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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-02-06

Eastern Roumelia by Russia within the
time appointed by the treaty of Berlin
if the international commission should
not have completed its labors. The
London Times leading editorial says we
have every reason to believe Yakoob
Khan has already been officially in
form ed of the terms on which we are
prepared to make peace. Doubtless
these are such as he can honorably ac-
cept. A dispatch from Lahore states
there are strong rumors that Yakoob
Khan is quite disposed to make friend
~ arrangements
A ALoNDoN dispatch says: The high court
ofjustice has dismissed the motion to ar
rest the United States frigate Constitution
and her cargo. Minister Welsh, in his
letter of Instructions to the solicitors for
the Constitution. says: "The Constitution
was national ship, and her cargo was
in charge of the .. S. government for
public purposes. Under the circum-
stances, [ cannot recognize that the
high court of justice has any jurisdic-
ton" Counsel for the crown also op-
posed the motion, and said the granting
of the application might even result in
war between Great Britain and the
United States. Judge Phillimore said in
no case had such an application as this
been granted, and there was no circum-
stance in the case to take it out of the
ordinary category.
A CONSTANTINoPLE cablegram of Feb
ruary Sd says a scheme for re-
newing the payment of interest on
the national debt is being prepared.
Customs are to lie put under the con-
troll of the international commission,
composed of two English, two French
and two Turkish members, who will act
independently of the ministery of fl
nance. This will give about eight
million pound sterling, with which to
withdaw paper currency. Midhat
Pasha will shortly receive Firman for
the organization and equipment in
Syria, of Gendarmerie with foreign
instructors and officers. A similar corps
will be organized here and Vizier will be
sent as an experiment to the province
of Kastambul. Ifthe experiment sue
ceeds the system will be extended to
other provinces.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-02-06

may be detailed by the secretary of
war or the navy to take in the oper-
atlons of the coast and interior
survey. A reduction of $500 is made
III the salaries of the sub-treasurers at
Baltimore. st. Louis, Chicago, and Gin
cinnati. The estimates for the support
of the life-saying stations are reduced
from S20,400 to $1,000, and the sec
ond and third sections of the act of
June Is, 1873, to organize the life
saving stations, are repealed.
The sections repealed are those making
available unexpended balances and ap-
plying the proceeds of the sales of old
stations, equipments and condemned
material in rebuilding or improving and
equlpping stations.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-02-06

The New York Tribune says the irony
of fate has seldom been more strikingly
illustrated than in the sudden death Of
Mr.. ]. Blair Scribner. At an age when
many young men are just casting about
for start in life he found himself at the
head of one of the richest and most dis
tinguished publishing houses in the
United States, managing an extensive
and varied business, and taking posi-
ton which might be thought ample re-
ward for the intelligent labor of long
life. He seemed to be one of the most
fortunate of men, prosperous in his af-
fairs, happy in his home, favorite
with all his acquaintance, the associate
of artists, poets, and scholars, and all
the world predicted for him still
brighter future. 1t rarely happens that
the death of a young man makes so
deep an impression in the best circles of
American society and brings sorrow to
SO many hearts.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-02-06
production

THE Iowa sportsmen's association will
ask the legislature to prohibit the killing
of deer when in the red coat or fawns
when in the spotted coat; to make the
possession of the hides of such animals
prima .focie evidence of the guilt of the
persons in whose possession they are
found; to confine the dates of the open
season for deer between Sept. 10 and
Nov. 10 of each year; to prohibit the
killing or capturing of deer in the wat
ers of any stream. pond or lake within
the jurisdiction of this state; to prohibit
the shipment out of this state of any
deer or other wild game mentioned in
this act; to prohibit the killing of ali
waterfowl, including snipe, between the
1st day of May and the 1st day of Sep
tember of each year, and to prohibit
he killing of wild duck or wild geese
after sundown at any season of the
year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-02-06
Piucky Girl.

Miss Sue Jones, young lady resid-
ing near the Tuolumne river, a few
miles below Modesto, Cal, recently
killed a wildcat measuring four feet
from tip to tip. Attracted by the bay
ing of hounds kept at Mr.. Jones' house,
Miss Jones followed them until they
succeeded in freeing the animal, and,
on seeing what it was, the young lady
went back to the house, took her bro
theirs shotgun and, accompanied by
two other girls, went back to the tree.
Upon seeing the animal the other girls
beat a hasty retreat through the brush
and briars, but Miss Sue raised her gun
and, taking deliberate aim, shot the ami
NAL through the heart.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-02-06

THE consumption of beer in the
whole German empire last year was
841,O58,768 gallons, or nearly twenty
gallons per month of population. The
importations amounted to 3, ,333. .814 gal
Ions and the exports to 19,098,266 gal
Ions. Bavaria leads, for though the
rate Of consumption is not given, SO
great is the Observation-Disclosures and
three-eighth gallons per head-that
after making due deductions for the ex-
portation greater than average guam
thy is left for home consumption.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-02-06

A CoURT-MARTIAL held at Kieff, in
Russia, to try charges of malpractices
in connection with army supplies, has
sentenced a captain to deprivation Of
his rank and dismissal from the service,
and a captain of the staff and two lieu
tenants to two months imprisonment
IN the fortress. Prince Urusoff, the in
stigator in all these malpractices, was
fined 30 roubles. Meanwhile all the
papers relating to the army contracts
and supplies which were in the COM
missariat at Adrianople have been
burned up by 4 fire alleged to have
been accidental.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-02-06

The supreme court has rendered two
important decisions in favor of the city
of Boston. Wealthy citizens who claim
ed a residence in Nahant so as to escape
city taxation are ordered to pay their
poll and personal assessments in Boston.
The city assessors have sharply followed
up the tax-dodgers, and were beaten on
the first trial, but successfully appealed
to the full bench.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-02-06

TIE Cornish folk in England are
noted as wonderful pie-makers. They
even serve vegetables in this manner,
and the laboring classes, in these hard
times, are said to exist largely upon a
curious compound known as "turnip
turnover"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-02-06

A REMARKABLE convict in the Rhode
Island state prison is David Peters, a
colored man, who in 1869 received q
fifteen years sentence for assault. He
was ignorant, but when allowed the use
Of the prison library he soon made as
tonishing advances in learning. He
mastered arithmetic, algebra and
geometry, took course in logic and
rhetoric, and then turned his attention
to languages. He acquired a fair
knowledge of French, German, Latin
and Greek, and then took up jurispru-
dence. He is now reading law, and for
change studies Hebrew. He deliver
ed at a Thanksgiving celebration IN the
prison 4 year or two ago an Grafton
which Has pronounced remarkable
production,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-02-06

A FRIEND of Senator-elect Hill, of Col
orado, corrects the current story of his
seeking employment in disguise in
Wales in order to learn the secret of re
ducing silver ores. On going to Colora-
DO Prof. Hill found the ores there very
valuable but very refractory. He ac-
cordingly had some of the ores put into
barrels, carried several hundred miles
by ox-teams to the Mississippi river,
thence shipped to New Orleans and
thence to Swansea, Wales. He followed
his cargo, and after many discourage
ments had the ores tested and their
value proved, but without resorting to
any disguise. On returning he brought
IN expert with him who has been of in
valuable service in the Colorado works.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-02-06

ENGLAND is coming to the United
States even for torpedo-boais. One of
these mischieyous little craft, manufac-
tured by Rhode Island company, has
just been tested by government officers
upon the Thames with very satisfac-
tory results. Her speed and handiness
are said to be surprising.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-02-06

A NEW hospital, including thirty-five
acres Of land, worth $4,000, the gift of
Miss Mary Fletcher, was formerly pre-
sented to the city. of Burlington, VT,
last Wednesday. The hospital was en-
doWed with S125.O0O.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-02-06

THE total value of iron and metal
products exported direct from Phila-
delphia to foreign countries during 1873
was -, ,743, ,457 In addition to this we
exported similar products to the value
Of 1928, ,176 by way of the port of New
York, thus making a grand total OF s.,
971, ,63S.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-02-06

A POLISH correspondent informs the
London Examiner that one hundred and
fifty Jews have been arrested at Kovna
for seeking to evade military service.
In other parts of Poland the eonscrip-
ton among the Jews has only been car
ried out by employing force, and in one
district twenty persons are said to have
met their death from the violence of
the Cossacks.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-02-06

The Deadwood Times says if some
enterprising desperate would only turn
loose and butcher q panel of an average
Black Hills petit jury, he would be en-
titled to the most distinguished consid-
Grafton at the hands of the law-abiding
portion of that community.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-02-06

The most stringent tramp bill yet has
been introduced in the Connecticut
senate. It Furnishes tramping with
year in states prison or ten lashes and
six months in the work-house.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-02-06
GRAND RAPIDS, WIS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY g. 1879

class are beginning to be alarmed at the
fearful lawlessness, and lynch law be-
gins to be mentioned.
GENERAL SHERIDAN is in receipt Of a
communication from Ft. Belknap, from
Indian agent W. L. Lincoln, dated Jan.
4th, confirming the news of Sitting Bull
having crossed the border. He says ne
is reliably informed that there are 450
lodges of Pigeons in Paw mountains,
about 40 miles southwest of that post
and that probably as many more
British Blackfeet Bloods and Pigeons,
on their way to Bear Pay mountains,
were in close proximity at last accounts
The Crees, British Indians, are also on
the mountains. The British Assini-
BONES have camped with the American
Assiniboines. Sitting Bull is on French
mems creek, this side of the line, with
his whole camp. The ostensible reason
for this influx is the pursuit of buffalo,
which they justly claim are not now to
be found north of Missouri river. They
claim to be friendly but the agent at
Lincoln regards their presence in such
numbers a matter of grave import.
He is sure of the Grosventures but not
of the Assiniboines, who are influenced
for bad by their British namesakes.
Col. Brooks, of Ft. Show, in forwarding
this intelligence, promises later news
from his scouts in few days.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-02-06
TIMELY TOPICS.

THE wife of Rev. Jesse Boring died in
Augusta, Ga, aged G3. She crossed the
plains on mule when her husband
went to California and established the
first Methodist church on the Pacific
q )ast
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-02-06
$500 Reward.

They cure all diseases of the Stom
ach, Bowels, Blood, Liver, Nerves, Kid
neys and Urinary Organs, and $500 viii.
be paid for case they will not cure 81
help, or for anything impure or injuri-
Gus found in them-Hop Bitters. Test
it. See Truths" or Proverbs," an
other colnmn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-02-06

The Rochester Express is waging war
against the gambling houses of that
city.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-02-06

Nearly all applying at the treasury
for interest have taken greenbacks in
preference to gold.
The secretary of the treasury has
made another call for redemption of
twenty million $50 bonds, consols of
'67 in equal proportion. Registered and
coupon bonds interest will cease May
1st
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-05-21
Carrots for Winter Feeding.

The most difficult part of raising
carrots is the liability of the young
plant, from its diminutive size on
first coming up, to be overrun with
weeds, unless the ground is very
clean, and therefore the best way to
insure full crop is to begin prepar-
ing the land the year before [sod land
being the best) by heavy manuring
and planting in some hoed crop, as
cabbage. Then the next year do
nothing more with the land until
late in the spring (by which time
whatever weed seed there may
still be in the land will have started
to grow, when the ground should be
well and deeply plowed and rolled to
fit the same for sowing the seed
After laying off in rows some two
feet apart, scatter along the bottom
Of each row little super-phospate or
bone -four Obey answering the pur-
pose admirably from the fact of their
containing no weed seed whalever),
and cover the same by dragging a
piece of plank broadside over and
lengthwise the rows. The seed may
now be sown and covered in the same
way, and as soon as we'll up thinned
out with narrow hoes SO as to allow
the plants to stand few inches
apart in the row, clearing them al
the same time Of whatever weeds
that may appear. After,cultivation
may be given with the cultivators
and double shovel. Not only as win.
ter food for mich cows are these roots
particularly valuable, but in many
parts of the country are fed to horses
with equal advantage. Although
the "long orange" is the favorite va.
riety, yet there are many who prefer
the short horns" which are said to
yield equally as well and are easier
TO dig.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-05-21
What Creatures NOT to Kill.

The French minister of finance has
done good deed in causing placard
to be posted, which it would be wise
for citizens of all countries to have
before their eyes. 1t tells farmers
sportsmen, boys and others what
creatures not to kill, MS follows:
Hedgehog-Lives mostly on mice,
small rodents, slugs and grubs-ani
mails hurtful to agriculture. Don't
kill the hedgehog.
Toad-Farm assistant; he destroys
twenty to thirty insects per hour
Don't kill the toad.
Mole-Is continually destroying
grubs, lary@, palmer worms, and in.
sects injurious to agriculture. No
trace of vegetation is ever found in
its stomach. Don't kill the mole.
Birds-Each department loses sew.
eral millions annually through in-
sects' Birds are the only enemies
able to contend against them vigor-
onsly' They are the great caterpil-
larkillers andagricuItural assistants.
Children don't disturb their nests"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-05-21
A New Railroad.

Gov. Mathews is in receipt of a
letter from interested parties in Gin
cinnati in regard to the early con.
struction of a new "Slow Freight
Grain Railroad" from Cincinnati to
Baltimore, via Of this State and Vir-
ginia. A large number of Cincin-
natl merchants are interested in the
scheme, and hope to interest Euro.
pean capitalists in it. They wish,
with Cincinnati as a center, to en-
gage in the grain business and to
facilitate its transportation to En-
rope, to build this road. 1t will en-
ter this State at Point Pleasant, Ma
son county, thence to-the Gauley, or
Elk river, aad pass through Mason,
Putnam, Kanawha, Clay, Braxton,
Webster, Pendleton, and enter. Wir.
gina, from thence by the most direct
line to Baltimore, which will be
their shipping point to Europe. 1t
will develop the rich mineral re.
sources of these counties of ours, and
also the trade that cannot now be
reached. The projectors of the
scheme are merchants of high stand.
ing in Cincinnati, and have the ut.
most confidence in it. Mr.. Ertz, one
ofthe number, will leave for Europe
shortly in the interests of the under
taking and the progress of it is anx.
iously awaited Sate Democrat.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-05-21
Advantages or Crying.

A French physician is out in a
long dissertation on the advantages
'of groaning and crying in general,
and especially during surgical opera.
tions. He contends that groaning
and crying are two grand operations
by which nature allays anguish; that
those patients who give way to their
natural feelings, more speedily re.
cover from accident and operations
than those who suppose it unworthy
man to betray such symptoms Of
cowardice as either to groan or cry.
He tells of a man who reduced his
pulse from one hundred and twenty
six, to sixty in the course of few
hours by giving full vent to his emo
tions. If people are at all unhappy
about anything, let them go into
their rooms and comfort themselves
with loud boohoo, and they will
feel hundred per cent better after.
wards.
In accordance with the above, the
crying of children should not be toe
greatly discouraged. Ifit is system.
atically repressed, the result may be
st. Vitus' dance, epileptic fits, or
some other disease of the systefh,-
What,is natural is nearly always
useful, and nothing can be more nat.
ural than the crying of children
when anything occurs to give either
physical or mental pain.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-05-21

The Weekly Register has the largest and
best assortment oi job material in the State
and last presses, paper and card stock, and
is prepared to do ali kinds Of job printing
neatly and promptly, at the lowest prices.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-05-21
celery as a Remedy for Rheunla-
tism.

New discoveries-or what claim TO
be discoveries Of the healing virtues
Of plants are continually making
One of the latest is that celery is a
sure cure for rheumatism; indeed it
is asserted thatthe disease is impos-
sible If the vegetable be cooked and
freely eaten. The fact that it is al
most always put upon the table raw
prevents its therapeutic powers from
becoming known. The celery should
be cut into bits, boiledein water I'M
til soft, and the water drunk by the
patient. Put new milk with little
-four and nutmeg, serve it warm with
pieces Of toast, eat it with potatoes,
and the painful ailment will soon
yield. Such is the declaration Of a
physician who has again and again
tried the experiment, and with uni
form success. He adds that cold or
damp never produces, but simply de-
velops, the disease, of which acid
blood is the primary and sustaining
cause, and that while the blood is al
kanine there can be neither govt nor
rheumatism. English statistics show
that in one year 1876 3,640 died of
rheumatism, and every case, it is
claimed, has been cured or prevented
by the adoption of the remedy men
toned. AT least two-thirds of the
cases named heart disease are ascrib.
ed to rheumatism and its agonizing
ally, govt. Small pox, SO much
dreaded, is not half so destructive as
rheumatism, which, is maintained
by many physicians, can be prevent
ed by obeying natures laws in diet.
But if you have incurred it, boiled
celery is pronounced unhesitatingly
to be specific. -Nep York Times.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-05-21
A Hint for. the Poultry Yard.

As soon as newly Matched chicks
are strong enough to handle, say in
twenty.fcur hours after they come
from the she'll, grease the top of the
head with little lard, repeating the
operation at the end of a week. II
you can trust yourself to use mer.
Curial ointment mix a bit of the oint.
ment quarter as large as q. pea with
sufficient lard or oil to grease a brood
Of chickens, and apply to the head,
rubbing it well in. An eminent
poultry raiser assures us that chicks
treated in this manner never become
Affected with gaps, provided they are
supplied with fresh water md have
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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-05-21
TICKET OFFICE,
HUNTINGTON TO RICHMOND.

On and after March 10th, 1870, Passenger
rains will be run as follows:
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-05-21

The 5p. m. train does not leave Hun
tington on Sunday, and on Saturday does
not run east OF Coyington.
The 10 a. m. and p. m. trains make con-
nection at Gordonsville with trains of the
Virginia Midland road for Washington,
Baltimore and all points north.
The $40 a. m and HISS a. m. trains leave
Charlottesville daily for Lynchburg and all
points south.
Leave Gordonsville at 345 n. m. and SO
p. IN. daily, for Baltimore and the North.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-05-21
Poster Printing.

We prepared to do hand-bilI printing
from double-sheet poster, down to the
smallest dodger. Programmes printed in
the best styles known.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-05-21
ID. s. VAN NEATRN, Ag,f.
Point Pleasant, w. va.

CIR. HOWARD, Gen. P. & t. Ag't.
B9rFor Freight, Live Stock, &C., this
Line offers special inducements. Rates
guaranteed always as low as by any other
Line to and from all Eastern cities. For
rates, bills Of lading, &C., apply to D. S.
VAN NIATRE, Agent.
N. H. H0TCHKIss, Gen. TRAY. Ag't.
nov. 90 1s7s-ly.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-05-21
Commercial Printing.

We keep IN stoclsa full line OF CONNER
cial Stationers, which we are prepared to
furnish in any style desired. Envelopes,
Cards, Letter Heads, Note Heads, Bill
Heads, Checks, Drafts, Notes, Statements,
Bills Of Lading, Dray Books, Shipping
Books and all other variety OF work need
ed by business men furnished on short
notice. Printing for Salt Furnaces and
Coal Companies, q specially.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-05-21

The Sitrcr State, a Nevada newspa-
per, prints this card; "My husband,
jim Barney, the ugliest man that ev-
er lived, has left my bed and board
without any justifable cause. |
used to doall could to make him
pretty comfortable, and in spite of
all my wishes he would cut up like
the devil and run after women
Now, i want all the women to notice
this act of mine. won't pay darn
ed cent Of bis debts, aud | hope no
one viii return him to me, cos l
don't, want him. Maria Barney Big