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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-24
GRAND RAPIDS WIS, THURSDAY. APRIL q. 1879.

April 18th, the distress in WATERFORD on
account of Wednesdays tornado is so
wide spread that the city authorities
forwarded 5000 worth Of provisions, and
81, 900 in cash for the relief of sufferers.
A LINCOLN, Neb., telegram of April
Is says DR.. st. Louis, who was to hang
to-day at Wahoo. for poisoning his wife,
shot himself, but not fatally, and Cover
nor Vance has respited until the 10th
Of May.
A CHARLESTON, S. c., telegram of
April 18th, says last evening a violent
rain storm occurred here, which con-
tinued throughout the night. Accounts
from the interior show that the storm
began with a terrific tornado which
swept through the lower part of the
state, causing great destruction to life
and property. In the village of Walter
boro more than 100 dwellings and all
the churches were swept away. Three
fourths of the inhabitants are homeless.
Fifteen persons were killed and many
wounded at Oakley, station of the n.
E. railroad. All negro houses were lev
eled, and one negro killed, besides
many hurt Similar casualties are re-
ported from various points in the track
of the tornado. Among the killed at
Walterboro are Mrs. DR.. S. M. Rivers,
her daughter and Mr.. Philomen San
6arS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-24
GENERAL NOTES.

OK the 10th inst. the railroads re-
duced the rate on lumber to $50 per
car, between Chicago and the Missouri
river.
THE great storm of April 10th swept
over the whole eastern coast of the
United States, from the gulf to New
England.
A WELL known cracksman, going by
the name of Smith, was fatally shot
while making off with booty April 18th,
by Chicago policeman.
The Portland, Oregon, board of trade
on April IL unanimously adopted a
memorial addressed to President Hayes,
condemning Chinese immigration.
A CONVENTION of representative color
ed men was held in New Orleans April
18th to consider the exodus question.
Two hundred and sixty delegates were
present.
PROF. CYRUS THOMAS, state entomo7o-
gist of Illinois, says telegram of April
18th, will not accept the position of en-
tomologist of the United States, as for
merly stated.
VARIOUS local elections occurred in
Illinois April Is. The i,ense question
was the main issue in several places.
The temperance or anti-license people
won the day at Dwight. Mattoon, Rock
Falls, Kewanee, Rochelle, and Delavan.
A DALLAS, Texas, special of April 18th
says the relief fund contributed ia Dal-
las for the Lisbon sufferers by thes storm
is large, but insufficient. Over one hun
dred people are homeless, besides los
ing everything in the way of clothing,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-24

furniture, etc. Subscriptions to the
mayor Of Dallas will be disbursed.
A ST. LOUIS telegram of April 18th
says the most active colored men in that
city have organized an immigration Aid
Association for the purpose of helping
the southern negroes to emigrate to the
western states.
A TELEGRAM of April 18th saws the
night-fying moth. of which the army
worm is the larvae, is distributing its
eggs in vast numbers IN southern Hi
nois. The state entomologist warns the
farmers to be on the lookout for this de-
structive pest.
A New YORK dispatch of April l6
says loan of s., 600, 900 was secured to-
day on six per cent. bonds of the North
ern Pacific railway, for extending the
road 200 miles, from Bismarck to the
Yellowstone.
COMPLETE returns of the late election
for associate justice Of the supreme
court in Wisconsin, put Coles majority
at 33, 133. The total vote was 16S,6O5.
Orsamus Cole (rep.) received 1OO,6S2;
NJ. NJ. Cothren (dem.) 67, $40; Dewitt G.
Priest, 27S, and scattering SO.
A PORT JARVIS, n. Y, telegram of
April 18th says: Five inches of snow
fell here; one foot at Monticello, and
six to ten inches along the Jefferson
branch of the Erie. At Scranton, snow,
hail and wind Frustrated two miles of
telegraph poles.
The Moultree county bank, of Sulli-
van, ILL.,, was put in the hands of an as
signee, April 18th. 1t is feared deposi-
tors will receive no more than five
cents on the dollar, although the bank
had been held in the highest repute un-
til the day of assignment.
A GLOUCESTER, Massachusetts. dispatch
of April 18th says: Two tidal waves
were perceptible in the harbor to-day.
The first, at 1890, raised the water two
and halffeet along the wharves, sweep
ing vessels at anchor directly against
the wind, floating off vessels that were
aground, and stirring. up mud from the
bottom. The second occurred at 4:3O
o'clock, and was similar to the first.
A VICKsBURG dispatch of April 10th
says: The negro exodus still continues
to limited extent, every St. Louis
packet taking away some of the emil
grants. 1t is reported that at all the
landings between here and Memphis
the negroes are awaiting transportation,
although the steamboat owners do not
encourage it. The importance in
which the exodus is held, and the feel
ing of anxiety which it has aroused, is
Indicated by the call of prominent citi-
zens of Mississippi and Louisiana for a
meeting to consider the exodus, and
take measures to alIay the excitement.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-24
CABLEGRAMS.

The American horse Parole won the
handicap at the New Market races in
England, April 18th.
By an explosion Of fre-damp in the
Agraphaco coal pit near BOns, Belgium,
April 18th, 240 miners lost their lives.
SAYS a London cablegram Of April
10Th, many striking miners are emigra-
ting from England to the United States
and the colonies.
A BERLIN cablegram Of April 18th
says Count Schouvaiof, deferring to the
czar's wishes, has Withdrawn his request
to retire to private life, and will proba-
bly, remain Russian ambassador at
London.
An Athens cablegram of April 18th
says the Turks are fortifgIng the coast
of Epirus, and Turkish war vessels are
cruising in the neighborhood, in con-
sequence of the apprehension of the
landing of band ofItalians at Albans,
with the object of securing the Alban-
ian autonomy.
A PEsTH dispatch of April 18th says
some hundred square miles of fields are
again submerged. The towns of Beige
rend, Tanusd, and Gynlavarasorj are
threatened. The water at Szegden has
risen eight inches. The people are
again quitting their houses.
SAYS a St. Petersburg cablegram of
April Is, Solouzief, who fred at the
czar. IS the son of a groom in the house
hold Of the Grand Duchess Catherine.
After leaving the st. Petersburg univer-
sity, he became a teacher. He first fell
under the notice of the authorities dur
ing the inquiries into socialistic in
trigues. He disappeared, and was not
heard of until the attempt on the czar's
life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-24
1 Snail that Would not Sfarre.

An Egyptian desert snail was receiv-
ed at the British Museum on March %,
1916. The animal was not known to
be alive, as it had withdrawn into It's
shell, and the specimen was according
ly gummed, mouth downward, on to
tablet, duly labeled and dated. and left
to its fate. Instead Of starving, this
contented gasteropod simply went to
sleep in a quiet way, and never woke
up again for four years. The tablet was
then placed in tepid water and the shell
loosened, when the dormant snail sud
denly resuscitated himself, began walk
ing about the basin, and finally sat for
his portrait, which may be seen Of life
size in Mr.. Woodward's manual Of the
Mollusca." Now, during those four
years the snail had never eaten
mouthful of any food, yet he was quite
as well and fourishipg at the end of the
period as he had been at its beginning.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-24
FIRES.

A FIRE in Joliet, April 10Th, destroyed
the Sloan building valued at $500.
A FIRE in the old Fulton Market New
York city, April 10th, caused loss of
S25, ,000.-Also on the same day Tucker
& Cooks cotton mill at Conway, Mass,
burned; loss $4,000.
The Milwaukee & St. Paul railway
company's large freight house at James
vile, Wis, was destroyed by fire April
18th. Among the articles lost were 200
barrels of flour, 80 bales of cotton, a
large quantity of cotton bats, and gen.
eral freight.
SAYS a dispatch of April 10Th: A fire
at Eureka, New, last night and this
morning, burned half the town, includ-
ing the heaviest business houses, hotels,
newspaper offices, telegraph offices, ma
sonic building and d great number of
dwellings. Three hundred families
are destitute, and 1000 people are with
out shelter. a reliet committee has
been organized. The loss is roughly es-
timated at 81 100000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-24

uses military forces mi. hit be applied
in controlling elections. After execu.
tive session, adjourned.
THURSDAY, April 17-HouSe.-Some
time was spent in discussing the bill to
substitute legal tender notes for subsi-
diary silver coins, but no action was
reached. 1t was agreed that all debate
on the legislative bill should close on
the Goth. Kelley and Carlisle spoke at
some length in favor of the political
legislation proposed by democrats. Ad-
journed
FRIDAY, April 1S--Senate.- a
long debate on the army bill partici-
pated in by several senators, the senate
held an executive session and adjourn
ed until Monday.
FRIDAY, April 18-House.-T Iegis-
latlve bill was discussed at length, but
no action was reached.
SATURDAY, April 19.-H0uSe. dis
cussion occurred upon the question
whether bills could be introduced in the
form Of petitions, and the subject was
finally referred to committee on rules.
The subsidiary silver commissioners
bill then came up as the unfinished
business of the morning hour. Several
amendments were offered. Mills offer
ed an entirely new substitute providing
for dollar of 4129 grains, and that all
subsidiary coins should be in exact pro-
portion in weight. Mr.. Springer's
amendment increased the legal
tender quality of subsidiary silver
coin to twenty dollars. was agreed
to-yeas 123, nays 103. The morning
hour having expired, various amend
ments, making the trade dollar legal
tender, for issuing fractional money,
ETC., were offered, and then the bill, with
pending amendments, including Mills
substitute, went over without action.
The legislative bill was then taken up
and after being shortly discussed, the
house adjourned until Monday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-24
CASUALTIES.

A HEAVY and destructive hail storm
prevailed in New Orleans April 10th.
A PEORIA, ILL.,, telegram of April 18th
says William Morris, an old and popu-
lar conductor on the Peoria, Pekin and
Jacksonville railroad was run over and
killed at Chandierville yesterday after
noon by train of cars.
AN explosion in the Wellington coal
mine. Victoria, April 18th killed IL men
and injured many others.
a YOUNG man named Herman Arnst-
bauer was killed on the railroad track
near Watertown, Wis, April 10th.
AN accident occurredApril 10Th on the
Kansas City branch of the Hannibal &
St. Jo road which resulted in the death
of one man and the injury of others.
Fourteen cars broke through bridge
and burned after they fell.
SAYS Charleston, S. c., dispatch of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-24

AN extraordinary story of family re-
construction comes from Tannersvilie,
Ga, where young woman married an
old widower, but soon found herself in
love with his son, who was about her
own age. The matter was fully discus
sed by the trio, and all agreed that it
would be better for her to become the
wife of the son. The transfer was am
icably made by means of divorce.
Since then the old man has married his
ex-wife's mother, and the rearranged
family is harmonious and happy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-24
Failures for First Quarter of 1879.

The mercantile agencE of r. G. Dun
u Co., has made up the list of failures
for the first quarter Of 1879, as COM
pared with the same quarter of 1878
and 1877. We give it below and it will
be found full of interest to the business
and industrial classes. 1T is the first
healthy showing sent out since 1878.
The western states may we'll rejoice at
the comparison. The number of fail
ures have fallen off about half, and the
amount of liabilities almost two-thirds
as compared with 1873 and the COM
parison with 1877 is nearly as encourag-
ing. The following are the figures:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-24
SUICIDE.

MARY DEss. living on Prospect ave-
nue., Milwaukee, committed suicide
by taking poison April 10th. Her
lover, one Andrew Smith, had deserted
her for another woman, hence the sui
eide.
AT Wheeling, W. Va, on the 17th
inst, Mrs. Eliza Fulton, widow Of Hen
ry Fulton, at one time prominent ci-
gar manufacturer, suicided by cutting
her throat from ear to ear with a razor
Mrs. Fulton was found in the cellar Of
her residence this morning with her
head nearly severed from her body
The cause, family dissensions.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-24

RUSSIAN nihilisls are as unscrupulous
as they are audacious. 1t would be
difficult to imagine anything more saw
age than the following letter sent to
Baron Drentolon, who escaped assas-
sination a short time ag': "We know
that you do moi fear death; but we also
know that there is in this world per-
son whom you love passionately. 1t is
your daughter. The committee have,
therefore, decided to kill her in your
stead y
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-24

OF two revolutionary printing offices
just discovered at St. Petersburg, one
was detected in an imperial cartridge
mandatory and the other in an impe-
rial custom-house station. And what
can be more significant than the fol-
lowing statement: "No furnished apart
ments can henceforth be had at St.
Petersburg unless maps showing the
situation of the rooms and the doors OF
entrance have been previously handed
to the police" This measure is intend
ed to facilitate arrests.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-24
Must Take Lower Interest.
Boston Transcript.

The rates Of money in the future will
be less than in the past. This is a fact
that has dawned upon the apprehension
of most people having surplus funds at
their command. Agents of capitalists
are engaged here in looking up we'll
placed mortgages upon real estate
which have expired or nearly so, and
offering to renew the same at 81 per
cent. annually, and in some cases at
trifie lower than that 1t will be diff
cult to obtain six per cent. interest on
safe mortgages hereafter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-24

The bootT taken by the Zulu's at
Isandula consisted Of one hundred and
twenty-eight wagons, with $S5O,OOO
worth of commission stores, three hun
dred thousand rounds of ammunition,
twelve hundred Martini Henry breech-
leaders, two Armstrong guns, rocket
battery, all the baggage of the general
and officers and men of the headquar-
ters camp, and volunteers and mounted
police attached to it, about two thou
sand oxen, three hundred horses and
fifty mules.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-24
Emigration TO Kansas.

The incoming tide of immigration is
sweeping everything before it, and right
here the people feel its full force and
power. This city being the central
point for all eastern lines Of railroad
and the terminus as well, an oppor-
tunity is here presented of witnessing
In tangible form the hegira of western
immigration. The arrivals average
twenty-five hundred day and still the
tidings come that thousands more are
en- route. The effect Of this influx of
people upon this section is most salts
factory to the people here as well as to
the strangers who have chosen this 10
cality for their future home.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-24

On a recent trip Of one of the steam
ers running to San Francisco, bread was
served at dinner one day which tasted
strongly of coal oil. The captain after
ward asked the baker if he did not
know that kerosene had got into the
flour. He admitted that he did. "Why
didn't you feed the flour TO the chick
ems, then?" was asked. "Oh," he re-
piled, Il was afraid it would kill 'em."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-24

Miss Julia Smith, of Glastonbury, Ct,
who, with her late sister Abby, made
such gallant fight for the principle of
''No taxation without representation" !"
and whose alderney COWS were seized
by the tax collector, was married to
Amos Parker, of New Hampshire, a
lawyer and poet, about her own age, Sc.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-24

Mrs. JOHN HORNE, of Washington
county, KY, having within a few years
presented her husband with twins and
triplets, has now surprised herself and
him by giving birth to five children at
once, and they are all alive and well,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-24

THE leg mania has invaded the sacred
shadows of Bunker Hill. The Boston
Adue1tiser says a Chicago man went up
and down the stairway of the monu-
ment in three minutes and thirteen and
a half seconds. This is the quickest
time on record, and it is said that the
trip was never made before in less than
five minutes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-24
CRIME.

HEZEKIAH SCHAEFER was hanged
April 18th at Chambersburg, Pa, for
the murder of his wife in February,
1878.
JAMES HENDERSON, a farmer living
near Oshkosh, Wis, was arrested on the
18th for forging pension papers. He con-
fessed his guilt.
AT Springfield, H., April 10, a bold
robbery was committed at the state
house; two sharp operators managing
to get away with $1,000 from the state
treasury, in consequence of lack of
proper ratings and guards about the
money drawers.
An Eagle Pass, Texas, telegram of
April 18th says a Mexican named
Muen0s, last night cut his wife's throat,
causing her death, and a daughter, at
tempting to interfere. was also injured.
A neighbor tried to arrest Muenos and
was hewn with an axe dying shortly.
The murderer escaped to Mexico.
AN Oakvilie, Texas, special of April
19 says on Weedy Creek, Mexican en-
tered the house of a citizen, and in his
absence brutally outraged his handsome
young wife, and on leaving fatally shot
her in the breast. She lived to relate
the facts and give description of the
fend to her husband, who, with friends,
pursued. captured, and shot the Mexi-
can dead In his tracks.
AN Omaha special of April 18th says
the jury in the Oliver murder case at
Hastings returned a verdict at noon of
murder in the second degree against
Oliver and Fisher, and the judge SEN
fenced the prisoners to imprisonment
for life at hard labor. The attorneys
tor the defense gave notice Of motion
for new trial. The verdict creates
general surprise. as verdict in the first
degree was expected.
A DUBUQUE dispatch of April 10th
says: Tie mangIed remains of a man
have been found in 4 hog yard near
Spring Grove, Mimi. They are sup
posed to be those of Norwegian farm
er who mysteriously disappeared about
New Years. 1t is supposed he was
murdered for his money, and the body
thrown to the hogs. There is great ex-
cltement in the neighborhood.
SAYS a Baltimore dispatch of April
II: When the train whicn left Wash
ington with James Carroll, the negro
accused Of outraging Mrs. Thomas, at
Licksville, Nd, reached Washington
junction to-day, 10 or 20 masked men
boarded il and after desperate strug-
gle succeeded in overpowering the
policemen. The prisoner was dragged
from the train, a rope thrown over his
head and he was pulled across a field to
the nearest tree and hanged.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-24

DONALD G. MITCHELL (''Ike Marvel")
has been engaged in writing a history
Of the Republic Of Venice, the mate
rial for which was in part gathered by
him while consul in that city in 1853
50. The work is understood to be an
ambitious one and as yet to be only i'll
part cOmpleted
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-24

A LARGE flock of crows got so drunk
over a lot of brandy-steeped wild cherry
pits. which were thrown away by Will
ton, Conn, family recently, that about
fifty were killed or captured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-24

CoMMANDANT DEBERLY, said TO be the
last survivor of Austerlitz. has just died
near Bordeaux, in his ninety-ffth year
He entered the army in 1902 and was
pensioned off in 1888.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-24

Many persons have complained with
in the last few days of a peculiarly sad
and unhappy sort of feeling in the
region of the diaphragm. This item
explains it: Florida has sent its first
watermelon northward. = NeW York
Commercial Aduertiser.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-24

:" | HAVE got so in the habit of being
married by an Episcopal clergyman
that l really don't feel satisfied with
any other kind" said a Chicago widow
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-24
PARAGRAPHIC.

Mr.. CHRIsTIANCY, ex-senator from
Michigan and now minister to Peru,
passed through Panama April 2, en-
route for Lima.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-24

LIEUT.. WALKER, of the British army,
who is stationed at Halifax, Nova
Scotia, has lost four children by diph-
iberia within five days.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-24

TWICE within a week Wade Hampton
has had portions Of the decayed bone
Of his amputated leg removed, and he
is now doing well.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-24

Miss HOsMER has confessed that her
new motor is failure, and the parties
who accused her of stealing it have
concluded it was not their invention
after all.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-24

IHE Texas senaterecently adopted a
measure taxing commercial travellers
from other states $40 per year and SO
additional for each hcounty visited On
business.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-24
The Tidy HiuseWife.

The careful tidy housewife, when she
is giving her house is spring cleaning,
should bear in mind that the dear in
mates Of her house are more precious
than houses, and thattleir systems need
cleansing by purifying the blood, regu-
lating the stomach snd bowels to pre-
vent and cure the diieases arising from
spring malaria and miasma, and she
shoul d know that thae is nothing that
will do it so perfect, and surely as Hop
Bitters, the purest and best of all medi-
cines. See other coumn.