to 19 222, both inclusive
500 Nos. II, ,251 to 27g, both inclusive
1, 1,OO0-Nos. 1851 to 80 600, both inclusive
5,000-Nos. i2. 101 to 1850, both inclusive.
10, 0O0-NoS. % 541 TO "A .120, both inclusive
Total registered bonds, s., 00300O.
A <
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-21

ClrCulaLlOn. "iilk
e. 5. bonds to secHre public deposlJsa e1e 200
Bonds held TO secure per cent loan 3, 4S1, 800
U. s. bonds deposited for circulation
for the week ending to-day......... 179, 500
U. S bonds held for circulation, with
drawn week ending to-day, ......... 646 coo
National bank circulation 0utstand-
ing-currency notes. ....... 3a1, 72S, 231
Gold notes. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1,468, $40
Internal revenue receipts to -day...-.. 1885, 109
Custom receipts .......:............ 339, 202
Receipts of national bank notes for
week ending to-day, cOmpsred with
corresponding week last year-IS77. 1898, 900
-1878. ................... 2,2aS, coo
Receipts to-day. ..................... 325, COO
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-21
WASHINGTON.
FINANCIAL.

Washington dispatches of Nov. 10th
say: The secretary of the treasury has
called for the following $50 bonds of
'65, interest to cease Feb. 10th. 1879.
The following are descriptions of the
bopdc.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-21

'Tke worst dose of hop bitters' 1 ever
had," said young man, "was the other
night when took girl to hop, and
some other fellow danced with her every
set"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-21

Mrs A. T. STEWART has been made
very i'll from grief at the desecration of
her husbands grave.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-21

"NEvER believe lazy man." says the
observant Atlanta Constitution, " for he
lies half the time"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-21
GRAND RAPIDS WIS. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER q. 1878

10Th: The Pioneer Press prints the re-
turns from counties nearly all official.
showing republican majority on state
ticket of 1924. Pillsbury's majority
last year was IL 7,324.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-21

Hot weather at the boasted cool re-
sort of Cape May.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-21
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.
EARTHQUAKE AT MEMPHIS.

4 Memphis, Tenn, telegram of Nov.
10Th says: A severe shock of earth
quake was felt in the city last night at
1:55, running north and south.
MORMON WOMEN.
Says Salt Lake telegram OF Nov.
18th: The Mormon women of this
city held a meeting at the theater to.
day and passed resolutions avowing
their belief in the patriarchaI order Of
marriage as revealed to Gods people
through past ages, and which, if lived
up to, conduce to long life. strength and
glory; and we endorse it as the one
most important principle of our holy
religion, and we claim the right of its
practice.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-21
DAKOTA WANTS TO BE A STATE.

DAKOTA WANTS TO BE 4 STATE.
A Yankton telegram of Nov. 18th.
says: Judge Kidder. Dakota's dele
gate to congress, was in town to-day,
and in reply to the questions of an in
teryiewer says the closing months of
his term will be devoted to an effort to
secure the admission of Dakota as a
state. The population of the territory is
now 125,000, and is rapidly increasing.
The territory is far advanced in agricul-
ture, manufactures, and commercial in
terests, and can consistently claim a
place in the union. Judge Kiddei will
strongly urge this matter at the next
congress, and will be fully indorsed by
his COHStItueulS. DahUtd HIS PHUgIU U.s.
ed as far as it can as a territory. What
it now asks is statehood.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-02-21
Twenty Years Irving 10 Move.

Twenty years ago gentleman, living
along the Tennessee line, not more tnan
thirty-five or forty miles from Glasgow,
concluded TO move 10 California. The
proposition met the cordial assent Of all
his family. Everything was shaped to-
ward the removal. When the time came
the land was unsoli and some bus
remained unsettled. IL was agreed that
the mother and remainder of the family,
except the father, should commence the
move, which in those days consumed
months in making. The father re-
mained 10 settle up the affairs and sell
the farm, intending 10 start as soon rs
he could wind up. The gentlemen set
himself 10 work, but found 1t an uphill
business 10 adjust his affairs, and could
find no suitable purchaser for his land.
Two or three years passed in fruitless
efforts 10 get ready TO leave, and eventu-
ally the mutteriug OF war was heard,
and speedily the blaze Of civil discord
caused all hope of family reunion TO
vanish until the conflict should pass
The war over things were III no shape
for immigration. Time passed on until
the gentleman hns reached nm old age,
and infrmities have taken hold of ham,
and now the probability OF the family
meeting beyond the grave IN all that
lights mp the hopes of either wing Of
the long separated family. The family
were bound together by the strongest
ties, and the long separation has been a
most painful one 1t is certainly mos
singular history x Glasgow hy. } Times
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-02-21

In Asia Minor ve tread upon u soil
rich IN interesting and splendid reeollec-
tions, with mn existing population som
ple;ely debased by ignorance and slavery.
The glory of twenty different nations
that once hourished here has been ex-
tinguished hocks wander over the tomb
OF Achilles and Of Hector and the
throne of MithridAtes and the Anti
ochuses have disappeared. as well as the
palaces OF PriAm and CrUsus. The
merchants Of Smyrna do not inquire
whether Homer was born within thei.
walls the fne sky Of Ionia no longer
inspires either painters or poets the
same obscurity covers with It's shades the
banks Of the Jordan aud the Euphrates.
The republic OF Moses il not 10 be
found. The harps Of David and Isaiah
are silent forever the wandering Ara
bian comes, Indifferent and unmoved, 10
rest the poles OF his tent against the
shattered columns Of Palmyra Babylon
has also fallen beneath the stroke OF an
avenging destiny, and that city which
reigned supreme over oppressed Asia,
has scarcely left behind II a trace that
can show whore the ramparts Of Semi
ramis were raised. 81 have seen,
says traveller, 'the accomplishment
Of that prophecy, Tyre, the queen Of
the nations, shall be made like the top
of n rock, where the fishermen shall
spread their nets. '"-Mdite Brial,
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-02-21
The Comstock Mines.

4 correspondent writes about the cele-
brated Comstock mines IN Virginia city.
New, as follows The demand for TIM
Der and fuel for the Comstock mines is
immense, and from the base to the
summit Of the Sierras the pine forests
are being rapidly denuded The cost Of
the timber which is put underground 10
prevent the mines from csving in is
$1,000 a day, or $6, 200, 600 year.
The demand Of the bonanEas alone is
some ,, 200, 600 feet a month. The tim
Der used = transported over q narrow
Eauge railroad running from Glenbrook
10 the summit of the Sierras, 1,500 feet
above the level OF Lake Tahoe. The
road Is 81 miles in length, with an
abrupt. tortuous grade of from l20 TO
It's feet to the mile. 1t passes through
q tunnel cut out Of the solid rock 500
feet IN length. On reaching the summit
the timber is placed and sent on its way
n a N-shaped fume of some fourteen
miles N length, extending over the rocky
and rugged portions Of the mountains 10
Carson City in the valley. Often days
run in the flume is 500, 600 feet of timber
and 900 cords of wood for fuel. T he
cost Of firewood is $1,000 daily. I am
t1ld that the cost of the candles used in
the mines daily is Sl6, 600, while the
cost of ice to cool the water for the miners
IN the lower level is Sl2. 600 day. The
expenses of milling are S16, 900 a day.
These and other expenses bring the total
cost OF working the Comstock mines up
TO at least s70,00 day, or S25, $50, 600
"a year.
The heat in the lower levels Of the
COmstock mines is perfectly intense, and
II is a wonder how men can endure ii !;
but they do. have been talking with
a miner, who tells me thst IN some Of
the drifts II IS next to impossible for
men TO work. Miners are so often over
come with the heat that they are render
ii insensible. Fresh air is constantly
supplied. There are cooling-off rooms
or boxes provided in the mines, where
the temperature of the air is kept down
by compressed air, and these places af-
ford some relief. II is so hot that men
often get their skins blistered as bad as
If il had been done by scalding steam.
Very often the iron tools are 50 hot that
they cannot be touched without burning
the hands. The work IN several mines
Is carried on to a great disadvantage on
account Of the recalcitrancy Of the heat
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-02-21
An Infnriated Monkey.

A tame monkey, belonging to baker
named Hartz, in Atlanta, Ga, fiercely
attacked a little child, two years old, of
a citizen named Harris. A brother, five
years old, was. Carrying his two-year-old
sister, when de monkey assailed him,
tearing with fearful force the child from
his arms. The alarm was soon given,
and several parties came 70 the rescue.
The animal seemed terribly enraged, and
was tearing the child's flesh with horrid
ferocity. He was attacked with clubs
and sticks, but only after a severe beat
ing would he relinquish his grip. Tt
was found that the enraged beast had
torn the flesh terribly on her left arm,
and inflicted very severe wounds. They
were not considered fatal. but il is GER
tain that but FOR prompt aid the child
would have been tom to pieces by the
infuriated beast.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-02-21
The Poree Of Habit.

Among the conspirators shot the other
day for scheming the massacre of the
president and ms ministers in Guatema-
Ia was young student, by name Rafael
Segura, whose skill in forgery is repre-
sented as having been surprising. He
had forged the signatures of the presi-
dent and general-in-chief to various
fraudulent documents and orders re-
quired for carrying the plot into execu-
ton. On being arrested he was brought
before the president, and pleaded in de-
fence of his acts that he was without a
father, and absent from his mother, and
that by promises of promotion under the
new regime and OF large sums OF money
he had been induced to commit the
torgeries in question. The president
requested him to give proof Of his
talent, which he did by Immediately
writing an order with the name of the
pres ident so exactly initiated that even
the president himself declared that I'M
less he had seen it written he could not
have told that it was not his own.
Thinking that youth possessed OF such
gifts might ultimately become a useful
Nember of society and good servant Of
the Republic. the president told him
that he would give him full pardon,
and, further, would, If he wished it, as
sist him in his career by giving him en-
ployment under the government. Sc
gura, who thanked the president for his
generosity, made the most earnest as
surances Of good condtict in future. The
first use, however, he made of his liber-
~ was TO forge an order for the release
Of Rhodas, one Of the principal offenders
an order which only by the merest ac-
cident failed to effect its purpose. This
was too much for the president, and Sc
gura, being sentenced to death by the
military tribunal, was shot with the
other conspirators on the 7th of No
vember.
The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-02-21
Wonderful Surgical Operation.

4 st. Louis paper describes a surgical
operation recently performed there, which
it claims is without parallel. The opera
tion consisted in removing the jaw Of a
man suffering from cancer and substi-
tuting metal jaw. The man wRs laid
upon two inclined trestles and chloro-
formed, after which the diseased jaw
was cut away. Then the account con-
tinues Now began the insertion Of the
metal java feat without parallel in
the annals Of surgery of the world IL
was inserted by drilling into either end
of the artificial naxillary or jaw and
putting may be termed pivot into the
end of il aud then making another hole
in the remnant of the jaw, and, as it
were. fitting the artificial metal maxil-
lary on to the rami, and then melting it..
Such was this wonderful operation,
which lasted four hours and forty-ive
minutes exactly. After his recovery 10
consciousness, Mr. Poerster said he had
experienced no pain, aud, indeed, felt
nothing of the entire operation. He
spoke little yesterday, and did not
seem 10 be much inconvenienced with
his novel jaw. He is not yet completely
out of danger, bnt all the symptoms are
favorable 10 "A rapid recovery. lie will
never be able 10 masticate, but must al
ways live on liquids or very soft food,
for. of course, he is toothless