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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-25
Dangerous Inactivity

Inactivity of the kidneys seriously and prOxi-
mately jeopardizes their health. When inactive
they need a stimulant. Ihe fiery excltants OF
commerce only serve to irritate them. but they
may be safely stimulated with Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters, the tonic principles of which serves
to increase their vitality as well. Th- diuretic
properties of the Bitters also serve another good
purpose. 1t Is by the efficient action Of the kid
neys, mainly that the blood is depurated or puri-
fed. The Bitters, by giving 20 their secretive
and discharging functions a healthfal impetus,
serves as purifier of the vital current, removing
from it those impurities which beget rheumatism
dropsy and other maladies. 1t endOws these or
gans with vigor. and prevents them from lapslng
intn q state of disease
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-25

IT has been practically demonstrated
in Germany that the cost Of maintain
ing and repairing underground tele-
graph lines is immensely less than the
similar expense incurred for surface
lines. The difference is in the ratio of
3G cents to 50 IS. Should not this fact
induce American companies to bury
out of sight their dangerous and un-
slightly networks of wires?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-25

Mr.. GLADSTONE has decided that ali
action against BradIaugh Iapse5 with the
end ofthe current session Of parliament.
This is regarded as a backing down on
the part of the government, and it is
thought that at the next session of the
house of commons Bradlaugh may
possibly succeed in having the parlia-
mentary oath administered to him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-25

TIE reason given by the British au-
thoritics for releasing Mr.. Dillon, of
Tipperary, was that the condition Of
his health is such that there was danger
that longer incarceration would re-
suit fatally.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-25

THE Cincinnati Commercials one-cent
subscriptions for the benefit Of the man
who slapped the fellow who expressed
the hope that Garfield would die, now
amounts to a total of $554, being S52O
more than the fine and costs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-25

TIE Cornell university crew endeav-
ored to beat the Austrians, and secured
q lead Of four lengths, but the collapse
Of one oarsman ended the struggle at
the centre. The Vienna crew won a
trophy valued at ESQ.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-25
g.uwauHee Siarkeu.

MILWAUKEE,, Aug. 3.-Flour.-Neglected
and nominal. Wheat-Irregular and weak; No.
2, hard nominal; No. 2l.23; 1.2OH for seller
August; l.2O for seller September; l.212s for
seller October; 1.22l4 for seller November, 1881
for seller December; No. 3, 113 No. 4 and
rejected nominal. Corn-Lower; No. 2, So.
Oats-Quiet; No. 2, 36. Rye-Stronger; No. 1,
1O2. Barley-Lower; No. September, 8IK
@8l.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-25
NEWS NOTES.

ANTICIPATING a cold winter, Chicago
coal merchants have raised the price
from $7.25 to 1918 per ton for range
and nut coal They claim there is
scarcity.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-25

There are $4,000 idiots in the United
States, according to one authority. The
number depends a good deal OF who
takes the census and where the line is
drawn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-25

The International Exhibition of
Electricity has been officially opened
at Paris by President Grevy. At the
United States section he was received
by NJ mister Morton. The President
and the ministers were treated to
telephone concert, four wires having
been connected with the opera, the
chorus of which was distinctly heard,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-25

NJ. Favre's idea of stored energy is
not new. A St. Louis man has moth
er-in-law who has been deaf and dumb
for ten years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-25

Fechter's daughter will, it is said,
marry Bosquin, tenor of the Grand
Opera at Paris.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-25
BULLETIN.
[OmciaI.1


EXECUTIVE MAN SION, Aug. 20-6:30
p. m.-The president has passed the
day quietly, and has been able to take
more liquid food by the mouth than
yesterday. The quantity given by
enenata has been diminished, and the
parOtid swelling remains the same
Pulse, 10; temperature, 100 40; res
piration, 19.
(Signed) BLISS,
BARNES,
WOODWARD,
REYBURN,
AGNEW.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-The follow
ing was sent this afternoon to Lowell,
Minister at London: The presidents s
condition is improved since last report.
He has not vomited for q hours. Dur
ing the forenoon he has swallowed and
retained liquid food several times, in all
about ten ounces. Weather very warm
but it does not affect him.
BLAINE.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, August o.
The president this morning began
the day in a condition which was re-
garded as slightly better than that
shown by the last official bulletin yes
terday; he has passed a quieter and
more comfortable night than was an
ticipated; there had been no recur-
renee Of vomiting, which excited so
much alarm yesterday afternoon, and
his pulse before he awoke at
.6 p. m. was down to 50. This
auspicious opening of the day seemed
to Justify, or at least make more
reasonable the belief of the FIVE san
culinary persons that the case was to
take a favorable turn, and when the
morning bulletin appeared and it be-
came known that he had began to
swallow food again without vomiting or
nausea, a faint quivering of hope took
place of the profound dependency
which prevailed everywhere through
out the city last night. At A. NJ.
the surgeons gave him enemata con.
sisting Of four ounces of beef extract
with the yolk of eggs, and shortly after
ward in compliance with his request he
was given a small quantity of koumisS
which he swallowed without discomfort
Later in the morning as there was nc
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-09-02
THE DEVIL BoMBARDING NORTH
IDAHO.
The Buffalo Hump Vomiting Fire and Throw
ing Stones Fifteen Miles.
Wdld Wdld Statesman.

A special dispatch to the Statesman from
Lewiston states that Buffalo Hump, III Idaho
county, |. T., is all active volcano. Many of
the old settlers will remember this as the
scene of the great gold excitement i'll 1862,
when 10000 men left Florence, then in It's
glory, on a wild goose chase after diggin.s
that were reported to be so rich that gold
was being taken out, not by the ounce, but
by the tin cup full. IL was the squarest blk
the honest miner ever experienced, and was
gotten up by merchants solely for the pur-
pose of getting rid of their supplies at the
most exorbitant prices. When the excite
ment was at its hight flour aud beans COM
manded over one dollar per pound, and the
poor but honest, |. e., legally honest, miner,
on arriving at the place his chart indicated
as being the Pactolian stream, found nothing
to warrant his toll, and so returned to Flor
ence in a snow storm on the 4th day of July.
The Buffalo Hump is a landmark i'll the
mountains, and can be seen for scores of
miles. 1t derives its name from its rescm-
blance to the hump of buffalo. There are
many of our citizens who went on the above
excitement who would not be sorry to know
that the Hump was not only eruptng, but
that 1t had disappeared from the face Of the
earth. All who went on the trip have felt
sore over il, although two decades have
elapsed since IL occurred.
From Judge Buck of Lewiston we gather
more details respecting the eruption at
Buffalo Hump. At Mount Idaho the erup-
ton was so loud that the people rushed out
of doors, thinking that a cannonading was
taking place, and found the atmosphere full
of smoke. The Assessor of the county,
John Rainey, reported that he was in that
section of the country, fifteen miles from
the Hump, and that the cracking was terri
BILE to hear. Stones fell about him and de-
stroyed the foliage of the trees, and flame,
which he estimated to be 800 fee. high, shot
up from the mountain. Taking the affair
altogether in connection with the earth
quake of the Sth inst, there is little doubt
but that it is all true, and if so, there is no
way of telling what effect the volcano will
have on the country In the way of climatic
changes, etc. The country around there is
volcanic, and lava abounds all over the
vicinity.
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THE WOE ST HAS PASSED.

DR.. Hamilton Says the Patient Will Recover.
NEW YORK, August 29.-Dr. Hamilton
said TO a reporter of the Erening Post: The
President is in more hopeful condition
than have seen him at any time. There Is
more ground for encouragement and should
feel greatly disappointed If he did not get
well. / ascribe his improvement to other
causes wholly independent of the suppura-
ton of the gland. / mean 1t is in no meas
ure, in my judgment, due to the elimination
of poison by the gland. have reasons to
believe his symptoms are not due to pyemia,
but do not care to give my reasons al this
time. l cannot think Of anything that will
defeat his wished for and almost assured re-
covery. The fears that we shall sustain a
disappointment are unfcunded, think, and
my eliza: ices ia Washington agree with me
entirely"
NEW York, August z9.-Fle Graphic
says: DIR. Hamilton arrived this morning.
He said to q reporter
Z" | think you will be we'll pleased If tell
you the President is going to get well.r
|" There is no doubt of it in your mind
then. doctor?"
!" None whatever now. / have no time
now to dwell at length upon the subject and
beg you will exeiise me. The worst has
passed, anyway"
:" Is there any Indication of an abscess be-
ing formed on the Presidents lungs, aud has
any been discovered in the joints of his
limbs, as was indicated in this mornings
papers ?'
Neither report is true" replied the doc
tor, "and furthermore there is not the
slightest indication of either"
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A Plan for Getting Rid of Guiteau.

NEW YORK, August 27.--The Worlds
Philadelphia special says: Colonel Cork
hill, United States District Attorney for the
District Of Columbia, who has been taking
a vacation at Cape May, left to-day for
Washington. Colonel Corkhill Is reported
to have said that he has been informed of an
organization in Washington whose purpose
Is, in the event Of GaIfield's death, to break
Jail and put an immediate end to the life of
Guiteau. Their desire is to hang Guiteau
by slow process, and in the meantime each
member of the organization Is TO be allowed
to put bullet into Guiteau's body, taking
care not to strike him in any vital point
until the last moment. The Colonel says he
has good reason for a belief that the guards
of the Jail, who are all eX-Union soldiers,
know of this secret organization, and are In
sympathy with it. He is further reported to
have said, that 1t has been with the utmost
difficulty that the Warden at the Jail has
prevented these guards from finding some
excuse for killing Guiteau. This, 1t Is al
legged, in measure explains the encounter
which took place recently between the
guard and GuIteau in the latter's cell.
Guiteau, it is said, knows that the guards
want to kill him, and for that reason he has
suffered great mental anguish since the first
relapse of the President. He is so nervous
that he gets little or no sleep. The Colonel
says that while he believes no torture Is too
great TO be visited Oh Guiteau, he must see
the law obeyed; which protects Guiteau and
reserves for him fair trial before jury of his
countrymen. He says it would never do to
go to the world that in the capital of the
Nation, the officers of the law were unable
TO enfore Its mandates, and were at the
mercy of the mob. All that will be neces-
sary TO secure the Jail from the interference
of a mob will be battery of artillery, and
there are now three batteries OF artillery
STONED at the arsenal In Washington, aud
about $50 marines at the Navy Yard.
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THE wIFE's COURAGE.
"we win Not Give Up Until the End Itself is
HeH Upon U.s.

Upon U.s.
NEW YORK, August 29.-ihe Posts
Washington special says: "As hope returns
anxiety Of last Friday. 1t appears that the
surgeons, after learning the symptoms of
that morning, decided that it was all useless
to continue the struggle longer, and two OF
their number were selected To wait on Mrs.
Garfield and inform her that medical skill
could do no more. She must prepare for the
worst. The interview which occurred be-
tween these surgeons and Mrs. Garfield,
will, IL reports are true, be regarded as one
of the most dramatic incidents In this extra
ordinary case. #s
Capt. Henry, Marshal Of this District, and
q friend ofthe President and his family, says
Mrs. Garfield heard the news, and smothering
her emotion arose and said: Gentlemen,
You shall not give him up. He Is not going
to die. He Is going to live, l feel IL, know
IL. Go back TO your post and leave II not
until every remedy is exhausted. Until
death itself has set his seal upon him, for
will not believe he Is dying. Go back and
do what you can. You cannot do more, but
don't give ny. am his wife. and l say We
will not give up until the end itself Is upon
u.s." Mrs. Garfield has never surrendered
more than moment or two 1t . time TO her
grief, and then she hrs retired TO her room,
and aiter brief absence returned TO her
post Of duty Il the President's bedside.
The late gain i apparent IN four import
ant points, namely: pulse, lower md
stronger; stomach wOfia betfer; inhained
gland throwing on - disturbing contents,
end the ofiginel wound Y ssAin rss1mins -
~ s.x~~S~~(..1tw 5000 esx<,A3zop sxvt~fa
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On OCTOBER Is, 1879, the Northern Pa
cific Railroad Co. directors adopted the fol-
lowing resolution: Ma.
Resolred, That the agricultural lands of
the company west of the Missouri river TO
Puget Sound shall be offered for sale to ac-
tual settlers at the government price of tive
dollars and half, cash, per acre, with an ad-
dition Of ten cents per acre TO be paid to the
company to reimburse II for the cost of sur
veying, selecting and conveying said lands.
This resolution does not apply to coal and
iron lands nor to lands chiefly valuable for
timber; nor TO lands required for town sites;
nor In regions where water Is scarce, to
lands containing springs or other natural
supplies, where IL shall be for the interest Of
settlers at large that such water privileges
shall not be exclusively held or controlled
by any individuals; nor to lands required
far the use of the company in connection
with the operation of the road.
Uuder this many applications have been
filed with the General Land Agent, and, al
though not regarded by those we'll informed
as having any legal significance, the Agent
now states that they were regarded by some
as "filings" and have been productive of
mischief Agent Newport has therefore dis
continued acknowledging these filings, but
says actual settlers will be given the prefer
cnce In purchase. In this connectiun we
deem 1t right to remind applicants for rail-
road sections that this resolution Is not con-
sidered legally binding and may be rescinded
by the Directory at any time. The change
in management renders it probable that
some action will be taken at an early day.
and we know It TO be the opinion OF part
Of the Directory that the above resolution is
not to the interest Of the company and an eff
fort will be made to rescind 1t and grade the
lands according to their value, placing the
desirable agricultural lands at higher figure
than rated above, and the less valuable gra-
zing lands at lower figure. 1t is likely this
matter was brought before the Board at It's
meeting last Saturday. afa
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THE GAY OLD SPOTTED TAIL.
A "we man scrape" the Cause of Hi. Death
Press and Dakotia,,, August 18Th.

Press and Ddkotia,, August 18Th.
From the parties who were in town Friday
from the Rosebud Agency some additional
particulars of the killing of Spotted Tail and
the causes of the tragedy were obtained. 1t
seems that there is big scandal at the bot
tom Of the affair. The distinguished chief
tain, like some other men of national re-
nown, is not remarkable for his chastity.
Though he has several wives of his own, he
Is credited with from one hundred to one
hundred Ind fifty elopements, the wives of
other Indians being the partners of his shame
upon these occasions. His love affairs were
only temporary, his victims being returned
i'm the course of time to their husbands, and
wounded honor cured by few presents.
Spotted Tails last exploit was with the wife
of a member of his band, named Thigh. He
took her from her home to some remote
summer resort upon the reservation aud de-
tanned her three or four days. Upon return
ing her to her injured husband, Spotted Tail
erandly informed that individual that his
squaw was returned to him unframed, and
as recompense for his temporary depriva-
ton of her society, Thigh could select four
of the best horses in his (Spot's) herd. This
was tempting offer, for the old chief was
well fixed for horse-fesh, but Thigh did not
see fit to accept the proposition, and there
were omnous murmers among his friends
over the transaction. Crow Dog, who held
grudge against Spotted Tail for killing his
friend, Big Mouth, few years ago, sided
with Thigh. Al the feast mentioned in the
official report of the murder, the immoral
habits of Spotted Tail were freely discussed,
and after the gathering broke up, Grow Dog
determined OH an interview withthe offender
As lie approached that dignitary, Spotted
Tail reached for his pistol. Grow Dog was
too quick for him, and sent bullet through
his breast before he could draw. After being
shot, Spotted Tail made an Intellectual at
tempt TO return the compliment and fell
dead in the effort. This is the Indian ver-
sion Of the murder.
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ton, and of the American Academy o
Science.

ton, and of the American Academy OF
Science.
Brevet Major General Joseph X. Barnes,
Surgeon General United States Army, was
born in Philadelphia in 1917, and graduated
at the University of Pennsylvania in 1888.
In 1910 he was appointed in the army ana
served in the Florida Indian troubles under
General Harvey. During the Mexican war
he was chief medical officer of the Cavalry
Brigade, and was in almost every action on
SCOTS and Taylors lines He was one of the
first medical officers ordered East from Ore
gon in 1861, Mt the outbreak of the war, when
he was placed on special duty rs assistant in
the Surgeon-Generals Office. On the organi-
cation of grades of medical inspection he
was promoted to Lieutenant-C Colonel and
subsequently to medical inspector-General,
with the rank of Colonel. Soon afterward
he became acting Surgeon-General, and In
1864 was appointed Surgeon-General, with
the rank of Brigadier-G General, which posi-
ton he still holds.
DIR. Reyburn was born in Scotland in 1888,
and came to the United States when quite
young. In 1856 he graduated at the Philadel-
phia Medical College and practiced his pro-
fession in that city until 1862, when he en-
tered the Union Army rs medical officer OF
volunteers, having the same year settled III
Washington, where he still resides. In 1867
he was appointed to the regular army, and
has since become member of the American
Medical Association and Vice-President Of
the Washington Medical Society. He was
O.. H., If NJ tl,n ErnnImpn'S RnrpAn
was Professor of Surgery and Dean of the
Faculty of Howard University, and in 1876
was appointed Professor of Surgery and
Dean of the Faculty of Georgetown Col
lege, District of Columbia. He is also dis
tinguished writer on medical subjects.
DR.. Frank Hastings Hamilton was born in
Vermont in 1918 and graduated at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania in 1888. In 1862,
after having practced in Auburn, N. Y, he
removed to New York City, where he speed
lily obtained large patronage. During the
war he was medical inspector in the army,
and has long gained the reputation of being
one of the first surgeons in this country. He
is the author of several standard works per-
tanning 10 his profession and the inventor of
a number of delicate and complex instru-
meuts now regarded as indispensable in the
practice of surgery.
DIR. ID. Hayes Agnew was born in Pennsyl-
vania in 1878, and was educated at Jefferson
College and the University of Pennsylvania.
He early became distinguished as surgeon
and general practitioner in medicine. For
many years he held the professorship of sur
gerry in several institutions of note, and is
celebrated for his skillful, rapid and success
full operations. His reputation as an author
in the departments of surgery and anatomy
is widespread also.
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A Report Denied.

CHICAGO, August 27.--The Times WASH
ington special says: A lady who conyersed
with Mrs. DIR. Edison, expressed warm SYM
pathy for Mrs. Garfield, and referring at the
same time to the report that she soon expects
TO increase her maternal cares. "Mrs. Gar
field Is in her usual vigorous health, replied
Edison, and there Is not a word of truth In
the statement to which you refer. IL Is re-
ported that when Mrs. Garfield was notified
by DIR. Boynton last night that only mira
Gle could save her husband, she said: "Then
that miracle win occur; my husband will
recover; he must"
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A RAILROAD war of unprecedented mag
nitude looms up In the horizon. An agree
ment was made last year that the Burlington
road should abstain from building 10 Dem
yer, and the Wabash and Union Pacific
should keep out Of the Iowa territory Of the
Burlington. Since that date the Wabash
has made Its entry into Des Moines and
Gould Is arranging TO extend the Missouri
Pacific TO Omaha. The result Of several
conferences at the Burlington headquarters
was a notice to the Gould lines that the
compact was dissolved by bad faith. Gould
then threatened to run the Missouri, Kansas
aud Texas road into Chicago by q parallel
line from Quincy. Next came the Santa Fe
with protest against the extension Of the
Burlington line to Denver. Another fire
brand was movement by Gould toward an
alliance Of the Atchison, Texas Pacific and
Union Pacific interests against the Central
and Southern Pacific. President Huntington
then pledged himself TO extend the Central
Pacific TO Yankton should Gould carry out
his plans. The latest scheme is one for an
alliance between the Burlington, Rio Grande
and Central Pacific Roads against Gould and
his co-parceners, for which negotiations are
said to be In progress. The Rock Island
and Northwestern roads have each large
interest In the Denver traffic aud must take
sides In the controversy. Chicago Times,
10Th.