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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-02-10
CRIME.

JOHN NINEGROw, an insane man, while
being taken to jail at Rockford, ILL.,, asked
permission to walk behind the sleigh and
get his feet warm. In few seconds he
was discovered to have cut his throat from
ear to ear.
A MEMBER of the Maine legislature.
named Thomas B. Swan, has been swind-
ling the public through the mails, having
received thousands of dollars in answer to
circulars
THREE of the Mexicans who murdered
Colonel Charles Potter, of the geological
survey, were taken from jail at Albuquer-
que, New Mexico, and hanged by citizens,
on the Sd inst
Mrs. S,LLIE KEENE, of Philadelphia,
became insane in watching over her only
child during an attack of smallpox, and
hanged herself when she learned from the
physicion that it could not survive the
week
A CoLORED porter, employed in the post
office at Indianapolis, named John Will
son, confesses having stolen 1872 worth of
stamps. His predecessor in the office was
a Methodist preacher, who is in the peni-
tentiary for similar thefts.
A WEALTHY farmer of Hamilton county,
Indiana, named Isaac Hayworth, has been
dC Will Il UOy cOH-
panion, in passing counterfeit silver coin.
The arrest is considered one of great i'm
pOrtance.
VIM. SANGER, a stock dealer, while going
to his home at Reimholdburgh. Ohio, on
| the 7th inst, was attacked by highway
men, and robbed of $500 in money. He
was also beaten to insensibility.
ALBERT BENTON, a desperate confined
in jail at Leavenworth for burglary, at
tempted the liberation of twenty five pris-
( Ioners by knocking the guard senseless
with billet of wood. Sheriff Lowe ar
rived at the right instant to checkmate
the game.
CHARLES CLARKsoN, the engi ineer of the
Lake Shore dummy train, who resides
near Colehour, n. Y, was early on
| Wednesday morning the victim of fend-
ish trick. Being aroused by some one in
his house, he grasped revolver and be-
gan Investigations, when tin cup full OF
vitriol was thrown into his face, from
which he suffers terribly He seems to
| know the cause of the crime
WHAT will doubtless prove to be an in
surance swindle has been developed at
Fillmore, Mo-, by the exhumation of the
coffin of James Riggan, who was said to
have committed suicide at North Platte
Neb. The casket contained only Nebraska
sand, and the insurance policy was large
enough to force contest from the com.
panies interested.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-02-10

McMaster, carriage manufacturers, of
Bath, \. H.. with liabilities at $4,000
INDEPENDENCE HALL, on Twentv-second
street, Chicago, owned by the Coolbaugh
estate, was burned on the 9TH inst, the
loss aggregating $20,0 600.
WILEY EMBREY, a respected farmer of
Butler county, Kentucky, and six of his
children were burned to death, on the Sd
inst, Mrs. Embrey and daughter escaping.
The fire broke out in an upper room after
the family had retired
( EIGHT Cinnamon out of a party cutting
timber near Santa Cruz, Cal, were buried
alive, on the I'd inst, by a landslide from
the mountain.
GEN. JOAN w. BUTLER, warden of the
Utah pententiary, lies in an unconscious
condition from stroke of paralysis He
is about 60 years of age and was naval
officer during the war.
THE rains in California are the most
destructive ever known on the Pacific
coast. The country flooded is wheat
ground.
THE county schools around Oconomo-
voc, Wis, have been closed on account of
measles, and II le disease is spreading in
the city.
AN express train on the Cheshire rail
road ran into freight near Fitzwilliam,
n. H., on the 8th inst. The engineer.
John Dawson, leaped from the locomotive
and broke his neck
II. w. FAIRBANKS, of Petrolia, Ont,
student at the university at Ann Arbor,
Mich. shot himself dead in hotel parlor
in that city, on the 4th inst, in presence
of two women who had gone from Detroit
to see him, one of them claiming to be his
wife.
THE rise in the Kansas river at Kansas
City has thoroughly alarmed the citizens
1t is predicted that unless five bridges
give way to the ice gorge will ensue
that will do vast damage. Some fear that
the Hannibal railroad bridge will toppIe
when the ice breaks in the Missouri
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-02-10

THE six-days go-as-you-please inter
national pedestrian contest for the
championship and the OLeary belt,
closed in New York ut $50 o'clock Sat
urdav night The score of the five
men who, out of the thirty that started
Monday morning, remained on the
track ut the finish, is as follows:
Hughes, 56Ss miles and 165 yards; AL
bert, 558; Vint, $50; Krohne, 500,
Howard, 5158; Campana, 425. Hughes
score is the highest on record. The
receipts of the week aggregated about
sS 900
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-02-10

TIE proposition of a New Jersey
grand jury looking to the restoration of
the whipping-post for the punishment
Of wife-beaters has been taken up by
Mr. Bergh, ut whose instance bill on
the subject has been introduced in the
New York legislature. This bill pro
vides that every male person who may
beat or mutilate any female shall, up
on conviction thereof, be liable to
punishment by the intlictiOn of not
less than twenty-five strokes or lashes,
which shall be sturdily laid on, upon
the bare back of said offender, by
means of whip or lash of such pro
portions and strength as will insure the
carrying out of the spirit and letter of
this statute" The whipping must be
done privately, and in the presence of
a duly-licensed physician or surgeon.
There can be no doubt that the penal
les now imposed by lawupon the class
of brutes who amuse themselves by
heating their wives, are entirely made
quate, the number of such offenders
increasing rather than diminishing
with every year; but whether the RENE
dy now proposed would be any more
effective is at least open to questions
That Il man who will beat or maltreat
woman, is, however, brutal enough
TO deserre brutal punishment, admits
of no dispute whatever.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-02-10


TIE war in South America between
Chill and the allied nations of Peru and
Bolivia is drawing to close, the allies
being defeated at all points. The con-
ditions ipeace which Chill offers to
her discomftted opponents are onerous
in the extreme, and will if accepted,
almost impoyerish the two worsted ma
tions. Among the conditions demand
ed by the Chilian cOnquerOr are the
ccssion of the province of Astofagasta
to Chill; the surrender Of the allied
fleet and the payment of an indemnity
Of $30,O00,O00, whereof Peru shall as
sumo $2O,000,O00 and Bolivia S10,00O,-
600; Chill to occupy Gallo and work
the guano deposits and the copper and
saltpetre mines until the payment of
the indemnity is made. Chill appears
to act on the maxim that "to the victor
belongs the spoils."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-02-10
Trouble Ahead.

When the appetite fails, and sleep grows rest
less and unrefreshing, there is trouble ahead.
The digestive organs when healthy crave food, the
nervous system when vigorous and tranquil gives
its possessor no uneasiness at night. A tonic, to
be effective, should not be mere appetizer. nor
are the nerves to be strengthened and soothed by
the unaided action of sedative or narcotic.
What is required is medicine which invigorates
the stomach. and promotes assimilation of food by
the system, by which means the nervous system
as well as other parts of the physical organism
strengthened. These are the effects of Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters, medicine whose reputa-
ton is founded firmly in public confidence, and
which physicians commend for its tonic anti
bilious and other properties. 1t is used with the
best results in fever and ague, rheumatism kid
ney and uterine weakness and other maladies.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-02-10
Terrible Storm i'm Great Britain.

The weather in Great Britain last
week was the severest known for over
twentv years. For two or three days,
owing to the heavy snow, business was
at standstill, not only in the open
country, but in London itself. Street
traffic was entirely suspended, and but
for the underground railroad there
would have been no getting about. In
some parts of the city the snow drifted
to the height Of five feet. The Thames
overfowed its banks, and many persons
living IN the low parts were compelled
to seek the roofs of their houses to
escape the tide. The number of yes
sells sunk is estimated at over hun
dred, and some lives are reported to
have been lost in the sudden rising of
the water. The Woolwich pier was
swept away, and great damage was
done to shipping andihe warehouses
along shore. 1t IS estimated that
20, ,OO0, 900 will scarcely cover the dam
| age done. Hundreds of poor families
have been made homeless, the flood
rising to the height of ten feet at many
places. Even the houses of parliament
were flooded. At one time it was
that it would be necessary to adjourn
the session on account of the lack of q
quorum, many members being unable
to'reach the building.
Numerous wrecks, attended with loss
of life, are reported along the coast.
Seven vessels went ashore at Yarmouth
and more than fifty persons were
drowned there. Near Cardiff seven
teen vessels. were stranded and viii go
to pieces.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-02-10

THE total population of the United
States, as shown by the report of the
superintendent of the census, is So
lo2,866. The representative popula-
ton, after deducting the territories and
District of Columbia, is fixed at 49,
3o9,o90. The present House consists
Of 293 members, the ratio of appor-
tionment being one representative for
131, ,425. If the whole number of re-
resentatives shall remain as at pre-
sent, the new ratio will be increased to
16S,500; but if Mr.. Cox's bill providing
for sol members shall be passed. the
ratio will be about 167 ,0OO Under this
last apportionment Arkansas, Califor-
MIA, Iowa, Michigan, Mississippi, South
Carolina and West Virginia would gain
one each: Kansas would gain three;
Texas, four; Minnesota and Nebraska,
two each, while Pennsylvania, Ohio,
New Hampshire, Maine, Indiana, Ten
nessee, Florida, and Vermont would
lose one each, and New York would
lose two. If the public sentiment shall
pe consulted, no increase will be made
III the membership of the house, and
II y probable that this will be the final
outcome OF the legislation on the sub
ject.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-02-10

TIE New York T1ibme's London
correspondent telegraphs that there is
knowledge of the existence of Irish
plots to destroy Woolwich, Plymoth,
and Hyde Park magazine and Windsor
Castle In all these plccs the guard
has been doubled, and strong force
Of troops has been dispatched to defend
them, the police having full informa-
ton of murderous designs. These re
ports stimulate the anti-Irish feeling
throughout England and in parliament,
and are probably gotten up for that
purpose.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-02-10
Mrs. Parting StOn Says

don't take any of the rostrums, as they
are regimental to the human cistern;
but put your trust in Hop Bitters,
which will cure general dilapidation,
costive habits and all comic diseases.
They saved Isaac from very severe ex-
tact of tripod fever. They are. the ne
plus asnunl of n1edicines.-Boston Globe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-02-10
Census Returns.

The census returns show that our
aggregate population has advanced
from 38, 8,555, 1888 in 1870, to 100000,
in round numbers. The number of
states having over million inhabitants
has risen from ID to 19, but there is no
change in the relative position of the
first eight, which are New York, Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, In
diaua, Massachusetts, and Kentucky.
Iowa has risen from eleventh place to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-02-10

THE government of Florida has made
4 contract with some Philadelphia and
Pacific coast capitalists to drain Lake
Okechobee, in South Florida. If the
scheme is carried out, 100000 acres
Of the best sugar land in the world will
be reclaimed. The territory reclaim
ed will include the celebrated Ever
glades, and will be in extent twice as
large as the state of New Jersey. This
is the largest contract on record, and,
when completed, Florida can produce
mole sugar than the United States now
CONSUMES
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-02-10
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

The boiler of the steam-yacht Carrie
exploded in the harbor of Baltimore, on
the 4th inst, four men being killed.
THE Central Square Baptist church, in
Cambridge, Mass. valued at $4,000, was
totally destroyed by fire on the 5th inst
THE failure is announced of Loomis &
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-02-10
Milwaukee Market.

MILWAUKEE,. Feb. 8.-Flour-Dull and weak.
Wheat-Opened steady; closed firm; No. /.
hard, nominal; No. l, nominal; No. 2, 95A;
95A for seller February; 961z for seller
March; 971l for seller April; No. 3, 81; No.
4, 7414; rejected, nominal. Corn Lower; No.
2, 20; Rye-Quiet and unchanged; No. l. 871l
Barley-Duil. No. 9, 1917.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-02-10

The white house receptions are now
much more largely attended than they
were, and mainly by strangers in Wash
iO0tOn
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-02-10
NEWS NOTES.

Senator Edmunds is reported to have
saved $225,000 from. the proceeds of his
law practice.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-11-15
Married Last Night.

The Southern Methodist church wa>
filled lat evening with friends of Mr.. FL
ward Dice and Miss Ida Y. Fair. who had
assembled Ia witness the ceremony of join
ing them in the holy bonds of matrimUnv
10y the pastor, Rev j. G. Shackelford. Al
the conclusion Of the words which made
them one for lille they were conveyed la the
residence of Mr.. Cleo. r. Dugan. where a
reception WAS held. after which refresh
mentS were served, and the evening spent
in a remarkably pleasant manner
The groom iS a wcll-known painter, VIII"
ha> been employed for wears past by Mr.
Dugan. while the bride j. daughter al :.
j. Is. Fair, car,,emter well known in this
section of the country
The be>t wishes "i ;he Baz"o are hereby
the Young couple who have
started ont 80 auspiciomsly in life.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-11-15
APPLETON CITY.

-Business Is booming in the new bank.
Who gave her the yellow silk hand
kerchief?
I -Bu>iness OF all kinds has been brisk
during the past week.
=. VI King is the happy. proud father
OF bouncing girl baby.
I The school is tlourishng finely under
the management OF Prof. l>bell
1t i, time the lumber yard, Of our city
cease To afford refuge for prostitutes
. Born To Mrs. Nancy J. Howell. on the
Eth inst, q boy. Mother and child doiup
finely.
II. ". Grantlcy and family are SPEND
ing 4 few days with relatives i'm Rioomin.-
ton, ill.
Rev. IL III. Jackson has been holding
very Interesting series OF meetings east Of
town, IN the. Ohio settlement
We are glad To- note the filling uf II
the we'll III the northwest corner 81 I},IrIrv
Hall block. IL has long been q nuisance
AMI should have been filled up Ion. a.o.
Policeman Nichols has his lett *
drap>d III uIourHin@ since the attrav iii
the big mukc from nevada CITY. The
mokr. however, was caIaho,',ed Just The
same
Or. II. II. TAYLOR. OF Hudson. most
excellent physician. has taken rooms over
the n'v bank aad will attend To- the. rr4,-
t!ce ii iIF. ~hci,on during hi> STAY in New
York.
-Thc social hop at Durlcv hail On
Thursday night. va, a success socially but
ut financially. 'ioo,, music Wis furnish
ed by The string band 81 Van Hall AM
Williams.
w. T. Eo~~!crry. who was hootk,.,-.r
. hon. time tor Lucksiuger Il >trifi. ha- ..,.-
ccp,ct a position in Kansas Iity. VIII
l. q thorough business man. and we Nh
him Success.
DR.. ". f.. shelton Will leave in a rs
days for New I"r!; City, where M "ill
spend The greater portion ol The winter 4
lie GOES i"r The PURPOSE oi having his IL
:ic daughter TREATED for some G.>,;,~e II
the spine.
MI. powney ha> lid his irtercs; in
the carriage making establishment to j
,ormer PARTNER. MIR Eavm"ud. who vii
'outinH, The business at Iar old stand.
Mr. bpvn,y will devote his entire time H.
te horse and mule trade
Prank Vaudeville met with an :,.ci-
len; last week which might have cost him
li~ lie. He WAS crdcavor!ng L. remove q;
.ap iron, Il she'll loaded with shot when i;
in his hand, laceratin. IL in 49,
raj places. y portion Of the shell struck
a., right ear, tearing out 4 small piece.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-11-15

of his subject which il was necessary To
nan,iie with the utmost deliCacv, he spoke
what he had to say like a gentleman and
= sensible man. He had PRAYED before
his lecture began that ii anything should
be SAID to offend the Almighty II might
be forgiven; but not one word
which was really offensive. not ONLY
{" God, but Ia any Young man present. was
uttered by the preacher. III, said that ii
every young man present who hail heard
of the sin Of masturhation were required
To hold up his hand, every hand in the
house would ga up. They knew abour
these things in old times oman. away
back in the old testament. pra;.tice.i IL and
G"d killed him for IL. Therefor,
was ii also called onani>m. He spoke fully
and freely on the subject, al it, effect ON
the health AMI the intellect. ami ni It's pre-
valcnce. He spoke 81 the obscene literature
"i the country. and the part il had in los
tcring this terrible evil He spoke ri the
practice oi th">c iicndS In human
shape VIII" get the catalogues az schools
ana >cminari,> attended bv both sexes. ami
send these "i'>ceuc papers and books L.
them. He gave - solemn warming L. care
les parents, and described = pastoral visit
{" the home of one of his pari>hioncr>.
where he found q copy ri the Police News
on the ccmtcrtabie, with graphic truth.
The BAZO6 regrets that More iuil
SYNOPSIS of this lecture. - iraught with
EARNEST teachings tU vuun. n.cu. cauuut IL.
given, on account "l limited space. Thu
,..rvicc closed with singing the household
'uns:, familiar tn all the world. In the
sweet Bvc AMI Bye" All Joined. AMI rh,
glorious hymn rose >wectly uV 1" Heaven.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-11-15
PILOT GROVE ITEMS.

-BUsines> has heen quite active durin.
tie pas, week.
-Jno. O>bourne j, building a neat. >,o-
>tantial residence.
DR. +. O. p,ndleion ha, >old h;- -
dyncc L. Robt Hartman.
Pilot Grove has To date twenty stores
and shops, With several others prospective.
Mrs. GENTRY i building d store room
to nc occupied nv Nat Harris with STICK
OF general merchandise.
The Pilot Grove Institute has eighty
pupils enrolled. aui i in Il houri,nin.
condition in every respect.
The authorities have inau4urattd :
V ar against the village "coons" Tor .nirac-
tion> ri neral and statue law.
Mrs. J. .. Quiulinc. the fa>hionab,
rli!liucr ami dre>>ruaker. i doing an uu-
r,-u.;.iy good business this season selling
hats ana cutting and fitting dresses.
Mr. r H. Harris has purchased sew
eral acres oI land ia the suburbs ii J. ".
k,e. ami expects To- build a re>iderce than
viii reflect credit upon the town.
-McCutchtr Bro>.-Jim auG Harry
shipped q ear load of sheep To- Vernon
county las, Wednesday,. Tn, bows expect
{, make that county their future nomc.
The statement Published in ,he BtI.o
and other papers 20 the effect rhtJ ch5
,miersuj who obtained money from u
He. through mistake, haJ been cysr,aE-n
bv q detective - thi~ place : a ans
take Tit party was arrested ~
Marshal i. C. smith anil .ar
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-11-15
4 Brothers Ingratitude
wHl.~.tFr PAS special T.. ca..s,a r.m-~.

WE,l,-.y..r Pa ~i..ja' o. ID. ts9 FINES.
About ,ix months ago Thomas "
row. blacksmith employed in the
mines here. sent to Wales Tor his
brother William: paving his passage
to ,hi- country. Upon his arrival he
vas token - live III his brother
family aud went to work in the mines.
ON Saturday lat William told his
brother that he was going to take his
~j~.,r-iu law aud the two children cu
am excursion 10 Plymouth, a few miIes
below this city. Thomas made ~ Oh
lection. amt The party LEFT. Night
came and rHcvdid not return. Iester-
dav morning brought mo- tidine> FROM
the ahscntecS, and the husband went
to Plymouth IN search If them. IL
t1uod no trace. however. Of the mis-
inc family, and he returned and made
further inquiries. y nejehhor tolG
him something that aroused his SU>-
p;cion>, and he went To one Of the de-
pots in the city and there a>certained
that the brother had bought tickets
for St Louis for the whole party.
They bad departed ON the late train.
To-day Thomas lett with Il desire e
overhaul the clippers and recover the
children. He >wearS vengeance On
his brother for destroying his peace
and happiness.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-11-15
out in the Cold

Ou ti- arrival ui tlt. train from ta,
morning. ;iir teI., wJi.iUI room was
closed amt MANY Pa--. .i-.l~ were ygu,-
i-.ivd To- remain "u tL- outside. thereby
suffering greatly wi;L the c.ld. The Pc
iicr were present and escorted several ui
them 20 places wh-rc their were fires, aUd
IN lhis manner a majority uI them wcrr
made comfortable. quite number oi
them. however. were in anything hTt a
pleasant frame ii mind ar account 81 being
locked out.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-11-15

November %. clock u. m, Mr.. Msry
Flanagan aged ahou, sixty years.
The funeral will take place from the
residence Of her >ou-iu-ldw, Daniel Leon
ari, ou Engineer. between Fifth AMI sixth
streets, al 10 o'clock y. M, tomorrow.