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The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-03
witness Fees.

W. s. Cappeller, County Auditor, has addressed
the following communication to the Clerk OF the
Police Court:
COUNTY AUDITORS OFFICE
Samuel Smiley, ESQ. Clerk Of Police Court:
DEAR sIR-After the legal opinions OF the Attor
ney General and the County Solicitor, and upon
conference with the Honorable Board of County
Commissioners the said Board have appropriated
81 OO0 subject to the approval of the Board OF Con-
troll, for the payment of witness fees in cases of
felony only. II said allowance be approved by the
Board of Control which meets on the 4th inst.
then all such certificates in felony cases will be
paid at this Office.
As to witness fees in cases of misdemeanor am
advised by the County Solicitor to pay only such
witnesses as appear in cases of misdemeanors tried
under State law. All other misdemeanors, arising
under city ordinance, &C., will be rejected. / re-
spectfully suggest that you have two forms OF GER
tificates--one for each of the aboye-prepared, 80
that this Office may properly distinguish the sepa
rate funds. Very respectfully
"W. S. CAPPELLER, County Auditor"
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AFTER all, the greatest crowds do not
70 to horse-races and baseball games,
thirty thousand people attended re-
igious meeting of the Friends at Rich
mond, Ind, last week.
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THE Marshal of Memphis, Mich,
prints the names of the habitual drunk
ards on cards and distributes them among
the saloon-keepers of the town. If the
saloon-keepers sell them liquor after this
official warning, they are prosecuted.
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WHAT case did Mr., Montgomery ever
argue, what Judge did he ever address,
or what jury did he ever face? Rise and
explain, Mr.. Montgomery.
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THOSE Chicagoans who hoped to see
Simoni, the murderous rag-picker, hang,
are not going to be disappointed. He
will hang around the Penitentiary for
the next fourteen years.
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leans is merely nominal, not enough Offering as
yet to re-estSblish quotations.
TALL0W-The market is steady ana the de.
mand fair with country quoted at 61zc per lb iD
packages,
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THE head waters of the Nile have been
discovered by an officer at Niles, Mich,
who levied on the Water works for an
unpaid claim.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-03

PROF, WATSON proposes to leave Ann
Arbor University. Watson foot now,
we wonder?
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-03

ONIONS sell for only dollar barrel
in Orange County, N. Y. It's enough to
bring tears to the farmers eyes.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-03

We desire all workingmen in this city
to understand that the fight on Mr..
Hopper and in favor of Mr.. Zumstein is
made because of Mr.. Hopper's vote to
give contract for advertising to the
STAR instead of the Times, when the
STAR bid was twenty per cent. lower,
and the STAR was clearly entitled to the
contract under the law. According to the
phase which the affair has taken by the
course of the Times people, we are forced
to conclude that Mr.. Zumstein would
have voted the contract to the Times,
even at the higher price. This is as
much the affair of every workingman in
she city as ours. The STAR employs the
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-03
THE STAR,
~

REV. DIR. STOCKING breaches at De-
troit. He will be put in slippers, Christ
mas.
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INDIANAPOLIS. Oct 3.--Nlour Quiet and rn-
changed. Wheat firm: No. red winter zoe, ot
or S'ptember; SSM90c October Corn: Western
mix; 36c. Oats uuietat 2lGb2lC. Provisions stpaGy
Bulk SHOULDERS, 41sc; eicar lib sides iGr. Swu,t-
picked hams nominally Zoe. Lard Prime steam,
65sC.
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FINANCIAL.
CINoINN matt, Oct,

CINCINNATI, Oct. $3.50 P. NJ.
Gold buying to-day at 1Oo14 and selling at 1907.
Gold checks at 1003
Eastern exchange at previous rates and demand
light Dealers buying at pT and selling at lilo
premium.
Sterling is weaker and dull Sight drafts quoted
al $ Soy and 60day bllsat 81 q per {, in goli.
The following are the local buying and selling
rates for Government hunds.
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sS 25Gg5 60 for fair to good and choice at S. 70a
3 Is per Genital gross.
CArrLE-Mhrkct steady. No change in prices.
Common at VI 5082 ne'!ium ut 81 2Jdfz rs and
good to choice at -. Fair To good shipping at
81 100el rs.
sHhEP-Quiet and steady and prices un-
Changed.
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stS-WEATHER-Fairo or partly cloudy weather 4
the next twenty-four hours

pS-CIScINNArI, Oct $3.50 P. M.-Flour qui
and steady. Corn in fair demand and modertI
receipts. Barley fairly active und moderate
firm. Oats dull. Wheat in moderate dema
and rather easy. Cotton dull and weak. NJ
pork quiet and easy. Lard fair movement
weak market. Meats steady but light sa
Whisky in good demand and no change in prie
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-10-03
Cincinnati Live Stock Market.
Receipts, Shipments.

CINLINNATI, UCJ. 3-2 2. N.
The following are the receipts and Shipments of
live stock for the past "a hours:
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For st. Louis,

SATURDAY, 5th, at S P. NJ. POSITIVELY, I,
T% = ANNIE P. SILVER. d. II. Silv
LifssAsSss.ST Master. Apply on board, or to Roy
~ssS's'S''NF 4 Mossct, John Shearer Agents.
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SATURDAY, 5th, at P. NJ. POSITIVELY,
H.@ C. w. ANDERSON, J. A. Cranch. Ma
III ter. Apply on board, or to Jof
eaas.gasssIF Shrnrer, Agent.
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FRIDAY. 4th. at S P. M. POSITIVELY, +,
ar$ MARY MILLER, John N. Skunk Nj
Lsl|sssT ter. Apply on board, or to W. S. Get
stExssEs&aa ]. CunninSham, AGENTS. N
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For iHuntinaton.
THIS DAY, 3d. at 3 P. NJ, POSITIVELY,
NJ y The C. & o. Railroad packet FLEET
afftgssgs,sss3 fts5gasssssf WOOD, J. r. Campbell Maste3
ssss7sSt@szH Freight received on Wharfboat, foot q
BrOAdWAY. w. HOnShell. Sllpt n
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=, me following Is the l:3v p. m. report for New
Co., s2S West Third Street: -
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-14
STARVING TO DEATH.
Six Weeks Without Sleep and Two With.
ont Water.
Dubuque Herald.

Conrad Knapp, the man who is starry
ing himself to death, is a resident of
Keokuk, and has been for the past
twenty-five years. For a number of
years he has been emplowed in the Ke-
okuk and Des Moines car shops at Keo-
kuk. Nothing unusual was noticed in
him until it was announced that the
Rock Island railroad had leased the
Keokuk and Des MONIES, and the pro-
liability was that the shops would be re-
moved from Keokuk. This seemed TO
add to Conrad's troubles, and it began
to lie noticed in the shops that he acted
very queerly. His fingers were always
in motion, and he seemed to be con
stantly figuring. He grew worse, and
finally it got so that it took him three
days to do q job of work which
he used to do in as many hours.
He Jagged so in his work that
be was discharged about six weeks ago,
and then he became convinced that his
family were destined to die by starva-
ton. Four weeks ago, when invited to
sit down to the table, he refused, saying
that there would not be enough to keep
the family, and from that time to this
day he has eaten nothing, except dur
ing the first week an apple occasionally.
For the past three weeks he has tasted
absolutely no food at all, and for the
last twelve days not drop of water or
anything in liquid shape has passed be-
tween his lips. DR.. Weisman, who is
an old friend Of Knapp's, has been at
tending him, and has endeavored to
coax HIM to take some medicine, but
he firmly refuses, and when pressed
upon this point, or to drink or partake
of food, he gets UP and leaves the room.
For six weeks he has not laid down
in a bed, and has had scarcely twenty
four hours sleep in all that time. He
sits up in a chair, and occasionally.
through sheer exhaustion, will fall into
dOze, but he soon wakes up and IS as
unmovable III his purpose to starve
himself to death as ever. Every con-
ceivable means has been used to induce
him to take food, sip water, or take
medicine, but all without avail. He
remains firm in his refusal, and per-
sists in saying that it is fate-the fate Of
the family to starve, and that the rest
will follow him soon enough.
There is an evident softening of the
brain, yet he remembers and recognizes
his friends and occurrences that hap
pened years ago.
He is not large man, only medium
size, and his long fast has emaciated
him fearfully, and his body begins to
emita sickening odor, so strong in fact
as to be almost unbearable to those
who nave not been accustomed to be-
ing in his presence. He is haunted
with fear that the men he owes about
town are in search Of him and want
to put him in the calaboose, and will sit
by the window all day narrowly scan
ning all naSSerS-hV
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-14

fectual struggles to destroy its
influence. Mrs. Power suddenly left
her husband and took up her residence
with her daughter, in Newton. Cap
tair Power at once fell into the deepest
melancholy, a condition in which he
remained internationally up to the
period of his death. He met his wife
on the street some months ago, and en-
deavored to obtain an interview with
her; but her son, who accompanied his
mother, possibly dreading a scene, tried
equally hard to prevent the interview.
A policeman, who happened to be
standing by, urged by his notion of duty,
felt called upon to protect the lady, and
compelled the desperate captain to give
up his purpose. The effect of this I'M
successful attempt at a reconciliation
produced such an impression on the
captains mind that his friends consid-
cred him insane, and had him removed
to the asylum at Taunton. He did not
remain here long before the fact of his
sanity was established, and two or
three weeks ago he was released. From
that time until he shot himself Friday
on the steps of his wife's house, and his
former home in SomervilIe, his COM
paratively cheerful spirits induced his
friends to believe that the weight
Of his trouble was lightened. He usad
to say that, if he could only secure a
hearing with his wife, basis of recon
citation would be established, but he
believed that the last opportunity for
anything of this kind bad gone by when
he committed the fatal act. This
was the ending of a romance which be-
gan in the old Salem Street Orthodox
Church, and the incidental actors in the
various stages of the melancholy drama
are probably many of them still among
MS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-14
Threatening Political Situation.

We take pleasure in placing before
our readers the following important let
ter. While having no direct political
bearing, it has real significance, show
ing, as 1t does, that whatever the people
of these States may think concerning
the political situation, they are far from
branding DR.. Pierce's Family Remedies
as frauds.
GALVESTON, Texas, June 8, 1873.
DR.. PIERCE: Dear SI-Your Golden
Medical Discovery and Purgative Pellets
have cured my daughter of Scrofulous
Swellings and Open Sores about the
Neck; and your Favorite Prescription
has accomplished wonders in restoring
to health my wife who had been bedfast
for eight months, from Female Weak
ness. [ am with greatful feelings,
Yours truly, Z. III. LONG.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-14
Ease Attainable by the Rheumatic.

Yes although they may despair CT relief, it is
attainable by rheumatic sufferers, for there is a
remedy which carries off, by means of increased
activity Of the kidneys--important channels for
blood purfcation-the acrid element to which
pathologists The most eminent attribute the pain
full symptoms-a theory completely borne out by
urinary analysis. The name of this grand depu-
rent is Hostetter's Bitters, preparation likewise
celebrated as a remedy for constipation. which
causes contamination of the blood with the bile
and a certain means Of relief in dyspepsia, fc-
yer and ague, and nervous ailments 1t is, per-
haps, the finest tonic extan, and is highly recon-
mended as a medicinal stimulant by distinguished
physicians and analysts, who pronounce il to be
also endorses il.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-14
The Iime-Kiln Club for Reform.
Detroit Free Press.


Las mite, 'twixt de hours of 7 and
S o'clock [ went ober to sec de Wilder
JOhnsin," said Brother Gardner as his
bald head rose to within eighteen inches
OF the ceiling. "She's bin in heap O.
trouble bout de water-tax. an my ole
woman sent me Ober dar to tell her to
trus' in de Lawd an cotch all de rain
water she could. / sot down by de
grateful stove, an when [ seed dat de
wilder he'd bin readin' a noospaper. I
softly axed her:
Missus Johnsin, am you a-Wah dat
de fall campaign hez opened ?"
1" An she replied dat she was a-wore."
"An' did you know, 'cording to de
papers, dat among de candydates am
fo' murderer8?"
Bress my SOUL but | 'spected it
'spccted it for ober MONTH" she yelled,
as she histed one Of de pickaniggers
outer de way.
"An' do you know dat six mo- of de
candydates am forgers an periurers :? I
sweetly continered
Dress my soulr' but I'll took in dem
| chickuns soOn's you gone away !" she
'sclaimed, as she frowed a glance of
scorn at de chill'en playin' horse wild
de spider.
AN 'mong de lesser candydates,
Missus Johnsin, am numbered gem'len
who steal bosses when dey git de chance,
an odders who rob orfun 'sylums an
prowl freW graveyards."
Il knode it, [ knode it! lie bin
HARM de strangest kim o. noises 'roun'
de cabin cherry night for de las week.
she whispered as she bent ober to look
under de bed.
"Den dar was a paws. De ole clock
licked away IN de solomnest manner,
an de chilPen knocked de handle off
spider as dey TUX a circle 'roun' de big
blue rockin' char. Bime by de wilder
kinder aiged aroun' till she showed de
dollar rings on her fingers an de big
yaller bow at her froat, an she said
Brudder Gardner, it seems to me
dat dc time haz arrove to purge 'Meri-
can politics of its fraud an corrupshun.
How am you gwine to vete?
Gemlen, | spit on de hot stove, an
[ spit Ober it. an seed de widder's big
eyes wild der canvas backgroun' lookin'
right at de end of my nose, an [ could
Mt git dis old mouf open to save me!
| walked out Of dat wild her queshun
unanswered an de chilPen TWIN de
clOtheslinefast to de teakettle an maxim
ready Tor haul. | was fnkin' ober it
all mite long, an lie finein' ober it yet.
Sir Isaac Walpole, you am an ole man.
You hez bin run ober by butcher-cart,
bit by q rattlesnake, an lostin de woods,
an you am competent to speak on dis
subieck. Dispress your views, Brudder
Walpole."
The old man rose up in an humble,
hesitating way, and mildly said:
"Gem'len, [ shall nebber cast my
vote for criminal, an I move dat de
Club insert de follerin' advertisement
in de papers:
"WANTED-A political candidate who
has not been charged with murder,
arson, robbery, burglary, forgery, en-
bezzlement, fraud, drunkenness, ct al,
is invited to send his address, affidavit,
and references OF character to the De-
troit Lime-Kiln Club"
Brother Gardeners face lighted up
like the bottom board of fence oppo-
site a bonfire, and the Club adopted the
idea and ordered the Secretary to have
the ad inserted in red ink if possible.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-14
4 Linguistic Candidate.

Last evening candidate went into a
Spanish saloon to cap for the Castilian
vote. He invited several darkroom
plexioned men to take a drink, and
gave Spanish toast that he had care
fully studied up for the occasion. He
thinks he must have made some sort of
a slip in accent or pronunciation, or
perhaps the pluperfect tense of his
verb was twisted. At any rate he was
painfully misunderstood, for the nearest
man struck him three times under the
ear before the next man knocked him
down, and somebody else kicked him
out of the door. He now says he don't
care q snap for six or eight votes, but
he would give $1,000 of borrowed
money to know exactly what he said
when he treated that crowd Virginia
(Nev,) Chronicle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-14
4 Novel CaSh-DraWer.

AT late exhibition in Falmouth,
Eng, a ''patent check till'' was exhib-
tied, which is certainly remarkable, if
it does one-half of what is claimed for
it. According to the official descrip-
ton of this friend of the shopkeeper,
cit will check every penny taken and
paid better than keeping a cashier and
using check books. 1t occupies no
more time than the ordinary till. If
an assistant should take money of a
customer and fail to put it in the till,
it can be detected at once. If only
part of the amount is put in, it will
show how much has been withheld.
If any cash has been taken out, it will
show the amount. The till cannot be
opened without its being known, and
the number of times. 1t will show how
much money there ought to be left in
for use. and yet none can be taken
away without its Icing known. 1t can
be left any length of time without being
cleared, and will show the amount
there ought to be in without counting
the cash. 1t can be used as a desk, or
set in level with the counter-tOp if re-
quired. 1t shows the number of Gus
toners waited upon by each assistant;
and if line Is drawn across the paper
close to the glass every hour, it tells the
number of customers at any given
time" And all those advantages are
wound up with the brief statement,
Interest on outlay ard cost of working,
] nennV q day."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-14
SEPARATION.

4 wall grew up between the two
A strong, thick wall, though all unseen:
None knew when the first stones We're laid,
Nor how the wall was built, ween.
and so their lives were wide apart,
Although they shared one bed, one board;
A careless eye saw naught amiss,
Yet each was to the other dead.
He. much absorbed in work and gain,
Grew soon unmindful of his loss:
4 hard Indifference worse than hate
Changed loves pure gold to worthless droSs-
She suffered tortures all untold;
Too proud to mourn, too strong TO die:
The wall pressed heavily on her heart;
Her white face showed her misery.
Such walls are growing every day
'TwiXt man and wife, 'twixt friend and friend
Would they could know, VINO lightly build,
How sad and bitter is the end
A careless word, an unkind thought,
A slight neglect, a tauntinI tone
Such things as these, before we know,
Have laid the wallis foundation stone.
-Sprinqfekd Republican.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-14

chilly night, When the days are not
stormy it is well enough to let horses
run IN the pasture, but every autumn
night should find them comfortably
bedded and fed in the stable. Ingrati-
tude to our fellow men is Justly con.
sidered an odious vice, but is there not
often strong faint of it also in the
treatment of these noble animals, to
whose faithful help in all kinds oil
drudgery farmers are deeply indebted
for full barns and comfortable homes ~
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-14

MERCHANTs-Are you willing to buy a
SaIeratus made out of the choicest ma
teriais and absolutely pure? Buy D. B.
DeLand q Co.'S Best Chemical iSaieTat,ts,
and you will not get goods made out of
cheap material or adulterated in its
manufacture.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-14

A THOROUGHLY good Cabinet or Parlor
Organ is worth two poor ones. Mason
& Hamlin make the best. The prices
are little higher than those of poorest
organs, but it is much cheaper in the
end to obtain the best.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-14

JEWISH religious papers have been
publishing reports of cruelties perpe-
trated by Bulgarian peasants, some of
which are too much for belief. One
story is that the president of the syna-
gogue in Kasanlyk having been killed,
his blood was caught in bowl and mix
ed with the blood of number Of dogs.
This liquor the Jews of the town, who
were driven together with thrusts and
blows, were forced to drink; and it is
said that only the arrival of body OF
Russian troops saved them from death.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-14
Royal and Noble Dinner Table Etiquette.

Toronto Correspondence of the Detroit News.
herewith give you few simple re-
suits of my mission to England, and
will begin with the particulars of din,
ner with royalty.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-14

The new snake-skin shoes that the
Paris women are wearing realize the
bruising of woman's heel by the serpent.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-14
Lady Beautifiers.

Ladies, you cannot make fair skin.
rosy cheeks and sparkling eyes with all
the cosmetics of France, or beautifers
of the world, while in poor health, and
nothing will give you such good health,
strength and beauty as Hop Bitters. A
trial is certain proof See another col
umn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-14

Go DAY. How to make It. Something
~ ~ or Agents. Coz YoNGE s 60 II - : :" Q
w XII AUGER COMPLETE ron 500 poU.
w Write for particulars to
A. H. B0TSFORD ST. Louis, Mo.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-14
PIUcky Mail Carriers.

Across the Chesapeake: during the
war, the canoes, in stormy and moon
less nights darted. The Federal cutters
watched the bay. The daring blockade
runner waited for murky weather, and
a tempestuous sea, and then shot out in
to the wide and foaming waters with a
tiny compass hid in his slender boat,
too cramped to carry we'll a single man
and the Confederate mail bag. A match
was struck and the light Rugged in by
hat, when he wished to see the needle
So from every creek, on pitch dark and
unruly nights, the brave fellows ventur-
ed over thirty miles of boiling surge.
The Federals never dreamed of such
hazards and pluck, and so kept safe un-
der the shore out of the storm. There
are number of men in this section
vino regularly crossed the bay in angry
weather, who now would count it mad
ness for the largest vessels to go out in
such fearful gales and rain. Peace
has made them now weak as a wo-
man
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-11-14

The Lord Steward is commanded
:: by the Queen to invite Nj
to dinner on ---, the ---, at
eight o'clock. Full Dress.
Windsor Castle.