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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-06-03
THE NEWS BUDGET.
A Summary of Events During
the Past Week.
WASHINGTON.

THE president has nominated James
w. Patterson as postmaster at Hillsbor-
ough, O and William f. Case at Logan,
o.
SUNSET Cox declared that he has pos,
tive information from Utica that Sey-
mour would not decline if unanim ously
rendered the nomination.
THE new governor of Dakota starts
for few weeks stay in New Hampshire,
soon and goes west next month. He
will arrive at Yankton about June 20,
an d assume gubernatorial duties at once
The bill agreed upon by the commit
tee granting an extension of six years to
the Northern Pacific railroad from the
4th of July, 1890, allows actual settler 8
to purchase half section of land from
the company instead of a quarter section
as originally provided.
The senate rejected the nominations of
5. Newton Pettis, of Pennsylvania, to be
associate Justice of the supreme court
for the territory of New Mexico, and B /.
M. Skinner, Pomeroy, Ohio, to be post
master at Pomeroy.
JUDGE GRAY, pardon clerk in the de-
partment of justice, has prepared a
favorable report in the case of ex-post.
master Macarthur, and it is probable that
MS pardon will be issued in few days,
The white house people are kindly dis
posed toward Macarthur, which makes
him hopeful in securing his pardon.
The senate committee on appropria-
tiOns authorizes Mr. Window to re-
port back the agricultural appropriation
bill with an amendment providing $15,-
nm fn yonrohocn n Of
periments in the manufacture of sugar
from sorghum, cOrn-stalks, and other
sugar producing plants; appropriating
$4,000 to enable the department of agri-
culture to employ three additional as
sistant chemists; $4,000 to the house
item for labor, ETC., in the department
grounds, and increasing the salary of
the commissioner of agriculture from
$4,000 TO $4,000 per annum
In the cabinet attention was called to
the amendment TO the Sunday civil ap-
proprlation bill, requiring all payments
under that bill to be paid in standard
silver dollars. Secretary Sherman said
that he had no objection whatever to the
amendment, and, if it became a law, he
would carry it out to the letter. The
amount of standard silver required to
one and a quarter million pounds, or
about seven hundred tons. There is no
doubt but what this will become law.
Three hundred and fifty thousand Of
these dollars will 90 10 Cincinnati to
continue work on the custom house
AN effort is still being made to stir up
the old Texas and Pacific scandals of
ten years ago. The committee decided
to have nothing to do with the matter
last week, but the George party still per
sisted that they must be heard. 1t was
declared that a resolution
would be offered in the house calling for
investigation, but the day passed with
lobb1es, where ali hiH1s ia as5'SSI s¢ -ip the
the air, duplicating almost anybody in
railroad wickedness. 1t IS very gener-
ally thought to be political sensational
ism, though in reality there is not much
definite knowledge current upon the
subject. At any rate it has not yet de-
veloped sufficient dignity to demand
serious public attention.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-06-03
How Slavery Was Abolished.

It's surprising how large number
of persons there are who are SO unln-
formed as to how the freedom of the
slaves was brought about. 1t IS probably
not too much to assert that one in fifty
can tell whether the Government ever
paid for the liberation of any of them
or not. Slavery in the northern and
eastern states was abolished long be-
forethe war and at the outbreak of the re-
bellion was confined south Of the Mason
and Dixon line. Although great deal
was said concerning the abolition of
slavery during the early stages of the
rebellion, the first positive step taken
was the introduction of bill in the
senate by Henry Wilson, of Massachu,
setts which provided for the abolition oi
| slavery in the District of Columbia, and
the payment to the master from the
Treasury of an average compensation
of three hundred dollars each for the
slaves thus manumitted. This bill pass
ed both houses, and on the 18th of Apri
1862, was signed by President Lincoln
Some of the curiosities Of the slave-hold
ing system was brought to light IN tn
execution of this law, for example
While it had long been usual for whit
men to sell their parti-colored children
there was no known precedents of
like occurrence among the blacks, bu
United States Treasurer Spinner wa
was waited upon by negro OF the DIS
trict who he'd been liberated, but ha
bought and paid for his slave wife. Tn
negro not only required payment 70
her, but also for her half-dozen chlldre
all his legal and salable cha'tels-an
his claim could not be disallowed, an
was paid. ,
| In March. 1862, Mr.. Arnold, OF Iii
nois, introduced bill into congress
which finally passed in a modified for1
and became law on June 19. Tn
bill forbade slavery in any and all To
: territories in the United States.
, About this time the president pre-
posed to congress that the United State
I cooperate with the states in the adop
8 ion of plan for the gradual abolltio
8 of slavery, by paying them for the Il
g convenience, both public and privat
t produced by such change of system
Bills to this effect were offered durir
the session of congress, but owing to tt
hostility of the democrats and the DO
e der state members they all failed. !
e the next session, December 19, 186
Mr.. Henderson, in the senate, and M
NOEL, in the house submitted bills pr
e. vidiug compensation at the rate OF 50
lie per slave. for the emancipation
slaves in Missouri alone. Each 10
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-06-03

Using SLAM, a Chlnaman, and Per,
simmons, an Indian, played poker al
Nevada. Cal. Persimmons had three
kings dealt to him. ugh. him bad
9Th me one, two cards." remarked the
Indian, complacently. Using Slam
shuffled out the two, and one of them
proved to be the last king in the deck.
Persimmons led his opponent on wari-
ly, and pretty soon they had $50 apiece
on the board "Me call um," murmur-
ed the red man, as he got to the bot
tom of his wallet. 1t was the old story
of misplaced confidence. The China
man held four aces. "You heap cheat
um," yelled the Digger, making a
lunge with knife, cutting off the Chi
naman's queue. That infuriated Using
Slam, and he killed the Indian with a
pistol.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-06-03
The Cars Grandson.
Philadelphia Telegraph.

Sometimes one hears little things
about the car of Russia which makes
one inclined to pardon nihilism and to
comprehend the dynamite plots. The
other day | went to visit charming
old lady, who is an American, and who
has lived for many years in Europe.
Whilst turning over the pages of her
photograph album, came across the
portrait of child, boy of some six or
eight years of age, so singularly beauti-
full that my attention was at once inter
ested. The little fellow was dressed in
a Knickerbocker suit of black velvet,
with his fair hair cut Holbein-wise over
his brow, and lovelier or nobler image
of healthful bOyhood never gladdened
parents heat. On my making some
exclaima alton of admiration, my friend
produced several other photographs of
the same child, remarking at the same
time that the picture, SO far from exag-
gqaratino p a4r whis shnantv-hardIy did it JUS
The child was the son of the urur1u
Duke Alexis of Russia, the mother be-
ing his secretly welded wife. BY COM
mand OF the czar the husband and wife
were separated, and the latter was
forced, not only to consent to divorce,
but to marry another man. "How
could you consent?' asked my friend
when the unhappy lady related her
story. The eyes of the speaker filled
with tears and her lips quivered. SIT
was for my sons sake" she whispered,
and then she said no more, being evi-
dently still not wholly freed from the
tolls of the "grand spider of the north, u
as Whittier once called the czar in one
cf his fervent lyrics of freedom.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-06-03
y

bitter opposition from the demo-
and border state members. Mr.. Noe.
bill finally passed the house. Nj
Henderson's bill provided only for a
very gradual emancipation, while the
former provided for an immediate.
Over these two, gradual and immediate
emancipation, many hot contest was
fought, the democrats opposing both,
but inclining the scale toward the for
mer, and in this shape it was passed
by a vote of % to Is. On reaching
the house it wss referred to
select committee. which was only ena-
bled to perfect 1t on the last day of the
session, March 5, 1868. The house re-
iused-yeas 63, nays 57-to suspend the
rules In favor of Its immediate consid
Grafton, which required a two-thirds
vote. And thus pe1ished the last effort
to compensate the loyal states for the
emancipation of their slaves, the demo-
Gratis and border state members resist
ing 1t in every shape, and to the extent
of their power. On June 1, 1868, in ac-
cordance with his previous declaration,
President Lincoln liberated, as a war
NJ easure, the slaves of all the states or
PAL VI sidISS tlSu III ISDSlllOn against
the United States.
The measure which finally resulted
in the total abolition of slavery in the
United States was first introduced into
the senate by Mr.. Henderson, January
IL, 1864. 1t was referred to the COM
mittee on judiciary, and in another
form was reported back favorably, and
was adopted in that branch by the
strong vote of 3S to 6. But it failed in
the house, June 10, by the vote of 95 to
&c, Substantially" as Horace Greeley
says, though not absolutely, through
a party division" In his next message
the president urged the house to con-
cur with the senate in adopting a reso-
luton for an amendment to the consti-
tuition, and this they did January 81,
1865, and by the subsequent ratifca-
ton of more than two-thirds of the
states, this amendment became part
of the organic aw.-MinneapoHs ITi-
b1I1e
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-06-03
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

VIM FRAZIER was caught and crushed
to death between two great stones While
quarrying at Bald Knob, Arkansas.
THE Lake View malt house of Michael
Cline, of Buffalo, n. Y, together with
10000 bushels of barley, burned. Loss,
$4,000; insured.
Four men were drowned at White
RAPIDS, New Brunswick. The boat they
were in with nine others began to fill,
when they jumped overboord; those re-
naming in the boat were saved.
Col. MCCULLUM of Hampton, Ca,
was killed by Town Marshal Mckneeiy;
The two men had just had a fight, ana
McKneely procured shotgun anu
killed McCullum.
The steamer Monterey, of the Pacific
Coast Steamship company's line, went
ashore near Fort Ross and will probably
prove total loss. The crew, passengers,
and baggage was saved. The vessel was
a wooden screw steamer OF 322 IONS.
A FIvE-YEAR OLD son of A. G. Han
cock, of Cedar Rapids, Ia, western cor
respondent of TFtlke's SPIRIT Of the I9n'es
fell off boat returning from an eXcur-
sion on the Cedar River, and was
drowned The body has not been touud
THE Union Packing Box Factory OF
John street, between Pearl and Jay
streets, Brooklyn, and adjoining tn,
. plumbing and copper works of A. &
Reaney, and S. Clark, burned. Loss
$4,000. Insured.
JosBPH BOWERS, of Muncie, Ind
: aqed 13, well know n and highly respect
; ed. while riding ON horseback, wa
thrown on the ground, the horse at tn
same time falling on him, and fracturin
I his skull in such a manner that his cor
dition is very serious and his recover.
doubtful.
Two freight trains collided on tn
Grand Trunk, one mile east OF Battl
i Creek, Mich. All hands escaped b
|. jumping. The en- zines and cars are tell
scoped, and total wreck. They wei
> loaded with grain. Loss, $4,000. Th
!, cause is said TO be carelessness OF IN
e conductors and engineers.
~ A YOUNG man named Scarborougl
living near De Soto, Dallas county, low
e was Killed on Thursday accidentally
d the discharge of his gun, while hun
+ ing near his home His family heal
> the report of the gun, but suspectt
< nothing. His lifeless body was found
r the evening. 1t is supposed that the gt
at was discharged while he was passi'
:, through clump of bushes
GEoRGE W. PICKENs, an old citizen
I'd Kansas, has been blasting well on |;
~ farm in Benton township, and his WI
d and an / young son let him down by 70
- and bucSet to the bottom. In a nome
ne he called TO them to draw him up, viii
III thew proceeded to do. He had De
m drawn up but a few feet, however, VIII
he fell back dead A neighbor's son,
hs the name OF Frank Waite, was immet
al ately sent for, and ION arriving few M
ne utes later, was let down with the nc
oy that he might recover the lifeless DO
oS OF Mr.. Pickens. Mr.. Waite was do
ise but moment when he called to
drawn up. At twenty feet from the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-06-03

that he was not insensible but feigning
when he was discovered, and that the
concurrent testimony of five experts
convicts him of having written the let
ter of warning The court concludes
that the injuries were self-inf1icting; and
have ordered Cadet Whitaker under ar
rest to await sentence. vi.
A MAMMOTH strike under a very :de-
termined and shrewd management de-
veloped in Leadville, Colorado on the
2Sth inst, demanding an advance from
So to 81 per day. They held meeting
and visited the mines, compelling the
miners to quit work. Several mines re.
fused to accede to the demand. The
arms of the several Leadville military
organizations are in the hands of the
strikers. There had been little or moth
ing rumored as to the movement until
1t developed itself in the force. At Z
O'Clock in the morning 400 men appear
ed at the Chrysolite Mine and ordered
out the men. After some consultation
the demand was complied with, and
the men Joined the strikers, who pro-
ceeded to Iron, Carbonate and Breeze
Hills. At night there was not man at
any of the mines. 1t is estimated that
OtOOo LhSh ak pdI ClS1 pdt1HS III tAC AONS-
ment, whilst perhaps 5000 other miners
are remaining quiet at their homes. All
the prominent mines are strongly guard
ed. The excitement is feverish. Michael
Mooney Mollie Mcguire from Pennsyl-
vania, is at the head of the movement
Thus far there has been no violence, and
it is hoped that no serious results will
follow, although the managers generally
show resolution not to yield to the de-
mands of the strikers. Intense excite
ment prevailed when the strikers parad
ed the streets and thev were loudly cheer
ed by the observers, After parading,
the miners held meeting on Fryer Hill
and passed resolutions expressing their
determination to maintain the demand
for four dollars a day, of eight hours.
Many mine overseers expressed de-
termination not to accede to the demands
under any circumstances The smelt-
ers were not interfered with and are run
ming as usual.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-06-03

THE lection of Mr.. Maynard as
p ostmaster general recalls the Curl
Gus hold upon this Office of Tennessee
and the adjacent states of Kentucky
and Ohio. Tennessee has had three in
cumbents of the office; Judge Key un-
der Hayes, Aaron V. Brown under Bu-
Ulauau, Suu gave JUInoon uuucI LuIA.
Kentucky has had VIM. T. Barry and
Amos Kendall under Jackson, Kendall
also under Van Buren,, and Charles A.
Wickliffe under Harrison, while 1t IS un
derstood that Mr.. Tilden promised the
place to Mr.. McHenry, of the same
state, in 1876. Ohio has had ex-Gover-
nor Denison under Lincoln, John Nc
Lean under John Quincy Adams as
well as under Monroe and K. }. Melgs
under Madison. So that the region be
tween the Alleghanies and the Mlssls
sippi has filled the cabinet office O
postmaster-general under ten differen
administrations and during period o
about fifty years. since 1912.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-06-03

The widow of President Tyler is now
an inmate of a convent in Georgetown.
She was the second wife OF President
Tyler, and was married to him in the
White House, after he had been Presi-
dent year or so. Less than one-half
his age, she was quite, gay, and made
the executive mansion a social resort
while her husband presided there. She
has been recently converted to Catholi-
cism, and, though she has not taken
holy orders, intends to make the con-
vent her home for the remainder of
her il e.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-06-03

Troy, II. Y, John Wall, an ex convict,
recently released from Clinton prison,
shot and killed Supervisor Phil, Casey,
of the eleventh ward, who was attempt.
ing TO quell the distur baGce. WalIfled,
pursued by an infuriated mob. ,Daring g
the chase a duel took place between
Wall aud the pursuing officers, and Of
icer Owen Duffy was shot in the head
and side, but not fatally. A man lamed
Frowley was also shot and blurred
slightly, and child was shot in the
head. The widest excitement prevailed.
Wall, when captured had a narrow es-
cape from lynching.
THE people of CazenoYia, and of
Madison county generally, have lost
quite heavily by the failure of E. S.
Gard, a private banker of Cazerovia, N.
Y. Mr.. Card and his assigne, Gran
dali, were in consultation in GandalI's
law office. Harvey Reed, rsident of
Erieville, Madison county, enlered the
office pointed pistol at Cards breast,
and fired without saying word. The
ball made hole in Cards vest over the
heart, and pierced the undertaking. but
made no wound. Reed declared his in.
tention to kill Card who had :obbed him
u PocO Wy MS IdLluIe. Ne is now III
Jail.
CHARGES have been presened to Gov.
Cornell, of New York, against Sheriff
Smith, of Warren county, charging that
he allows persons committed to his
charge to enjoy the same freedom that
they had been accustomed b at home.
For instance, Thomas MfCripen, of
Glen's Fall, charged with tlonious as
sault, was on the hotel piazzS enjoying
smoke, while his wife, who not a pris-
oner, remained in his company and
boarded at the Jail at the Ounty's ex-
pense, and occupied his eel with him.
Frank Beatty, another prisoner, was
breathing the air of freedom about town
and complaining of the teeament of the
sheriff, who had forbidden him to repeat
his numerous visits to Glen'sFalI during
his confinement Another prisoner was
found at work shingling fol a resident
of Caldwell, for which he was receiving
81 per day and boarding at the Jail. Jail
inmates are said to be frequently seen on
the public streets intoxicated
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-06-03

The new railway to the crater of We
suvius is 800 metres long, and termin-
ates 200 metres short of the mouth OF
the crater. The inclines are tremen-
dous: Four in 10 for the first 135 me-
tres; 63 in 100 for the next $50 metres;
then 56, 80, and finally As In the 100 for
the remainder. The carriages are drawn
by steel rope of 40 strands, which is
coated with tar as a protection against
rust. The ascent on the railway is made
in seven minutes, but it can easily be
made in five. The motion is quite
smooth, but the sensation on looking
out is far from pleasant, and ID feeling
akin to sea sickness is said to arise
Great pillars of smoke frequently bWs
up from the ground, close to the spo
where the railway ends, and grea
chasms open, swallowing up anything
which may be on the spot. so that tn
expedition may sometimes not b.
wholly free from danger. 1t was II
tended to open the line for the public
the beginning of May.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-06-03

FIGHTING the Afghans Is not very
agreeable work, as the following incl
dent shows: Lieut.. ThuIlow and Lieut..
Reid were riding down to Jagdalak,
three miles off, one afternoon. when'
about mile from the Kotal, they were
fired into by party OF Ghilzais. ThurloW
was hit by two bullets, one through the
neck and one through the lungs, and
fell back dead. Reid's pony started off,
but he pulled up and went back, getting
there just as one of the Ghilzais ar
rived at the body. This man fired a
Reid so close that six inches of hi
sleeve were cut away and his coat anC
Jersey burnt. Nothing but his pom!
shying al the barrel of the gun save'
him. He turned round and blew tn
mans brains out with his revolver. A
this time thirty or forty men were rur
ming down firing at him, and, seem
that Thurlow was quite dead, he ga
loped off to Jagdalak and got som
men, who brought the body IN. Inc
had nearly cut his head off; otherWls
he was not much mutilated.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-06-03

WILLIAM and Frederick Reed went to
work in the coal mines near Pottsville,
Pa, ON their arrival from Germany.
Some practical jokers disguised them
selves as Molly Maguires and surround
ed the Reeds in the night. With pls-
tolls loaded with blank cartridges they
began an indiscriminate firing about
the heads of the young Germans, shrek
ing at the tops of their voices, and 30
badly soaring the foreigners that they
ran in fear of their lives. Tremblingly
they took train for Reading. They
stood on the front platform of the for
ward car, and their strange actions at
tracted attention, but they were so
scared that they refused to give any
occount of themselves. They were
under the impression that the Mollies
had followed them to Reading, and
policeman found them creeping along
a back street. They were given work
on the city public works, but it was soon
discovered that their fright had left the
saddest results. Frederick several
times made threats to sake his life, and
it is believed that they concluded to
: commit suicide ON the same day, but
that they would not do it together.
They separated. Frederick was tol,
) lowed secretly, and was discovered
near the woods kneeling on the ground
, praying loudly and fervently, swaying
!. . his body and weeping. In his right
hand he carried a huge knife. He
was just about plunglpg it into hi:
!, breast when his followers came uE
4 quietly behind him, caught his arms
: and led him back to his boarding house
Then it became known that his brother
, , William was missing. Search wal
4 4 made for him. and he was found weep
ing at mill dam, He had thrown hi
pocketbook away ard was preparing
to jump In.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-06-03
Snow q Hundred Feet Deep.
Virginia New Enterprise.

A gentleman recently arrived from
California, where he has been looking
about several places where the the snow
now lies to depth of over 100 feet.
These places are generally at the head
of large canons. At the head OF Fall
Creek, Navada county, pines and frs
over 100 feet in height are SO buried IN
snow that only few feet of their tops
are to be seen. Where a dark forest
lies in summer there is now only to be
seen a. white expanse of snow, with mere
and there what appears 10 be clumps oi
bushes, but which are really the tops o.
the tallest pines.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-06-03

LORD BEACoNsFIELD has made a
speech, partly blaming himself for his
defeat, urging his party to better organi-
zation and offering to be its leader.
Lord Corovan is afraid of the new min
istry. The queen in her speech hopes
for the speedy execution of the Berlin
treaty, the paciication of the Afghans,
anG the proper treatment of the irish
and India trouble.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-06-03

A NEW congress of powers at Berlin
is announced, the object being to push
on the complete execution of the Ber-
lin treaty. An il national admins
tration is to be imposed on Turkey.