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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-10

supreme court. Judge Cole was re-
elected tor the term of ten Years bv a
majority estimated at 10000. In the
local elections various questions of pol
icy were at stake. In Milwaukee the
republicans made noted gains in the
city council.
A ST. LOUIS dispatch of April Sd
says: Through incomplete returns and
an error in the footing a mistake was
made in the dispatches of last night.
giving the republicans majority in
the council. Complete returns now
show that the democrats elected all
their councilmen yesterday, which gave
them one majority in the council. The
democrats also have the house dele
gates by a small majority over all. The
antl-Carter party composed Of the So
cialists and greenbackers polled about
5000 votes and elected at least one
member of the house delegates.
The latest Chicago special says: The
returns received this morning change
somewhat the figures on the city cleo
ton, telegraphed last night, but not the
general result. The total number of
votes polled was 51,137, of which Har-
rison, democrat, received %, ,664; Wright,
republican, 20,35S: Schmidt, socialist,
ll,515. Harrison's plurality for mayor,
1906. Pluralitles: Seiph, democrat,
for city treasurer, 5,127; Grinnel, demo
crat, for city attorney, 2,114; Howard,
for city clerk. :, 2,249 The council stands
democrats, II; republicans, A. social
lists, 4; independent democrat, l; the
new members are classed: Republicans,
7;democrats, S; socialists, 3.
ST. LOUIS, April AT the city cleo
ton, to-day, the republicans elected
over the democrats five members of
the council or upper house of the
municipal assembly. Six republicans
and one democrat hold over. The new
council will, therefore, stand 7 re-
publlcaEs, six democrats. One delegate
to the lower house from each ward also
elected. Result not vet decided. Re-
publicans claim majority of one.
A Little Rock, Arkansas, dispatch
says compete returns of the city cleo
ton show a clean sweep by the demo-
Gratis of every city officer and all the
aldermen but one. Walsh, in the first
ward. Is the only greenbacker elected.
CHICAGO, April Ill P. M.-Sixty-
eight precincts out of los give Harrison
Ii, ,208; Wright, 1885,. Schmidt will,
according to the indications poll a
total of about from eight to ten thous-
and.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-10
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.

! TUESDAY, April -Senate.-A bill ap-
propriating 100000 for disinfecting vel
low fever vessels, pass sed. Sen. Gordon
took his seat Adjourned.
TUESDAY, April -House.-Mr. At
klnS, of Tennessee, reported the legisIa-
tive appropriation bill. 1t appropriates
between S15, 100000 and SIG, 900, ,00O, and
contains provisions repeating the last
clause of section 800, revised statutes,
which applies to Pennsylvania, and sec
tions SOL, 500 and S21, revised statutes.
and providing that all jurors. grand and
petit, shall be publicly drawn from a
box containing the names of not less
than 800 persons possessing the neces-
sary qualifications, which names shall
have been placed therein by the clerk
of the court and commissioner who
shall be appointed by the judge, the
commissioner to be citizen residing in
the district and we'll known member
of the principal party opposing that to
Whlcn the clerk belongs. 1t also re-
peals sections 2,016, 2,01S and 2,02O,
and all of the succeeding sections down
to and including 2,027, and also section
5,522. 1t also strikes cut in section
2,O17 the words ''for the purpose of en-
gaging IN the work of canvassing bal
lots" and strikes out of section 2.02S
the words "or a deputy marshal" ana
the words "city, town, county and par
lsh." 1t also repeals section 2,031, ex-
cept such part of it as relates to the pay
of supervisors of elections. 1t repeals
all other sections and laws authorizing
the appointment of chief supervisors of
elections and special or deputy mar
shals of elections. After long debate,
the house adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, April 2 Senate.-Hoar's
resolutihn declaring the democratic pro-
gramme of legislation unconstitutional
and revolutionary was laid on the
table by yeas 35, nays 20. Mr.. Sauls-
bury made epOrt against the admis-
sion Of Hill to seat from New Hamp-
shire. Adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, April 2-House-It was
ordered that all general debate on the
army bill should cease on Friday. Mr..
Williams, of Wisconsin, then spoke at
some length upon the bill, and the house
adjourned.
THURSDAY, April 3-Senate- Gre
dentials of Chas. III. Bell, who was ap-
pointed by the governor as senator
from New Hampshire, were taken up
and briefly discussed, when the senate
adjourned until Monday.
THURSDAY, April 3-House-Discus-
sion upon the army bill continued, and
Knott spoke at length. An evening
session was held for debate. Adj
journed.
FRIDAY, April 4-House- entire
session was consumed by debate Oh the
army bill, but no vote was reached.
SATURDAY, April 5-House.-A long
discussion on the army bill occupied
the entire session. The bill was finally
passed with several amendments, the
chief one of which was the repeal of
the clause providing for the appoint
ment of supervisors of elections. The
vote stood 148 to 122. the greenbackers
with the exception of Barlow and For
sythe, voting with the democrats in the
affirmative. The house then by vote
of 154 to 100 adjourned until Tuesday
to avoid the introduction of bills on
Monday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-10
Women in CEprus.

At 9-or 10 the girls are lovely, having
eyes like antelopes, and softly rounded
cheeks, limiting at Hebe by and by. But
in after years, when comeliness is need
ed most, much Of this beauty fades.
Fine eyes remain, but contour, color,
bloom, expression, all depart. The
Moslem females seem to understand
their fate. If their sisters OF the or
thodox rite were knowing, they too
would glide about the courts and mar
ket places yelled. A Christian woman
bares her neck and face; a Moslem
shows no more than a pair CT sparkling
eyes. No man looks twice at the re-
treating figure of Greek, though she
is habited in pink and amber. Every
one turns and gazes at the gliding mys-
terry of a girl in white whose face Is
shrouded from his view-British Cyprus.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-10
FOREIGN.

THE court of Spain is urging King
Alphonso to marry.
THE British troops won a splendid
victory in Afghanistan, April 3rd.
Two members of the family of the
crown prince of Germany have been at
tackled with diphtheria.
THE 36th race between Cambridge
and Oxford university crews was won
by the former on the 9th inst.
IT is very poor day in Russia that
doesn't witness the arrest Of dozen or
so conspirators against the government.
ALL the powder has at last been re-
moved from Emperor Williams head
1t had remained there since the attempt
upon his life by Modelling,
THE London Times recommends the
creditors of the city or Glasgow bank to
accept 15 shillings on the pound. Il
says the promised call of e2,250 per
share portends ruin to nearly every
shareholder.
THE total receipts from various sourc-
es of revenue of the United Kingdom
for the financial year now closed are
89,115,972 pounds sterling, which is
Ella, ,02S below the estimate. The re-
ceipts from customs show deficiency
of Elsa, 900; from excise, 100000, and
from stamps, 100000. Other branches
of the revenue show increased receipts.
The net increase of revenue, compared
with the last financial year is, 1852,
673.
WEST African newspapers confirm the
report that two French gunboats had
landed company of soldiers on the
British island of Matacong, and Brit
ish official was prevented from hoisting
his flag on the British island of Kokon-
keh. The British authorities at Sierra
Leone sent a gnnboat with protest to
the French officer conducting the occu-
patton of Matacong. The French claim
that the island was ceded to them in
1878. The British claim possession
since 1926.
RUSSIAN Grand Duke Nicholas Con-
stantinowitch, in a work just published
recommending the construction of the
Orenburg and Tashkend railway an
nounces that he is preparing an expe-
dition to pursue study relative to rail-
way matters beyond the boundaries of
Asiatic Russia, across Anudaria, as far
as Defile Bemian in Afghanistan, and
in the direction of Cabul. 1t was an
nounced some time since, that the
grand duke had been exiled for pub
fishing the work in question, but his
views now seem to have found favor,
and great preparations are making for
the expedition.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-10
NO. 16.
THE WHEAT PROSPECT.
The Cereal Bound to Go Up-YiewS of
f. III. Walker. Statistician of The New
York Produce Exchange.

New York Star.
France has smaller crop than she
has had for fifty years, and England will
want her usual imports, which will be
from 96,0OO,000 to 100000 bushels
OF wheat. Her principal sources ofsup-
ply are the United States, Russia. Hun
gary, Australia. and India, which has
poor crop this season. According to
the report from the agricultural depart
ment the estimated crop in the United
States during the past year was 425.-
100000 bushels, but it would be safer
to estimate it at 375 100000 We have
exported already from this country, in
Guiding the movement from Portland,
Oregon, from the 10Th of August, 1873,
to Feb. 20, 1879, and from San Francis
co from the 1st of July to Feb. 26, 1879,
and from the principal Atlantic ports,
including Montreal, up to March l,
1879, an aggregate of wheat, and flour
at its equivalent in grain, of 103, 100000
bushels from all ports of the United
States, and the exports to all foreign
countries from the crop year ending in
1878 will be about 112 100000 ofbus6els,
against nearly 100000 for the CORE
spending time in 1877, or the ending of
the crop year. The exports for the cal
endar year of 1878, of wheat and flour
from all United States ports to all for
elgn countries, have been equal to 34,-
$4,000 bushels. against GAGS, 900 in
1877. Taking 100 as totality of the
grains, flour, etc, in the European
markets, we find the proportion of each
country to be as follows during recent
wears:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-10
Factory FACTS.

Close confinement, careful attention.
all factory work, gives the operatives
pallld faces, poor appetite, languid, mis-
cradle feelings, poor blood, inactive
liver, kidneys and urinary troubles, and
all the physicians and medicine in the
world cannot help them unless they get
out doors or use Hop Bitters, made OF
the purest and best remedies, and espe-
clally for such cases, having abundance
of health, sunshine and rosy cheeks in
them. None need suffer if they will
use them freely. They cost but trife.
See another column.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-10

IT is stated that the Pennsylvania
Railroad company intends establishing
a line of steamphips between New York
and Elrope at an early date. The COM
pany is now arranging to build two ship
canals, each 500 feet long by $50 feet
wide, and deep enough to float the larg
est ocean steamer when loaded. There
will be long pier between these two
canals, upon which ships may discharge
their cargoes or load again. This new
line will be established as rival to the
Vanderbilt Steamship line, and with a
view to carrying grain and mixed
freight.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-10

New ALBANY, lind Ledger Standard:
Never before in this section of Indiana
has the wheat crop looked more prom
ising than at this time. The acreage
sown is fully 10 per cent. greater than
in any previous year, and, as the farm
ers are making liberal use of fertilizers
and the improved machinery and sys-
TENS Of agriculture, the yield of their
crops is much more compensating than
under the old plan of farming. The
apple and small fruit crop, except cher
ries, is very promising OF heavy
yield.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-10

Ex-Gov. STANFORD, of California, ha
the finest stable of horses in the west, if
not in the country. He keeps these
animals on a ranch of 1000 acres in
the Santa Clara valley, some forty
miles south of San Francisco. His
stables are mile in extent, and
afford accommod ations for 500 thor
oughbreds, including Occident, the fa-
nous trotter, and Elaine, a very speedy
four-year-old. There are 120 brood
mares in the stables, four or five of
which are worth $4,000, and three of
the stations cost their owner S5O, 600.
The entire value of horses and colts on
the place is over 100000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-10

THE will of Henry ]. Williams, the
late distinguished lawyer Of Philadel-
phia, leaves eight acres with suitable
buildings and $4,000 to found home
for destitute children. Other bequests.
in tnesums of S., 900 are left to various
charitable societies.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-10

Mr. Carlyle's house in Chelsea will
by and by become the scene of a honey
moon. Miss Mary Carlyle Aiken, the
daughter Of his sister, young lady
who has long been the old philosophers
caretaker, is to be married to her cousin,
the son of his brother. The young
couple will thereafter live with their
unclp
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-10

Mr.. George z. Lathrop, who married
Hawthorne's daughter Rose, has bought
the Wayside estate at Concord, Mass,
formerly the novelists home. 1t pass
ed out of the hands of the heirs some
ten years ago, but the house and its
surroundings have remained unchang-
ed, and by the recent sale they have
come back to one branch of the
family.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-10

IN a recent interview with a Cincin-
natl reporter, Mr.. Pullman said his COM
pany now operated in this country and
Europe about 500 cars, of an average
value Of $14, 900 apiece, or a total Of
$11, 100000, the capital stock of the
company being $6.OOO,OOO. The first
Pullman car was built twenty years
ago, and was run on the Chicago & AL
ton railroad.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-10

IT is related that when James Russell
Lowell was last in Rome a mendicant
monk met the poet in the Corso one
day and asked for contribution to re-
pair monastery. "You should not
ask me for aid" remarked Lowell in
choice Tuscan, 'for l am hereto" J"
"That makes no difference" replied the
astute friar, "your money is orthodox"
The poet appreciated the witticism and
made the contribution asked.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-10

THE Charlestown NeWs says that Sen
ator Hampton is improving steadily,
but the physicians in attendance upon
him agree in the opinion that it would
be exceedingly imprudent in him to go
at this time to Washington. The same
paper is authorized to state that sin case
any emergency arise calling for the
voice or vote of Senator Hampton, he
will, whatever the cost to himself, go in
stantly to Washington and be sworn in"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-10

THE friends of citizen of Baltimore
have asked for the appointment of a
guardian for him, on the ground that
he is insane and is squandering his
property. They say that he bought
$4,000 worth of furniture, and put
costly rosewood set of furniture, with
satin damask covering, in the celler,
where chickens roasted upon it and
made their nests. Also, that he pur-
chased eighteen clocks and as many
bronzes, and when demonstrated with,
said that he purchased them for eighteen
houses he intended to build in Wash
ington to let to congressman.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-10

ANDREW G. HOLMES, of Boston, who
has squandered $4,000 by intemper-
ate habits, has singned the pledge and
become president of gospel temper
ance league which bears his name.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-10
IMPORTING COUNTRIES.


''Great Britain and France will re-
quire between 100000 and 8O,OOO,-
600 of bushels for the balance of the
crop year, and the other states of Eu-
rope will require considerable supplies.
Germany imports about 10000, 900
OF bushels yearly. Germany in 1873
imported $4,000 tons, and exported
63S,O00 tons.
"Our chief contest with England is in
the manufacture of -four, the exports of
wheat being 34,310,000 in 1878, while
the export of flour was only 1854, 900
barrels, the English millers may con-
graduate themselves that the quantities
were not equalized. The one serious
dra wback to American millers in the
expectation OF flour is the barrel. As
soon as we adopt the bag system of
England, we can successfully compete
with English millers, as the superiority
OF our western new process is now gen
orally conceded. The export in bags,
instead of barrels, is without a doubt
difference equal to fair commission on
the scales"
The reporter here remarked: Mr..
Walker, suppose you had 100000
bushels of wheat and desired to realize
handsomely OH it, how would you ac.
complish ii?
Mr.. Walker replied (raising his head,
with a comical look at the reporter):
"Some people would wait until they
found the market glutted and then
throw the 100000 on at the highest
price paid. This would reduce the
market six to ten cents bushel within
twelve hours. If it was bought back at
the reduced price, the party would have
his wheat and handsome profit in the
bargain"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-10

THREE thousand pole-cats were
caught Iii the lower part of Lancaster
county, Pennsylvania, during the win
ter, and the skins sold for S1.75 apiece.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-10
WASHINGTON.

THE senate committee has agreed to
report favorably the nomination of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-10
PARAGRAPHIC COMMENT.

SENATOR BAYARD's wife received $780,
900 from ner father, Baltimore bank
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-04-10
OUR PUBLIC DEBT.
1t Was Increased Nearly Million in
March.

The following was tie public debt
statement on March 31st:
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-07-30
A Hastings Romance.
THastinpa New Era. Julv %.


Last month Miss Emma Harrison. of thia
city, whose parents are among our prominent
residents, went to Bird Island to visit her
sister, Mrs. Charles Arper. While there ste
formed the acquaintance of young man
named Victor Weems, whose home is in
Litch6eld. An attachment was formed be-
tween the young couple, and they resolved
upon wedlock, but did not wish to make the
affair public. Accordingly their marriage
was consummated privately and the young
lady still remained with his sister, while the
young man went his way, and none were the
wiser for several days. Then difficulty
arose between the sisters, and Emma ex-
pressed determination to return home.
) Mrs. Arper informed her that her hus-
band would purchase her ticket and
she could go SO soon as she
pleased. Miss or rather Mrs. Emma then
aroused her dignity and informed Mrs. Ar
per that she also had husband who could
provide her with ticket or anything else.
An explanation was then extorted and the
secret was revealed. Mr.. Weems is medi-
cal student, and next fall departs for college
where he will remain two years to finish his
studies. Until the expiration Of this period
the couple are to be no more than friends to
each other; then they will adopt connublal
relations. This is the plan fixed by them,
and we trust they may be able in maintain
ing it, though under the most aggravating
circumstances. Mrs. Emma is now residing
with her parents in this city, and has re-.
ceived the congratulations of her many
friends upon her ind0mnitable pluck and
will. MIR. Weems is at his home in Litch-
- $ +
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-07-30
BILL WINDOW.

A Republican Who Thinks We Haze Had
Enough Of the Little Great Nan.
To the Editor of the Globe.
Perhaps Mr.. WINDOWS friends, and those
who buy their federal Offices of him, had
better take warning from Straits experience.
They may force his statesmanship upon the
party once too Often, as the same class did
Straits and Dunnell's, and the party will be
obliged to suffer itself to be defeated in
order to break the villainous grasp of the
ring of corrupt scoundrels who gag it, as it
did in Straits case, and will have to do and
came near doing at the last election with
Dunnell.
The people are not ready to establish an
aristocracy of of6ceholders by permitting q
perpetuity in Office, or by making the office
for the life of the holder, or hereditary in
his family. There is nothing SO abhorrent
to the American mind as hereditary office
holding, or even holding for life. There
are 10000 as good men in Minnesota as Bill
Window; besides, he has had the Office long
enough-has received all the honor there is
attached to the position, and all he can want
it for more, is the mere money he is able,
with his long experience, to cunningly get
0AAO uAuO 0AAA ObCdpo u0toCblOus lu0T0IOT0
let Mr.. WINDOWS corrupt clan of strikers,
blowers and packers look out for breakers.
Let Mr.. Window be content with good
thing, stand back and let some other unsuc-
cessful tailor have q chance. There are
10000 men in the State as much entitled to
be honored with the position as he is, and
whom the people would as willingly honor
and trust, and who, upon years muscular
exertion could get no as long speech, with
as many statistics and platitudes as he. The
very fact of his making such tremendous
stretch of legs to secure the place again is
proof that he has already had it longer than
his honor lasts. This straddle of the little
man about the Presidency is laughable to
old politicians, who understand it, and
know it is done to impress Minnesota hood
lums with his greatness in order to more
easily secure his retention of the office he
now has. Suppose Minnesota should, for
once, select man who would honor the
position instead of having the position
honor him. REPUBLICAN,.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-07-30
To st. Paul. To Minneapolis.

W6huDuIu rOaO makes no O1SCflm108C1On
in favor of st. Paul. Its rates of fare from
st. Paul and Minneapolis to points on the
line are the same. So too with the Milwau-
kee 81 st. Paul and all the other roads. The
st. Paul & Sioux City company, to stop their
clamor, have made this discrimination in
their favor and are now receiving their abuse
for favoring them. The only way to concil-
late such people is to knock them down.
This shows that it is not the Sioux CITY
road which is hostile to Minneapolis. What
equal evidence has Mr.. Wasaburn's road
ever given that it is not hostile to st. Paul?
The Tribune asks:
BY what authority does the GLOBE call the
Sioux City "a road o,oned by st. Paul?''
Because the controlling stock is held by
st. Paul The trife held in Minneapolis is
not sufficient to amount anything in the
management.
Again the Tribune says:
1t is not necessary for President Washburn
to do anything to extend his road into st. Paul,
because it has already plentiful st. Paul con-
nections.
So, too, with the Sioux City company. 1t
has plentiful Minneapolis connections. and
why should the town be continually bowling