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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-24
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.
The Most Important News Of
the Week Carefully Cleaned.
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON.

SECRETARY SHERMAN announced April
18th that he had no more bonds for
sale.
THE president, on April 18th, nomi-
mated Frederick w. Miner, United
States attorney for the northern district
of Texas; Wilson III. Stanley (Ili.l, In
dian agent for the Los Pinos Agency,
Cal.
The 98th call for the redemption of
bonds was issued April 18th, for $780,
100000, 1O-4Os of "a. Principal and
accrued interest will be paid on and
after July 18th, when interest will
cease.
SAYS dispatch Of April 18th Chief
Moses having agreed, the president has
set aside very large reservation in
Washington Territory for Moses and his
people, with such Indians as may af
tiliate and the secretary Of the interior
may send.
A TELEGRAM Of April 10th says the
senate committee on privileges and
elections to-day commenced hearing ar
guments in the Spoford-Kellogg case on
the question whether or not the action
of the senate hitherto has made the
controversy res adjudicata.
On April 18th the encouragement
affirmed the decision of the assistant
encouragement for the post-offiCe de-
partment, that regular publications de-
signed primarily for advertising pur-
poses cannot be sent through the mails
at the rates charged legitimate news
papers.
A WASHINGTON dispatch Of April 18th
says Mr.. Rainey, republican ex-congress-
man from South Carolina, who has been
an applicant for the third authorship
of the treasury, was rendered the po-
sition of assistant appointment clerk
of the treasury by Secretary Sher-
man, and rejected it with great indigna-
ton.
The regular subscriptions to the per
cent. loan on April 18th amounted to
50, 1905 Besides this amount q syn
dicate, composed of nineteen banks and
banking firms of New York and Boston
made a subscription of $150000,000 of4
per cent. bonds, and $40,000,000 of
funding certificates, making this the
largest single subscription ever made to
government funding loan IN this or
any other country. The heaviest sub
scribers are: First National bank, Fisk &
Hatch, Metropolitan National bank, and
J. A. Il w. Seligman. The subscription
is made through the First National
bank for itself and its associates.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-18
xLvi CONGRESS.
HOUSE.

Representative BAKER, from the Com
mittes on Appropriations, reported the
fortifcalion Dill approprIating 500 900.
Ordered printed anu seCemmitted.
He gave notice that he would report 1t
back tomorrow morning AID ask It's con-
alteration.
Representative McCoRD from the Com
mittee on Manufactures, reported a joint
resolution proposing an amendment to the
Constitution relative To trade marks. Or
dered printed and IecOmmitted.
Representative 4 CKLIN introduced bill
authorizing the appointment by the Presi-
dent OF q commission OF engineers TO Ell am
ipe the surveys OF the contemplated canal
across the lslnmus OF Panama. Referred.
Representative SHELLEY offered resolu-
ton tor the appointment OF n select con-
mittee to investigate the causes u the negro
exodus from the South, and To report such
measures as the e1Isency may require.
Referred.
The bill relative to unloading foreign
chips at ports Of delivery Was, after short
discussion, recOmmltted.
The bill authorizing an allowance for
loss By leakage or Casualty OF spirits with
drawn from dlstiliery warehouse i,r ex.
portAtion parsed.
The invalid pension approrr 20. 5i:i
was reported, ordered printed OH
United. Ii appropriates So o., - .DOuI
81. 600, 900 more than last yea.
Representative CONVERSE. IGJs. 80. -5!G-
millee on Public Lands, repJried H. o.iI
amendatory to the act to grant add i.o..i
rights to homestead settlers Oh pu Ollie lands
within the railroad limits, approved -dA.cn
81, 1879.
Representative CONVERSE s'a;ed thai uu-
der that act the homesteaders wno occupied
eighty acres were authorized to select Ishty
additional acres without the pay uient oil
registry fees. The present bill simply pro-
vided that registry lees should b. pad Tor.
The bill was parsed.
AhinnrnsA
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-18
THE IRISH QUESTION.

The disturbed state of affairs in ireland
is now attracting much attention in all
parts Of the United States, much sympathy
is expressed for the unfortunate people Of
Ireland, and considerable sums of money
are being raised for their relief. Several
expressions of opinion on this subject, by
prominent newspapers are given elsewhere.
The prevailing sentiment Of the American
people. ia 10 the effect that we should con.
tribute literally Of our means to 'elieve the
actual wants of the Irish eDple, but let
their sentimental sufferipgs" wsit-that is,
that we should give bread to relieve the
hungry, but no guns or ammunition to be
used against the government of Great
Britain, An Irishman writing to the New
York HTold, says:
"Let the Irish Amer cans ard the Irish-
men subscribe TO send a vessel laden with
food every sunday from New York. / viII
subscribe 500 weekly. If there be IJO men
who Will do as much We can send slO,COO
worth of food. every week TO tue western
port OF Ireland, aud tap the very spots adj 4.
cent 10 the su.-rers"
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-18
RATHER HITTER

The following bit OF bitter irony il from
the Springfield Republicans criticism upon
Wendell Phillips lecture en- the power OF
the press, an extract from which We pub
lished yesterday morning:
Wendell Phillips has some fame ss an ora
tor, but he sspiIes TO go down TO posterity AS
q most careful, candid and deliberate jud se
OF men. He never Rssails any body without
Just ground, and always hastes To repair
wrong when he has done any. This was how
he came to call President Lincoln 1.-The slave
hound of Illinois," The Lost AIRS" We're
getting rather stale and afforded no scope for
vitupeTation, and no motive for wholesale
lying, 20 that Mr. Phillips now addresses his
audiences upon journalism, the me on
which the most vulgar ruin An can lase tn
sublime Nights of deDuncistion- Before a
New York audience Thursday evening ne de-
scribed Greeley mot the greatest man of
New York Journalism, but the most obdu-
| rate, +" and his modest confession inst he did
not undertake TO tell the truth, but the
news" as "insolent and nard-hart~d doc
trine." One outraged listener suggested me lie
dead" which apparently WAS smother reason
in Mr., Phillips mind for attacking him, as he
went on 10 hound the memory of another
late journalist of eminence He chose All ex-
agseTated sen iment from a western paper at
the time OF the railroad riots of 1877 10 show
that the "press has no feeling In Its heart for
the msssfs" and throughout his speech dis
played the worst vices which he denounced
in the profession he hac chosen Tor attack.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-18
GOD ONLY KNOWS.

al cannot read or write; have never
been to school or chapel; never knew il
Vas wrong to tell lie; never heard Of
God" These were the declarations of q
lad named John Harvey, Of II, who at
tended as q witness at coroner's inquest in
London lev days since He was engsged
with a companion, a boy of Is, in driving
large v,n. The companion was killed by
being run over by another wagon. 1t may
be we'll said that for such pitiful creatures
as these poor little fellows civiliz atom and
Christianity are a misery ard a mockery.
they are robb;d Of the few years OF csre.
less happiness which the sleek savage en-.
joys. They are the sui cts Of hard toll
and hesvy responsibility even il their ter :
der years. They are sufferers from cold,
sickness, disease, AID lingering or sudd. q
death in those years which ought to be, at
least, the cheerful and the merry ones OF
life. 1t may well be said of them, "To
what end were they born?' Only He who
guides the stars in their courses can an
syer
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The Springfield, Mas, RepnJiioGn ssys
the representatives Of the Atcbisop, Topeks
and Santa Fe road last Saturday signs d the
papers completing the lease of the St
Louis and San Francisco, covering the At.
Iantic and Pacific land grant for through
line to the Pacific ocean. Asa result OF
this the s:o. of the road jumped from 10
to III in one day, and is still going up. The
R,pubiican aide:
The grant, although a year and a alf has
elapsed since IT technically elapsed" is still,
good, but in the present public temper ss TO
grants and subsidies, the approach OF a presi-
dental and congressional election, and the
fact that the South has rothing 10 hope in
the development of Its resources from the
competition of this lire, Congress is toIerably
certain TO impose onerous burdens, reduce
the grant or iDsert full provisions for future
government control The mere fact that
bonds based on the land grant had been is
sued In the case of the Northern Pacific led a
great many congressman to vote against re-
storing that gift OF public property 10 the
government domain, although a majority of
the House probsbly favored such . step.
None OF these considerations will operate in
dealing with franchise held by a corpora.
ton like the Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe,-rich, thriving and a tempting msrk for
an anti corporation move
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H0NORS ARE Easy.

The Junction City Tribune is one Of the
model week Y papsrs OF this state, and It's IN
fuence Is always for the good. A few more
"a pers ike IL wondn't Tet4rd tie growth oil
Kansas a DiI.-Beloi Gdz.tte.
In reply to the above unexpected snd
uncalled for thrust We desire TO state that
the Gazette Is one Of the nestest and beet
weeklies that come to our table.
Before taking charge of the Gazette, Mr..
Coulter was the travelling representative
and correspondent of that most enterpris-
ing Of Kansas daiiies, HE LEAvESwoRTH
ZINES; and, in this way became acguain-
ted with all parts of the State its wants,
aspirations and capabilities. He thus has
chosen for himself fine position, at the
head Of the great and rich Solo0on valley,
and is now making the Gazette worthy Of
the country and the grand young city il
represents II we we're to leave juno ion
City We should move to Beloit, and if We
had no Tribune, We should want to buy TIRE
Gazette. But John is the right man in The
right place, and the Gazette ia the produce
of his eminent ability and fi:ness.-Juncticr
Tribune.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-18
gTHE REBEL YELL.

The Confederate campaign hiss opened in
the Senate. One OF the offensive measures
on the statute book is Section l,2lS. 1t
provides that no person who has served in
any capacity in the military or civil service
of the o-cslled Confederate States, or OF
either of the States in instruction during
the late rebellion, shall he appointed to
any position in the army of The United
States. This section puts censure upon the
rebellion, and it is to be wiped out. Sens-
Tor Mcdonald, Of Indians, ha. reported
from the Committee On the Judiciary a bill
to repeal it. Mcdonald forgets the wrong
and injury which the country suffered in
1861 from the trescherous resignation Of
Southern army officers, and proposes to re-
fill it with another brood, who will be a.
ready on occasion to betray the country ii
their ia hers were. A rebel yell will gree
this bill from one end OF the land to The
o.hay
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-18
CHAPTER CASUALTIES.
Two Children Drowned.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec ll.-Yss,erday
morning two children of Vim. McCroy's,
one girl sged nine, the other a boy sged
three, were drowned by the breaking of sn
ice pond thirteen miles rorth Of this city.
The ice pond was formed by tEo dams a
quarter Of mile spar. The recsnt heavy
rains swelled the wa err, causing the ! W
er d sm TO br-sk and iorrs Mt of water swept
down upon NcCroy'- cottage near the ice
pond Mccoy, with two OF his children
IN his srms ard leading a third, ;he
younge-t, and followed by his vile, sttsmp-
ted to vide through the flood, from his
house which was surrounded by water to q
depth Of two feet IRE 6oati g tint Ter OF an
old ice house knock-d the lit,le boy out of
his arms and The little girl from his grasp
and they we're drowned McCroy and
wife and their remaining child escaped
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CSN6E CITY.
A Sew opera uousc-TeEreranCe Re-
ferns and the business Room

ferns and the business Room
OsAGE CITY, KS, Dec 9, 1879
FD-ToR TINES :-Cssgs City certainly
deserves occaiorsl mention in the lesding
paper of the State, for she 'boometh" with
an exceeding great boom.
Our new opera house has been opened
and is the prij4 of ali our citizens. Messrs
Howe & Co, the owner, have displayed q
spirit Of enterprise worthy of much praise
So far We have fortunately been avoided by
troupes having a particular fondness fol-
mscsroni, etc.
+. 3. Reynolds, Esq, the Rsformer
opened the Temperance campaign here last
Saturday night, and as one result Of b
labors 50 far one hundred and fifty five
dollars have been added to the State tenn.
perance fnnd. Mr.. Z. is arousipg the peo-
pie on the constitutional amendment ques-
ton, and presents bis arguments in an in
teresting and eloquent manner. We bid
him God speed In his noble work, fer we
believe something practical is at last
offered the people on this old question.
o. f. McElfresh, the proprietor of the
Palace Hotel OF this place, went to Illinois
few days ago, and the obsequious clerk,
who was left in charge of affairs. took unto
himself about 1000 tine cigars and week 3
earnings Of the hotel, and departed for other
scenes and new copquests. If any of your
readers should see a middle aged, spsre
built, bald headed. knock kneed, squint
eyed nincompOoP, with grip sack full Of
cigars, they will confer favor By postal
csrding Nc TO that effect.
Sam Berry, Esq, the irrepressible, has
left ne We hereby extend our svmpsthiss
to the unfortunate people on whom his
presence may hereafter be Inflicted.
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a lev hystericsl monomaniacs. whose
vsgsries are a. viid and numerous as they
are ehsngsble AID impraclic able?
The Commercial thinks that the green.
backs are q nuisance. The PEOPLE almost
en- mssse will sgree that the Com mercial il
an egregious ass. TIE Commercial thinks
they should be driven out, and that now il
the time to open the war. The people will
agree, no matter how enormously, that such
talk is the outgivings Of q mind dszz I'd
with prospective honors at foreign courl,
and, feeling an impulse TO out.Herod Herod,
go further even than the hard that holds
and confers the bsspangled office.
For ourselves, We are weary ard sick Of
this Constant cirping and picking and
quIbbli'g BY PaPers which, whs 4 they can
not be atostsL.s, mLs; needs be opInionsted
ard presumption; We are tired OF cl-ss of
politicians who are too good fer earth, too
wise for this generation, and who, in their
anxiety TO be somethirg more than the
Lord in'en led the for, SPEND their precious
days milking the goss into selves, and
calling upon the world 10 observe their
wisdom and follow their example.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-18
HEATING BY STEAM.

Cincinnati is asitaling the .utject oil
putting up extensive works for the purpose
ct heating the whole city BY steam, carried
BY underground pipes, like gas or water
pipes. 1t is said that this plan ha, been
tried in Detroit, and thus far has proved q
perfect success. The works we're built and
the connections made about = year sgo, and
the testimony of the patrons of the com.
pany is unanimous in commencing the
cheapness, convenience and safety of the
system. At present the furthest customer
is - little Ices than 8 mil. Away from the
w,rks, but tber- ar dem d, fyr supplv
OF steam for more distant points, and
the managers express confidence in
their ability TO heat a much larger
area from the present furnace. TIE
company nov has three miles ard half of
pipes laid in that cisy, furnishing heat 10
nearly all the stores in the central part Of
the city and 70 large number of private
rssidsncsa. The experiment Is highly sat.
isfactory. The system is pronounosd ex,
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-18
PLAIN TALK FROM ME. TILDEN.

Col. l. ,ton and his democratic friends in
Kansas, who denounce MIR. Tildeu a. 9
fraud, a trickster and a pprjurr, will be
astonished to read statement from the
Sua in smother column, that the Democ-
racy must nominate the Cipherer of Gram
ercy Park or suffrr defeat. Mr. Tilden
very correctly thinks that he lie entitled to
the nomination, that in the last twenty years
he has spent money enough to entitle him
TO the ownership of the Bourbon party, and
that if it disowBs him when in convention
assembled he will throw his influence on
election day for the Republican nominee
and give him New York, which is equiva-
lent to an election. Sammy is talking
PLAN, and he means business. The Bayard
and Seymour booms must come to Q head.
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NATIONAL NEWS.
Bill for Additional X lights to Homestead
settlers-Worryipg Over The Ctes-
1atere>tin: Cerrespt ndence-
And Other Items.
NOMINATIONS.

NOMINATIONS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The President
has nominated James B. Senior, Of Virginia,
as Cnief Justice of Wyoming Territory.
CONFIRMED.
John Hay, CT Ohio, has been confirmed
az assistant Secretary of State. and Henry
Harmon, of New Hampshire, as Deputy
Second Auditor Of the Treasury.
INTERESTING TO TOBACCO RAIsERS.
The cub committee of the House on Ag-
riculture reported fsvorably to the full
committee the House bill, which provides
for the repeal OF 90 much of the statute as
a. prohibits farmers and planters from sell
idg leaf tobacco at retail direcIv to Con
sumers without paying special tax, and
allows farmers and planters to sell leaf to-
bscco of their own production TO other per-
sons than manufacturers Of tobacco without
paying Q special tax. the committee in
sIucted Its chairman to report lii. bill 10
the d. use
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FOREIGN.


PANAMA, Dec. 1.-THE storm at Aspin.
wall damsged the Pacific Mail Steamsnip
C1mpany's wharf to the extent of $500.
600, anu thst of the Panama Railroad
Company $4,000. Thirteen hundred and
twenty nine tons of coal were lost BY vessels
sinking Some idea of the violence of the
sea may be gathered from the fact that the
All Bonner lost her rudd.r, striking bottom
IN siH fathoms Of water. The captain of
the Bonner Saws the sea Was heavier than
any he hss seen on the banks of Nesfoupd-
land. 1t is expected that it will be thirtv
days before traffic can be fully resumed on
the railroad. Telegraph lines are still in
terrupted.
The water on the rosd Wa fully two
feet higher than ever before Known.
Buent Vista Gstien and Matchen, villages
on the road, are destroyed and the people
for several DAYS were in the greatest desti.
tn'ion. They have been fed and clothed
from Panama and Aspinwall. Foreign
merchants took an active part in the relief
measure. The government has vet done
absolutely nothing.
The villages which suffered much from
the storm are Gsten and Buena Vista.
which are swept away Bailamond Ia mar,
italy ruined. In Mstehen msny houses
are ruined and in those which remain the
h1ors are covered With mud. In some
places on the railroad track and in the
streets Tie mud Is foot or two deep.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-18
I.THERE DANGEKAnE.pr

The recent great transactions in rallrosd
property, by which ne arly all the principal
lines of the country have passed into the
hands of a few men, have caused no little
concern among the the people, lest there
great institutions com bine their energies
and their powers against the public interest.
But is there really any great danger Of
this? In Eoglsnd, one consolidation sitter
another has taken place till now three
crest corporations control nesrly all the
railroads Of the United Kingdom. Mr..
Charles Francis Adams is authority for the
statement that the movement has produced
both lower rates AID better service. Aud
thi. is natural, for with the extinction Of
the old cut-throst competition great drain
upon the revenues of the roads bas been
stopped, while with the increase Of respon-
sioliity has come higher sense o. duty. 1t
is needless to say that the English P4rlia-
ment does not trust too much TO the mere
good will Of the corporations. 1t lsgislates
in the public interest, and holds them TO a
strict accountability. But it is important
to know that while, when consolidation first
beg an to appear markedly, there was the
same apprehension now exhibited here,
ample experience has shown il TO be with
out found alton, and there is reason to be-
lieye that American statesmen and the
American people, have honesty enough,
and wisdom enough, to protect the interests
OF this country as well as the English peo-
pie protect the interests Of tEeir country.
The Sacramento Usioa, in an article upon
this subject, says:
As 10 the fear that Gould and Vanderbilt
vail control Congress and the state Legisls-
lures, and 81 prevent the enact ment of laws
for the protection OF the people, experience
proves that there rs far greater danger lest
Congress and the State Legislature may
think IL Necessary TO enact laws which Will
ton Interest There bas been au in finite de al
Cf nonsense written and tail ed on this head,
Tue assertion that corporations have ever
shown themSel more powerful than the
people is utterly baseiess. Ga the contrary,
even when the people have been com
plrtely carried away y prejudice and pas.
sion as to have fang every consideration of
fairness 10 the winds, they nave nevertheless
found no diIflculty Ia passing the most eX-
trsvsgant ami iuequitaole laws, and even in
compelling the highest Courts 10 sustain
them. Of course there have been isoIh ted
eases of corruption and venslIty. No leg s.a-
tive boiy Is Without It's Juiases. But when>
ever the peop e have dem -nded the enforce
m-nt OF repressI.e policy 1t has IN every
case been enforced, and there l. no ground
Tor suppoSing that IN this respect The future
VIII differ from the past.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-18
THE NAUGHTY MET.

Washington girl, who is doubtless
pretty as we'll as sensible, writes to paper
in that city her advice ae TO the way ladies
can break up the very impolite practice
some men have of staring at pretty faces
in street cars. What she advises is that
the lady shall fix steady and, so to
speak, penetrating gaze upon the imp olits
mans feet. she says thst plan will bre ak
up the worst kind of stare. The feet after
a little, begin to get uneasy. They grow
bigger in their owners estimation. The
corns and buuions also become conspicuous,
if not visible, and pretty soon the siarer
finds other otjscts for his. ins pection than
his fair fell ow passengers face.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-18
4 FEW QUEsrlONR,

Why would ii not be . good time 70,
some body to propose that the Irish World
donste Its diminishing fund of nearly
5000 to Bishops Ireland and Spald.
ing to buy farms in Kansas for the pool
people in Ireland, who are suffering to-day
for the necessaries of life?
Why would it not be . good idea to
stipulate that al the money that i nov
being sent To the Emerald Ials. h. ussd
not to give new impulse to the Parnell
movement, but to provide passage for the
poor people to America?
Why should not Ksnss. take the lead in
this movement, and the leading Irishmen
effect an orgsniz alton, raise money and
urge the people to immigra.e to this State
Why should not Leavenworth, the Leading
city, start the ball and give it an impetu.
thst will carry 1t clear across the State
What say our Irish societies?