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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-02-12

A STRANGE disease has appeared in
the east end of London. 1t is an aztec
ton of the eye, known in the affected
district as "the blight" and not familiar
to the native oculist. 1t is virulent and
dangerous, not seldom destroying the
sight if it be not promptly taken in
hand. Three weeks ago there were
sixty-nine cases of this disease in White
chapel alone. The epidemic is sup
posed to be q foreign importation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-02-12
Milwaukee Market.

MILWAUKEE, Feb. 9.-FIour-DuIl and ub9
changed. Wheat-Opened firm and "a higher;
closed stronger; No hard 1.21%; No /,
.2l5s No. 2, .205s; seller February, 2O5s
seller March, 1-23s; seller April, .222l; bid
No 3, 1.O6; No. 4. 100; rejected, 81. Corn
Lower at 351s for No. ,. Oats-Lower at 30A for
No. 2. Rye-Quiet at 74R for No. Barley
Almost neglected at 721l for No 9 Provisions
nnlI
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-02-12

In his sermon on the Tay bridge ac-
cident, Rev. DR.. Begg, of Edinburg,
based his remarks on a quotation from
Isaiah, TX. 10, THE bricks have fallen
down and we will build with hewn
stones" The manufacturer of the
bricks used in the building of the bridge
ls furious at this using of scripture to
the Getriment of brick makers, and
vents his fury in a letter to the Scots
man.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-02-12
Herbert Spencer the Englisb nhiloso-

Herbert Spencer, The. English phlIosO-
pher, is sixty years old. Having been
privately educated, be was first a
civil engineer. His forehead is high,
and although his features are small he
has an impractical and almost effemi-
nate appearance. His portraits repre-
sent him as resting his head against his
hand in the Washington Irving style.
Spencer is said to have had much to do
with the education of George Elliot.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-02-12
HHis Dear Little Wife"

is the title of an exquisitely tender and
pathetic story as has yet been written.
md thoroughly fascinating. The book
il mailed by the publishers on receipt
of 25 cents, and we can assure ouf,
readers the investment will pay ten fold.N
Address, Home Publishing Company,
Mansfield, Ohio. ~.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-02-12
VOL. XIII.
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.

CHARLES DRUNIMoND. of Accomac
county, Va, is Is years old, seven feet
high, weighs two hundred and fifteen
pounds, each foot is sixteen inches long;
his skin is as black as coal, and he
eats FIVE pounds Of meat each day.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-02-12

ARIZONA is the first to appoint dele
gates to the republican national con-
vention, The territory is entitled to
two delegates, and they were appointed
last week. The presidential preference
is not indicated.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-02-12
A fair debutanta at . late hall

A fair debutante at late ball ere
ceived" with large, almost embarrass-
ing armful of bouquets. To her IS pre-
sented one OF our howling "swells." F.
D.-'No fewer than eight bouquets!
Are they not lovely?" III. S.-"Yaas,
lovely, indeed. And how good of your
papa. ."-L0ndon Hour.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-02-12
The Evidence AccumuIajes.

II. j. Footner, of Toronto, Ont, certifes that
Warmers Safe Pills have cured him of bliousness
and seeplessnegs. G. A. j. Gadbois, Of Brookville,
Canada certies that the Safe Pills and Safe Biters
have cured him Of malarial difficulties contracted
In Texas, E. J. Campbell, of Philadelphia, certi-
fes that the Safe Pills and Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure have nearly cured him of a bad chronic liver
complaint. AND like testimonials keep coming in.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-02-12
Mrs. PartIngtOn saws:

Don't take any Of the quack rostrums, az they ara
regimental to the human cistern; but put your
trust in Hop Btters, which will cure general dlap.
idation, costive habits and all comic diseases.
They sa7ed Isaac from severe extract OF tripod
fever. They are the ne pLus unRna of medicines.
boston Globe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-02-12

The New Orleans Picayune notes the
arrival in the city, on the 9th ult., en-
route for Mexico, Col. Frank w. John
on. He is 80 years of age, and the
Picayune says that he is the only sur,
vivor of the heroic band who received
the baptism of blood at the famous
fortress of the Alamo, and in the fights
at the Refugio in 1886, being at one
time in command OF the Alamo after
the death of the gallant Milan. He is
engaged in writing history of Texas.
The death is recorded in English
mail advices of F. S. Cary, who was for
thirty years principal of the we'll known
Bloomsbury school OF art. at which
some of the best known English paint
ers began to study. Mr.. Cary was the
son of the translator of Dante, and was
one of the competitors in the West
minister hall exhibition.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-02-12
End OF a Noted Murder Case.

Jennie Smith and Covert Bennett,
once sentenced to death for the murder
of Mrs. Smiths husband, in Jersey City,
we're set free to-day, the jury, In their
trial, bringing III verdict of not guilty.
The circumstantial evidence was strong
against them, but few people have be-
lieved that 1tjustified hanging them.
The prisoners have been in conine-
ment some twenty months, and their
case has excited much interest through
out the country. The charge of Judge
Knapp this mornig was very favorable
to the defendants, and probably secured
their acquittal. When the verdict was
annouced Mrs. Smith fell sobbing to her
chair, and the color rushed into the
white face of Bennett, whose anxiety
had been very noticeable. After their
discharge the prisoners held a sort of a
reception in the Jail, where great
crowd Of friends pressed around them
with congratulations. Mrs. Smith says
she is going to live with hcr brother-in-
law in Hudson City. Bennett an.
nounces his intention ofreturning to the
stage. 1t is reported that after some
time has elapsed they will probably be
united in marriage.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-02-12

Sarah Winnemucca, one of the Piute
Indians from Humbold valley, New,
now in Washington for the purpose of
securing aid from the government, was
formerly the wife of Lieut.. E. G. Bart
lett, United States army, s. brother-in-
law of Gen. Schofield, as the report has
it. She is a woman who will compare
favorably with her pale-faced sisters,
and received an academic education in
San Jose, Cal,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-02-12
Fanny 3. Ward tells the Cleyels

Herald that Fernando Wood was once
an actor, and as with Edwin Forests
"Virglnus" troupe at Richmond Va,
one summer night, when, on account of
the crowded hotel, all the actors we're
put in a large garret. Forrest had said
something that hurt Woods feelings,
and the latter got up in the night and
poured over Forrest g can of red paint
used by the company's bill man. For
rest awoke, and thought by moonlight
he was bleeding to death. yelled muir
der and called for light. Wood was
Immediately detected, but he and For
rest Mera always warm friends.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-11-04
Choosing the Good.

THE approach of the long evening"
and the season for reading and study
naturally revives the discussion as tC
how the tastes and habits of the people
and especially the young, shall be i'm
proved in this direction. Those who
have had experience in the matter
know how much more easy it is to lead
q horse to the water than to make him
drink. The thirst for good reading
must precede the drinking at pure foun.
tains Even in the matter of newspa-
pers, which are read in this country SO
much more than books, the worst seem
often to be preferred to the best. 1t is
not enough, therefore, to say of papers
or books, 'choose the best" DiscTim-
ination comes through enlightenment
and when the impatient reformer urges
men to discourage a Venal and corrupt
ing press by patronizing an honest and
uplifting one, he presupposes the exist
ence of both intelligence and virtue
enough in the people to give tone and
direction to the journals Of the land. 1t
is question, however, at least suscep-
tible Of argument, whether supply or
demand is more responsible for the Sa-
tanic element in certain class of Amer
ican newspapers. Publishers do not,
for any great length of time, print
papers for which there are not readers
waiting. Doubtless the appetite for
sensationalism, scandal, pruriency,
irreverenoe, and all the abominable
features that render the papers
of this class so demoralizing, is fostered
and increased by what is fed out to it;
but without the market there would be
no trade. The duty of the public is
the same in either view of it. Bad lit
erature should be fought with good lit
erature. That which is obscene should
be stamped out, and the cheap and bad
be over-matched by the cheap and good.
Especially should the children be
guarded from contamination, and inn
bued at an early age with love of good
reading, through knowledge of what
it is. A boy to whom Irving and Hans
Anderson, and the classic wonder-boOks
and fairy tales, are familiar-who has
felt the simple beauty of Whittier's bal
lads, or the humor of Holmes's verses
who has been given books of real travel
and adventure-wil not be caught by
the coarse trash of the ''Boss Boys Pa
per" and the other vile publications
that come under the general designa-
ton of The Devils Own. He will have
been taught discrimination, and so pre-
fer the better reading.
This is a matter to which parents can
not give too early or too close attention.
In this age of "the better times of chill
dren" there is no difficulty in meeting
all normal tastes with attractive and in
teresting reading, and those who sup
ply their children with plenty of the best
win not be likely to have them picking
up the worst. Golden Rule.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-11-04
An Engineers COnCeaIment Of His Ig-
nOrARce.

/
"EvERY effort is made" said q rail.
road officer in a recent conversation,
"to procure trustworthy, faithful en-
ployes, but all kinds of deceptions arr
gotten up to throw us OIL. have one
case in mind. There is rule on the
road for which / labor which compels
not only the conductor, but the engi-
neer, to sign the receipt Of all train or
ders. When my Superintendent took
charge he insisted upon having that
rule adhered, and in That way he as
certained that there was one engineer
in the empty of the company who could
netherread nor write, and he had been
running an engine for fifteen years.
Had an accident occurred to his train,
in which accident persons were injured
and in consequence Of such injuries an
investigation had been ordered, and the
fact of that engineers ignorance been
established, we could not have saved
ourselves in o suit for heavy damages,
and besides that would have been fined
heavily for allowing such state Of
things.
His cunning came into play. lie was
a married man, and his wife was once
a school teacher, and through her ef-
forts he was able to commit to memo.
ry the rules as printed on the time
cards, and he had them so thoroughly
fixed in his mind that he could point
them out on the card, but he was just
as liable to do 80 with the card bottom
side up as in any shape. He was
good engineer, but we were obliged to
let him 90. He went home very much
but went to work to learn
to both read and write. He spent one
whole winter at it, but he was too far
along in years to be successful, and final
ly was obliged 10 give il up, and to-day
he is firing on the road"
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-11-04
Americans in Europe.


THERE are more reasons than one
in equity, as apart from what is calleC
the balance of trade-why gold should
continue to flow from Europe to the
United States for some time to come. Il
is, we believe, a fact susceptible of dem.
onstration that greater number Of
Americans have visited Europe in 1886
than during any previous season and il
is perhaps true that these sojourners
have proportionately spent more money
than any flight OF American travellers
that has ever preceded them.
1t is computed by investigators who
have made close study of the statistics
that sixty thousand Americans have
landed in England alone this year. 1t
is further estimated that each of these
visitors has spent about three thousand
dollars, which makes total of one hum
dred and eighty millions of dollars for
the whole. We do not understand that
all this vast sum is supposed to have
been disbursed in Great Britain alone;
but to have included the aggregate out
lay of the travellers during their stay
upon the continent of Europe also. The
great majority of these persons do their
business through London bankers; and
the foregoing figures are founded upon
what is known of these agents Ameri-
can transactions.
One hundred and eighty millions of
dollars is q prodigious sum to be thus
expended, and at first sight the state
ment looks decided exaggeration. No
doubt there have been hundreds or even
thousands of Americans who have been
In Europe this year without spending
three thousand dollars, or anything like
it. But we must remember that tho
price paid for pictures and other costly
articles swells the average. A single
painting like the Messonier for which
Mr.. Vanderbilt is said to have given
forty thousand dollars counts heavily
here; and, although this is in its magni-
tude an exceptional sum, the transaction
is but one of great number that have
gone to swell the aggregate Of individ-
ual outlay.
It is further to be considered that
some Americans, whether they buy ex-
pensive pictures or not, habltually dis
burse, when travelling in Europe, very
large sums. We hear of one American
gentleman travelling through Switzer-
land by special train-a practice usual
ly confed to royalty; and the corre-
spondent of contemporary speaks of |
an American family met by him at Ge-
neva who habitually laid out at the rate
Of a hundred dollars a day upon hotel /
bills alone. This does not smack much |
Of republican simplicity, but that of |
course is not the matter under discus
sion.
When the expenditure of the army of
American travellers in Europe is duly /
weighed 1t will appear, as we have said,
that the flow Of European gold to our
shores is not entirely without counter
poise in American gold already distrib-
uted in the older continent during the
eurrent season. This of course has no
direct relation TO the commercial adjust
ment that occasions the expectation Of
bullion; but it has a certain equitable
bearing on the situation which may
wisely be kept in mind.-NeW York EUe-
wing Post.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-11-04
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.


IT Is probable that the ST. GotharC
Tunnel will be illuminated throughout it,
entire length by the electric light. Z
AN International Sanitary Congress
will be held at Washington in january
1881, under the authority Of the Govern
ment.
PROF. SILVEsTRI finds that the sum,
nit of Mount Etna has been lowered
about forty feet as a result of recent vol
canic activity.
UNDER favorable conditions the chest
nut and the oak will live thousand
years. The beech and the ash live less
than half as long.
THE boring Of the Arlberg Tunnel is
in active progress on the Austrian side
of the mountain, and ground will shortly
be broken on the Swiss side.
THE attraction of the earth upon q
magnetic needle ut its surface has been
found to be about the same as that of a
strongly magnetized hard steel bar
forty inches long at distance of one
foot.
AN appropriation bill passed by the
United States House of Representatives
provides for a survey of the Gulf Stream
from its origin to the SaragOssa Sea.
The plan embraces soundings, deep-sea
temperatures, and observations of the
currents.
IT has been proposed to utilize the
swift current of rivers by systems of an
chored floats carrying current wheels
connected with dynamo-electric appa-
ratus. The electricity thus generated
might be used for almost any purpose
for which power is required, as well as
for lighting towns.
ANOTHER lake village, assigned by
experts to the age of bronze, has been
discovered at AuVenier, near Neuchat ell.
Several milstones quite new, others
half made, have been brought to light,
from which it is inferred that the place
may have been the seat of a manufac-
tory of these articles.
A VERY curious proof of the identity of
animal and vegetable protoplasm has
been supplied by Claude Bernard, who
has shown that both are alike sensitive
to the influence of an@sthetics. Ex-
posed to ether, a sensitive plant no
longer closed its leaflets when touched.
Assimilation and growth, as we'll as
termination, are arrested by chloro-
form. Schuztenberger has proved that
Jhe fresh cells of the yeast plant breathe
ike an aquatic animal.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-11-04
ReligiOus.
AB0KB THE STORM


last eve, the thunder-olouds we're black,
The crimson lightning cleft the sky.
Before the wind the gathering rack
or awful storm rolled by.
The drifted masses heavier grew,
And keener flashed each fiery DART
TIL one. with sudden sWOrd-thrusC, threw
The lurid clouds apart.
And thus revealed, serene and far,
UnVeXed in its high heaven Of peace,
A lamp of God, shining star
Whose glory did not cease.
Though meath it surged the tempest's wrath
And poured the rain in angry Hood;
No wild commotion reached its path,
Nor Jared its tranquil mood.
% soul perturbed be like the star,
Dwell grandly in the upper spheres.
Above times strifes, Gods merCies are,
And loves eternal years.
Trust thou the Lord, through manifold
Experience of loss and ILL.,
These pass away as tales are told,
His grace abideth still.
-MdfgdTet h. Sdngster tB S. s. Times.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-11-04

ANNA DICKINSON tells the Boston
Herald that she win soon return to the
platform with q lecture on Danton, and
may also read from an original tragedy
called "Aurelian." Of her new play,
" An American Girl" she says: " /
have not seen it performed yet, and
have avoided reading the criticisms
Miss Davenport wanted a tragedy at
first, and then a lugubrious emotional
piece. / tried to convince her that she
wanted nothing of the kind, but it was
not until July had arrived, and l had
already written a large part Of a Rus
sian play to fill the bill, that succeed
cd in getting her consent to do a COM
edy. Then l began the American
Girl. - Miss Dickinson is said to get
$50 for each performance Of the play,
besides 81, 500 cash down, and at the
end Of The season it reverts to her.
There Is q clause in the contract for
bidding the alteration or omission Of
any Of the language without the writer S
permission.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-11-04
FOREIGN GOSSIP,


On the occasion of the celebration o
the tenth anniversary of the capture o
Rome, all political offenders we're par
doned by the King of Italy.
The postal savings banks in Italy tax,
in twice as much money as they pay out
the institution being considered safe anC
convenient by the people.
|. THE Lord Mayor of London has beer
entertaining at dinner at his oficia,
headquarters, the Mansion House, the
entire staff of workpeople-m than
three hundred in number-of the firm OF
printers, of which he is at the head. OF
the guests nearly third were young
women in the FIRMS service.
THE Crown Prince of Austria during
the Late military maneuVers in Prussia
repeatedly expressed to several high Off
GERS his admiration of the German
army. 1t was, he said, the first in the
world. He added, however, that in the
Austrian army ceaseless care and labor
had brought about such change as
might well permit it to take place at
the side of the German host.
THE statue of Theirs, with the in
scription "First President of the Re-
public" bas been unveiled close to the
spot in the small Place Theirs, in Paris,
in which he breathed his last. He holds
the map of France in his hands, with
the word "BelfOrt" standing out in
large gilt letters, indicating the fortress
which he successfully expended his ev-
cry effort to wrest from the victorious
German.
M. RUMIANKEFF, the editor of the
Russian Illustrated journal, Lootcb (the
Roq), who died recently, had'a strange
career. For many years he was
a barge-boy on the Volga, and,
joining a Caspian caravan bound
for Persia one summer, he
was captured by the nomads and lived
for many years prisoner among them.
Being ransomed at length, he returned
to Russia with knowledge of several
Oriental languages, and, after educat-
ing himself, became very successful
journalist.
LORD HARRINGTON, the Ministerial
leader of the House of Commons, is heir
to one of the greatest and wealthiest
peerages in England, and a statesman
almost by inheritance. But he has other
than those of politics. He is
fond of sport, fond of travel, and has
generally large capacity for enjoy
ment. Yet he is a very hard-working
and has developed unexpected |
power as debater and as a practical
of his department-the
affairs of India.
THE enormous charges of the British
pension list are attracting more than
usual attention in the House of Com
mons. 1t is stated that in less than
century the descendants of Lord St.'Vin-
cent and Lord Rodney have received
81 100000 each. For nearly two hun
lred years the heirs of the Duke of
have drawn nice income
rom that grateful country. The Dukes
i Marlborough enjoy perpetual pen
ion Of S25,000 a year. The Duke of
Wellington was given $3,500,0O0 by
'arliament'to support the dignity of his
lukedom, and pension of $4,000
ear for two generations. These are
mong some of the larger grants. The
mailer ones are numberless, and many
4 them the rewards of mere favoritism.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-11-04

PROBABLY the smallest defendant
who ever appeared in a court room in
the United States, was seen the other
day in New York City. 1t was Com
modore Mutt, who is under Indictment
for keeping a disorderly saloon in Sixth
Avenue. He bought the saloon recently
out Of his savings under P. 7. Barnum s
management. He pleaded not guilty,
and was released under $500 bail pend
ing trial.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-11-04
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

= -
M a. T.GUNNlNG, Attorney-At-LAW, WashingtOH
W q. A., Ohio Ofios over Brown Bros! DF1s
Store N'N@
9 I. LOGAN, Notary Public, Conveyances, oto.
% Office with clerk Of Court.
M BARCLAY,
AttOFneY-at-LuaUU,
ONCE in City Hall,
Washington q. H., Ohio.
45tf
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-24
81 Am All Played Out"

Is a common complaint. If you feel So get q
package of Kidney. Wort and take it and YOU
will ut once feel its tonic power. 1t renews
the healthy action of the kidneys. bowels and
liver, and thus restores the natural life and
strength to the weary body 1t can now he
had in either dry or liquid form. and i'm either
way Is always prompt and e.iicient-Ne,u
Bedford Standard, ,aO-iwdxw
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-24
Wicked for Clergymen.
CHRISTMAS 1T CHURCH.

- vices at 10 q. M. Christmas. On Sunday at
lOk a. m., and at n p. IN. Sunday school annt-
versary on Christmas at ~ p. m.