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Tho Tammany Committee on Organization
have appointed a committee of Democrats OF whom
belong the organization, and an of whom are In sym.
PATTY wlh John Kelly, 20 uTle Gov Robinson 90 dismiss
the charges by the bar ASSOCIATION against County
clerk Gumhrtun ami Register LlrW The Committee
are. John Asnrw. Algrlnon suli'an ,naIr, race.
Thomas j dreamer. Iuutht j Campbell, InNIl Me.
Adm John j. Guruan william Van yves T.. LAcry
Anderson. Ambrose Mcneil John browning, Hutrr II
lYau,, Wllham WnmeM l,agg .mll, MemM nn,i'
bridge T. derry, William 4. boyd. Mlrhlu fuomey, % -
rutlor Francis - SpiuoG. Martin T. Mcmahon, john T..
DcNtln. Robert A. Van NNck James q. spencer Aaron
J. Nandrrporl, Charles H. Van bruut Snlth T.. Lane,
Eluuh ward. Rchurd l.. Llrr,norc, T.. : Ugiy, Denis
Quinn. imurs > ThAyer. Edward l. Donnelly, ana Au.
uu.fl Sol
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nEArr Failures IN CONNECTICUT


NoRwIcn, Conn, Feb. 9.-Grcat excite
ment was created in business circles in this
city this afternoon by the announcement
that the great wooen manufacturers. Messrs.
s. x II. Snylcs s. L. & r. d. Saycs. and
the Mechanicsville Company had failed. with
liabilities amounting to $500 900 or 81 600 600
Inquiries among business men hero to-day
who have suffered Ivy the failure We're met with
persistent rcticence or the most guarded
answers. The Mechanicsyiile Mill is in Me-
chanicsville. on tho Norwich and Worcester
Railroad. about two miles above Putnam. Snhiu
q Harris Snyles's mills are ut pnyylle. in the
town Of Killingly. Conn. 5. J.. i. ID; Snylcs
own the wOollcu mill at Versailles on the She
tuckct River. about ton miles north Of THIS city.
~ the time Of the washing away OF tne Bitlc
dam. In the spring Of 1876, this mill properly
was damaged, II is said. 10 the extent OF nearly
s125.0OO.
that business complications in all the irus
above named have nccrssiulted temporary nc
tiOn Of this Kind. and all the mills wer" stopped
on Saturday evening ast. NJ assignment has
vet been mnde. For assets the firms have mill
property that cost them over 81 .OODOVO All
this property is wholly uncncumbcred with
the cXepti2n Of $4,000 mortgage on the
The Messrs. Hull. wool merchants, Of this
city. have been doing large business
with ths spyles Broth!ers, and must
not make known their losses. II Is understood
that only few days ago they sold notes OF their
firm. amounting 70 10000 Or $4,000, to- the
Thames National Bank OF this city. The First
National Bank Of this city also hold large
amount Of notea " the suspended companies.
The SHyles Bros. ranked among the most
and their note was good for $4,000 at any time.
Tho suspension has caused th" greatest aston
i=hmeut amt uuensiness everywhere. us u was
believed that the firms were doing large and
llgluw lu9Inpgg
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ON Jan. %. by the Rev
william NIrcu. Mr. David Alexander of Kingston, ia, Il
Mics Auui Is saunders
FOX-PIKE Al the residence Of the brides mother
ON Ten 3 hy the ncv Dr Braulcnsiciu. Mr. Samuel o.
foy t. feoqor ouuc-i daughter Of Jane and the late
l. Il Pike. Hll o. Brnuklyu
PRtNE-UiLRERr At san Antonio. Texas Jan ~
at 81 MARKS Cathedral hv the Rev. II. Il. Richard sou
william IL. Pf.tne of RNrrdar. y. y g. Annie Rhoda
daughter Of the late Edward Gilbert Of san Antoine
Texas
sTfBERT-MfrLER Jaw. o. ~ she Reformed Church
Houston 49, by the Rev Dr GEORGE sebert assisted bJ
tire Rev Mr Gevrr Hud the Rev W. schlescl A. o sci
bert. NJ D.. to Ota, only daughter Of John W. Miller
all ~ THIS city
wELLs-ROwfE Y In Hrooklvn on wednc sday. Jan
-. bv the REV j. q Blcchu% Henry c. Wells 10 Julia
O.. daughter ct Levi Knwiey. Esq.
WEssEts-srANLEY ON Wedne sdav Jan. 20. bv the
Rev A. Liwson, john Vessel u New YORK " Kate
stanley VI BrUONlNu.
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III. NJ. ). PInaiore,' the comic opera
which has attained such popularity in New
York. il now in BROOKLYN and bids fair 10 be-
come u grrut fhNorite there. Judging from tue
crowded houseWhich crested lis production by
ll,cr's Oucra 3uune Compnny at the Bro0Slyn
tine Captains daughter. was taken 10y Mis- Ncn-
ninG. Clancy. and that ~ hdph Rdcl sNdir. ahle
seaman bv Miss IiI2le Webster. Mr.. George
,Fur'pscuc played LHtlt BWircup. Tho audience
seemed highly pleased with the opera. and cX-
pressed their APPRECIATION by frequent bursts Of
applause
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SsA Strong p.Hc1n. tutiut
p. =. 4. hfuGut. tl,p.t.ftt GEORGETOWN, ID. Z.
SIS Aucho.t a. llrldrrNlrN G.u-l0N.
s, Australia, kllt ltlt, l.lu.OL
=. Autua. Dixon, tHttulL
s.. Sco4a, ,piul, iNtAuI1
$, Lun. Andrew. Liverpool Jan %, and Queenstuwn
ssChesareakc. Maneum. Portland
Hulk Maitland. A,rudscu. A1tWcru.
lars Gtu tNH. Duiuuui. Muu'tNlaro
Bntk ubod Baxter btNt'r Yokohama
Schr sttrh-ht. Reed. 81 DuuIugu.
sehT Nm IL krsueY. Beers Para
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pHILADRLPHIA. Feb 3.-The report thnt nogo-
uHunns Iuut renewal , hc coal combine ii, M
which probably arose from ihN Itrt tlni MIXERS
the late Board o touuu were drawn togo th,r at Mr.
CHdss rrcepu' On SATURDAY night Is denied today by
Judge Asa Packer
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CHESTER Pa. Fob. 3.--The Middlctown Pres
bveran church, four miles from here, was burned On
Saturday afternoon The loss Is about $500 II was
the oldest PRESBYTERIAN church IN TINS state having been
bullt nIlOr " lIil
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IIyntrs life BnIsnn hns cured, does. ana
viii cure rheumatism govt .eroiula and impure blood
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now only = % foNEE6Y TRi'ss 60, 40 Broadway.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-04

Sufferers from Coughs Of ToId- will md
lief b. using PORTER COUCH BALsAN
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-04

Browns Bronchial Troches viii Instantly
rcirv'n cnrrh. coli. nr honr-'uest q cents
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Uso ouGes Tasteless" Cod LIVER Oh with Lime and
via Cherry. Sud NV druggists pepot Rowsry.-Ads.
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Diseases Of the sexual Organs, Recent or
chronic ARE promptly by Maturv Caylu~ Capsules
usod for over 20 wears by the lea ug physicians 10
Europe and America. They are sold by all druggists
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The proposed sale and consequent change In the own
ership of the Windsor Hotel building will serve to
strengthen the position Of the lessees and propreios
MessrA HAWK Waite Wetherbee They are Also
encOuraged v the large ncrcac OF business 20 give UtI
be Il efforts " maintain tue enNane reputation tue
Windsor has MOI cd durinR the past hVs fsAIA-@I
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SEMhNIS.
The ship rinnrore snll. Amin.

Her Maiesty's ship pinaioro IS just a
It'll" likely to oycrdo the thing at her present
rate. She is attempting to sail from too many
ports at once. Sailors to man her are not quite
rs plentiful rs all this comes to. and the con-
sequence is that she goes into commission short
handed. badly equipped. and in all respects
Unconditional for q long cruise.
II WAS under these circumstances that she
showed herself last evening at the Lyccum
Theatre. whore she had shipped m entirely
different crow from the one that manned her ut
ths same establishment last week. and in every
respect AN inferior one, In fact the craft. under
her new conditions, had much more the appear
Hn.c OF u cat-rigged soop than 81 sh ip-oi-war.
Metaphor aside. there seems to have bprn
several serious misapprcheusio on the part
ot the management rs to the manner in which
this little uuprrtta should hr produced. the
eject OF which was very perceptible IN the rc-
suits % Inst evenings performance. One otthese
was that Il was not necessary 10 have trained
singers To- deal with Arthur Sdlllvan's music.
and that anybody that could do buresQue
pretty well and turn a tune II IL We're but cnsy
enough. would DO quite we'll enough. Now. this
L. q serious error; Tor though sullivan, with
evident iorck n0wledge that his work would ia.l
INFO the hands Of dramatic rather than operate
companies. has for the most part written
with the utmost simplicity OF structure and
kcut 10 the p.alnest and most straight
iorwGrt modulAtiuus and common chords, stil
he could not always write absolutely on the
Mother Goose level. for he was too much OF u
musician. But wherever he has risen above
that level tho persons now attempting 20 sing his
little work ut the Iyceum fail TO rise with him,
and the consequence IS some deploraOly bad
work.
Another serious misapprehension is tina, the
OPERA can Doe given not only without singers.
hut also without the orchestral parts, tho vlO-
Inns scratching violently to sustain IN" vol
PARTS ami the reed instruments either not play
iug AZ all or Vamping. rs the musicians say
that II. inpr0Vlsing an accompaniment at their
own swec, Will. The effect % this misnppre-
htnsion gives rise TO the question that Capt
DrNpDuuIN ID
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-04

Benson Capeino Porous rAsers They relieve Quiekc
aud eura where other remedies tail fTra "a atAAds
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And TO this interesting conundrum the un-
happy orea makes no satisfactory reply.
And finally. third mi-aI pr"hcnsion is that
Mr.. Gilbcrts delicate satire can be- safely left 10
take caro- OF itself without much excrti0n on the
part of tho actors and that IL Is not even essen
tial - tho success oi tais play that the words
themselves should De- committed To- memory.
In fact. the whole affair both m % the music
and the at NJ. seems 10 tave been from BEGIN
Liu..to "ub a mist prruru-iou that VIII neither
shed iu-iro on The management II this theatre
nor add ~ the lrastt the pleasure Of the pubic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-11-13
American Enterprise.

Word comes to us from across the
water that w. G.Wilson's visit to Europe
was to make arrangements for the man.
ufacture of the New Wilson Oscillating
Shuttle Sewing Machine in England for
the European market, and that the we'll
known "Wellington Works" of Oldham,
near London, owned by stock compa-
ny known as Bradbury & Co. (limited),
for the manufacture of the Singer, Howe,
Wheeler & Wilson, and Wellington sew
ing machines, since 1850, have been Sc
cured for the manufacture of the Wilson
Oscillating Shuttle Sewing Machines
exclusively hereafter. An interview
with Mr.. Sheldon, the general manager
Of the Wilson Sewing Machine Compa-
ny, elected the fact that our information
is correct, and that this. course was ab-
solutely necessary in consequence of
the incapacity of the company's large
works at Grand Crossing to turn out a
sufficient number of Wilson sewing ma
chimes to supply the American market.
-Seui7,G Machine Adrdnce.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-11-13
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

A FIRE at Fairhaven,sN; Y, on the 9th
inst, destroyed hotel and three stores
valued at $35,000.
Miss ALFA HAWTHORN was killed by
the cars at Hamilton, Ohio, on the 10th
inst, while walking on the track.
A TORNADO in Missouri on the 10th
inst, created great havoc at Pageville,
Strasburg, Fairview, Odessa and Dover,
Several buildings were blown down and
many persons were severely injured.
THE large academy hall of the Normal
Agricultural school near Hampton, Va,
burned Nov. 10th. Loss, $50,000; in
sured.
DURING fire which destroyed the cat
tie pens of J. w. Gaff s. Co., Cincinnati,
on the 9Th inst, 1900 head of cattle per-
ished in the flames. The pens were val
ued at $4,000; insured for $14,250. Cat
tie insured for $4,000 in the Cincin aati,
Philadelphia and New York companies.
The extensive cracker and candy fac.
tory at the corner of Second and Main
streets, operated Ivy Carle & Sons tumbled
down and was entirely consumed by fire
says Kansas City dispatch of the 9TH
inst. Of the 107 persons in the building
all escaped but seven who perished in the
ruins. 1t is supposed the accident was
caused by a starch explosion.
THREE persons were drowned in the
Merrimac river near Lowell, Mass, on
the 9th. A party attempted TO cross the
river in boat, when, owing to heavy
swell, they overturned. Mr.. Peter Lite,
Mrs. Brown, his sister, and boy aged
two years were drowned. The three
others were rescued
MRS. MARGARET MYERS, residing at
ISL Main street, Memphis, was burned in
shocking manner on the 10th inst. from
the effects of which she died. While
preparing dinner spark from the stove
set her dress on fire, and before assis-
tance arrived she was Utterly roasted
alive.
THE three cars of a special n. Y. ex-
press train which left Poughkeepsie on
the evening of the 7th inst going south,
jumped the track when between New
Ham burg and Low Point. One of them
| was thrown into the river. A number OF
passengers were injured but none serious
ly. All the injured ones were put on
| board the train, which left in about two
hours after for New York.
A FREIGHT train on the Peana road
| broke IN two early on the morning of the
7th inst, while coming down the noun.
tain about eight miles west of Altoona
Pa. The detached portion of the train
gained great speed, running down the
| hill at the rate of a mile a minute. until
at Kittanning Point it overlook and ran
into the first part. Twenty-four cars
were completely wrecked, and the freight
scattered in all directions. Jas. A. Nc
Dowell, brakeman, was instantly killed
and the body terribly mutilated. j. G
Cook, another brakeman, was seriously
injured, and is not expected to recover
An incendiaTy fire at Fond du Lac
Wis. on the 9Th inst. caused the loss Of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-11-13
CABLEGRAMS.

THE King of Spain, although he had
resolved otherwise, has finally, in de-
ference to the public wish, concluded to
allow series of popular entertainments
during his marriage celebration. This
information was given his subjects on
the 9th inst
THE sale of the St. Petersburg Gazettl
has been forbidden on the streets of Ger
mantOwns because it contained several
articles derogatory to the character of
German women. This order was
issued on the 9th inst.
THERE was a serious riot at Exeter,
Eng land, says dispatch of the 9Th inst,
in connection with Guy FaWkes cele-
bratiOn. The mob was finally dispersed
by a company of infantry.
A DUEL was fought, says a cablegram
of the 8th inst, on Wednesday at Pessaic,
near Bordeaux, between a writer on a
republican newspaper, and clerical jour
nalist, in which the former received a
sword thrust in the arm. No fatal result.
The remuneration by the Arch-duchess
Marie Christine, future queen of Spain,
o her rights to the Austrian succession,
sa, 5 cablegram of the Sth inst, will
take place on the Sth of November. The
ceremonies will be very elaborate and
will occur in the presence of the royal
family and ambassadors.
News received Nov. 10TH from Val.
paraiso, stated that on the 7th of Octo-
Der combined attack by Chiljan land
and sea forces was made on Pisaqua,
which was taken, after bombardment
lasting five hours. Three hundred Chill
ians were killed and wounded. 1t is
rumored that revolution has broken out
in Lima.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-11-13
The Old 0akeu Bucket.

"The Old Oaken Bucket" was written
fifty or more years ago by printer
named Samuel Woodwork. He was
in the habit of dropping into a noted
drinking saloon kept by one Mallory.
One day, after drinking glass of bran
dy and water, he smacked his lips and
declared that Mallory's brandy was su-
perior to any drink he had ever tasted.
" No." said Mallory. "you are mistaken.
There was a drink which, in both our
estimations, far surpassed this" What
was that?" incredulously asked Wood
worth. "The fresh spring water we
used to drink from the old oaken bucket
that hung in the we'll, after returning
from the fields on sultry day" "Very
true" replied Woodwork, tear drops
glistening in his eyes. Returning to his
printing Office, he seated himself at his
desk and began to write. In half an
hour
The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket
The moss covered bucket that hung in the well, -
was embalmed in an inspiring song that
has become as familiar as a household
word.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-11-13
THE WEEKS WORK.
Selected From Every Source.
WASHINGTON.

LEDrARD PHELPS, president of the
board of commissioners of the District
OF Columbia, resigned on account of i'll
health on the 7th inst.
SECRETARY SHERMAN, saws reliable
authority, will buy bonds at short in
tervals during the remainder Of the
year, sufficient to fill the sinking funds
for the year. 1t was reported in a New
York paper on the 7th inst that the
amount Of bonds thus purchased would
probably reach 36,000.000.
THE postmasters having sent in their
reports, the aggregate business for the
J ear ending June 30th has been footed
up. A dispatch Of the 9th inst. says
Chicago now stands second in the list in
the amount of business done. The lead
ing cities of the country stand as follows
in regard to the amount Of receipts: New
York, $2,998,295; Chicago, $1,089, ,308
Philadelphia, 81, ,G57 7,567; Boston, s., ,028,-
$50; st. Louis, $514,214; Cincinnati,
$447, 1853; SanFrancisco, $427, ,492; Brook
lyn, $4Ol ,874.
THE following card was telegraphed
through the associated press on the 7th
inst. by the executive committee of the
army of the Cumberland THE commit
tee having in charge arrangements for
the meeting of the society of the army of
the Cumberland have addressed invita-
tions TO every comrade whose postoffice
address IS known, to be present at the re
union to be hello in this city the 10th and
goth OF this month, on which occasion
the monument of Gen. Geo. II. Thomas
will be unveiled and presented to the ma
tlon; but as the postoffice address of
many of the comrades is not known, the
committee send through the associated
press a cordial and earnest invitation to
every cOmrade to meet with us and aid in
paying our respects to the memory Of
our great commander, Gen. Thomas"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-11-13

TIE territory of South Africa is di-
ylded into the Cape Colony, with an
area of 100000 square miles, and a
population of 295,000 whites, and $780,
600 blacks: Kafftaria with an area of
10000 square miles, and population
Of 450,00O blacks. lying 10 the east of
Cape Colony; Basutoland, to the north
west Of kaffraria, with a population of
about 10000 natives; Natal, to the
north Of Kaoffraria, and on the east of
Basutoland, with an area of 1900
square miles, and population Of 90
600 whites and 100000 blacks; the
Orange Free State with an area of
81 700 square miles, and population
Of 10000 whites and $50 900 blacks; the
Diamond Fields, or Griquland West,
with an era of $500 square miles, a
permanent population of 1,60O whites,
and 1000 blacks, and fuctuating
population of diggers, numbering at
times 10000; Zululand, with an area
Of 10000 square miles, and a popula-
ton of 10000 blacks; Amaswasiland,
lying to the north of Zulaland, in
habited by the Amaswasis, hereditary
enemies of the Zulus: and, fn-,ly, the
Iransvaal, which stretches from the
9th to the 22nd degree OF S. lat, and
and from the 26th to the 32nd degree OF
E. long
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-11-13

4 TRIAL has lately been made on
board the Bloodhound, gunboat, at
Portsmouth, England, of new means
which has been suggested by Capt Ar.
thur, while in command of the Vernon,
for clearing harbors of sunkeu mines
and fixed torpedoes. At present, the
method adopted is to destroy the en-
glnes by countermiuing, or by the haz-
ardous method of creeping" This is
effected by boats being sent out to grap-
pie for the cable connections, and then
severlng them by small charges of gun
cotton. This mode, however, is very
slow. The new method of opening a
free channel for the passage of ships
as tried in the Bloodhound, consists in
running out couple of booms thirty
feet in length from the bows of the ship,
Across the submerged ends is fixed q
horizontal beam, thirty-eight feet in
length, having q zigzag arrangement O
iron rods IN the form of w; the idea
being that the open space of each Y o
the series, as it is pushed through the
water, will enclose the torpedo. fasten
lngs or connections, and lead them tC
the point at the bottom, which is fitted
with a scissor contrivance, the blade
Of which are worked in connection Will
the capstan on board. The bean
searcher has sweep of fifty feet, anC
the mechanism is capable of cuttin!
through the strongest electric cable. 4
act, which is supported from the whis
kers of the bowsprit receives the liber
ated torpedo, and prevents it explodin,
against the operating craft. The tria
proved great success.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-11-13

WINTER has begun in earnest upon
the Sierras. The great range to the west
and south of Reno is white with snow.
The cold season has come early and
opens with unusual severity. Sheep and
cattle herders usually remain on the
mountains with their stock uncl the
nd Of October, but when the storm OF
last week came down upon them they
set out with all haste to cross the sum
mits, lest the passes should get closed
with snow before they could traverse
them with their stock. The snow is al
ready eighteen inches deep on the
mountains around Truckee, and from
two to three feet deep on the SUBMITS.
The cold was quite severe last Sunday
in the Sierras.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-11-13
Iowa.

A DEs MONIES special of the 7th inst.
gives the following official figures on
the October election The official returns
received here from all the counties give
the result of the election: Gear, republi-
can, for governor, 1851: Trimble,
democrat, S5,057; Campbell, greenbacker,
45,429; DUNCAN, prohibitionist, 3,258.
Total vote, 291 ,315. Gears majority over
Trimble, 72,495; over Campbell, III ,454
His majority over all others com mb1ned,
23,SO8. In the first, second, third, fourth
and fifth congressional districts where
democrats and greenbackers had not
combined, the greenbackers cast 9,124
votes less than last year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-11-13

How a City is Heated by Steam

The Troy S.eam-Heating Company
have commenced laying pipes to CON
vey steam through the streets Of that
city. The iron pipes are first covered
with hair felting, and then run into
wooden logs. These logs lie only four
feet below the surface of the ground.
1t is Intended to lay four miles this sea-
son. The boiler-house. situated on the
banks of the Hudson River with large
coal yard in the rear, is nearly COM
pleted. The boilers are now being
made in Syracuse, AID are to e twenty
two feet long with twenty-eight fues
six inches in diameter. The first boiler
will be set with the Jarvis furnace to
burn screenings for fuel. 1t will require
about forty boilers to heat the entire
ity.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-11-13

THE apprentices who travel over Ger
many on foot have had hard tim es
amid the general distress. and it is now
reported from various localities that a
disease called "the beggars' plague" a
kind of typhus resulting from insufi-
cient and innutrtious food, excessive iu-
dulgence in alcoholic drink, and
exposure through sleeping in the open
air-has broken out among them. Like
most tramps who have not money
enough sor food and lodging they spend
the little they have on alcohol. System
attic efforts are being made by organiza-
tions IN various cities to help these poor
wretches in rational way, by provid-
ing them with warm meals and other
necessarie5 and discouraging contribu-
tions Of money.