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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-18
Official Account of the Murder of the
Sioux Chief Spotted Tail.

YANKToN. D. T., Aug. 12-The Off
cial account of the murder of Spotted
Tail was received here last night by
General Cook, agent of the Spotted Tail
Indians, from acting agent Clar. 1t
runs as follows:
About noon of the 9TH inst. Spotted
Tail reported at the agents office to re-
ceive instructions regarding his con-
templated visit to Washington, he hav-
ing been selected as one of the repre-
sentatives of the Sioux nations at the
coming conference at the national cap
ital He was urged to start at once, as
letter from the Indian office directed
him to report to agent Andrus at the
Yankcon agency, no later than the 9Th
inst. AS the delegation from the Pine
Ridge agency was to reach Rosebud
agency on the evening of the 5th, Spot
ted Tail concluded to wait till the next
morning and go with the Red Cloud
delegation to the Yankton agency. This
arrangement having been concluded
upon, Spotted Tail decided to have
talk with his people that afternoon and
receive an expression Of their views up
on subjects to come before the confer
ence. Bicding Clar goodbye, saying
that he would call at his office in the
evening to receive any further instruc-
tions which might occur to that gentle
man, Spotted Tail left for the Indian
village to confer with his people. An
interview was held with the Indians.
They had big talk and feast and the
council broke up. Spotted Tail mount
ed his horse and started homeward, the
Indians we're scattering in all directions
with the noted chief somewhat in ad-
vance of the others, he being the first
out of the lodge. After leaving the
council lodge Crow Dog was seen ap-
preaching Spotted Tail. He had his
wife with him. He got out of the wag-
on and was stopping down. When
Spotted Tail rode up to him he sudden
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-18
CRIME.

A PROMINENT grain commission firm in
Toledo is about to be held up for dealing
in fraudulent bills of lading.
PARKER, the Adirondack guide, who as
saulted Mrs. Bell was shot through the
breast by constable before he would
surrender
ARTHUR BRUCE was arrested in Cincin-
natl for passing counterfeit silver coins,
and found to be notorious criminal from
Detroit.
THE murder of Spotted Tail seems to
have been done in cold blood. Crow Dog
has been sent 10 Fort Niobrara to await
trial for murder.
Mr.. STARB1RD, husband of the postmis-
tress at Rock Island Junction. Mo, was
caught stealing letters from the mails,
and sent to Kansas City.
EDWARD S. RANsDELL, letter-carrier
of Indianapolis, has been arrested for
opening letters, and has made full con-
fession of his crime.
The night clerk in the St. Nicholas no,
tel at Lexington. KY, checked plot to
burn the house. The conspirators had re-
moved the tips of several gas-iets and a
two-inch main.
IT is rumored in New Orleans that the
convicts in camp near Washington, La,
engaged in building the Morgan railroad,
killed Captain HAYDEN and two other Of
ficers, and made their escape.
THE Alliance Insurance company, Of
Boston, has caused the arrest of President
Long and Treasurer Howard for the en-
bezzlement of 81 900, for which they had
been indicted by the grand jury. They
gave bail III s., 900 each.
WHILE the steamer Handy was approach
ing Portsmouth. o., fourteen shots were
fired into her from wagon on the river
bank. One bullet barely missed a lady
passenger. The pilot was compelled to
lie fiat during the shooting.
A FEUD between Eli Dickey and Benia-
min Hogan, of Richmond, Mo-, led to
terrible slashing of the former with a
knife. A tent was raised in the court
house yard, and the sufferer is receiving
the best medical attention under the
canvas.
VIsCoUNT NoGUEIRAs, the Portuguese
minister to the United States. has again
been turned out of the hotels at Williams
town, Mass, for insulting female en-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-18
GRAND RAPIDS WIS., THURSDAY, AUGUST IS, 1881
pIoyes, although he paid slO6 per week
for himself and two sons.

ployes, although he paid slO6 per week
for himself and two sons.
AN alteration arising at Chevenne
from words passed at variety theatre
ended in the murder of George Dawson.
in the street, by party of unknown men.
Five arrests have been made in connection
with the affair.
VIM. CAMPBELL has served nearly five
years in the Wisconsin penitentiarv for
the assassination of Dan O'Mara at Chip
pewa Falls G. w. Chase, life prisoner
in that institution, now confesses that he
perpetrated the crime for which Camp
bell was incarcerated.
DANIEL GooDNow, an old merchant of
Boston. has been swindled out of S25, 600
by two men who induced him to buy a
vessel and load it with cotton, teas, and
wines for the Pepperen company of Bidde-
ford, Me. The thieves went to St. John
n. B., with the ship, but have not since
been heard from.
ABOUT forty armed and masked men
visited the jail at Fredonia, Kan, to Sc
cure two murderers named Hardin. The
outer door was battered down and the
guards overpowered, but one of the latter
threw his pistol to a prisoner, who NOR
tally wounded the leader of the lynchers,
and stopped proceedings.
THE mystery of the robbery of the Citi-
zens' bank of Paris, KY, by which $4,000
was obtained, is in process of solution.
The wife of a tailor named Cooper, who
was one of those inspected of the crime,
was on yesterday at daylight seen to dig
up large tin box in her back yard, and
she soon after left for Covington to join
her husband. The telegraph interce pied
them, and the missing bonds were secured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-18
Chicago Market.

CHICAGO, Aug. 1t. Flour = Quiet and
frm Wheat Active; firm and higher; unset
tied; excited opened strong, advanced steady,
but clio sed rather pannicky, lower with much ex-
citement; No. 2 red winter, LA; No. 2 Chica-
go spring, l.30 for seller cash and August;
l.l8Xal.l9 for seller September; 1,191IaI19A
for seller October; l.18 for seller the year; sales
I29a1.30 for seller August; 1.183. a. 1.201z
for seller September; 1.18zs a l2OZ for seller Oc
tober; 1.l7A for seller the year; No. Chicago
spring, l.O591.l2 rejected, 80G8l. Corn-Ex-
cited and generally higher; like wheat, but prices
not maintained; 58%a58A for seller cash and
August 59a59]s for seller September; co., for
seller October; 59A for seller November; sales,
57zsa591 for seller August 59a61 for seller Sep
ember; 59Ha63h for seller October; rejected
52h. 0ats-Demand fair; market firm; fuctuat-
ed widely 35%a36 for seller cash; 35l for
seller August, 355s for seller September
80 for seller October; 35 for seller the year; sales
341Ia36 for seller September 3555 a36I for seller
October. Rye-Strong and higher; SO. Bar
ley-Easier; SO. Pork-Strong and higher;
closed easier; 1900 for seller cash; 1870 for
seller September, 1900 for seller October; 1886
for seller the year; sales, l7.95h gl84O for
seller October. Lard-Strong and higher,
closed weak, a1l.45a1l.5O for seller cash; 1l.471z
al1.5O for seller September; 1l.6Oal1.6216 for
seller October. 11.2Oa1I.22K for seller the year.
sales 11.57ha11.85 for seller October. The
"Drover's Journal" reports: Hogs-Receipts,
$4,000; shipments, $500; steady and unchanged;
quality poor; good clearaece; mixed packing,
5.9Oa6.35; choice heavy, 6.4Oa6.9O light, 63Oa
$50; grassers and culls, 5.0Oa6.10. Cattle--Re-
ceipts, 4,5OO; shipments. 2.2OO; strong, active
and frmer; no prime; good to choice shipping,
5.6Oa6.20; common to fair, 4.7O9 5.25; native
butchers. 2.25a4.25; stoekers and feeders, slow,
3.OOa3.75 range cattle wanted; 10c higher; Texan
grassers, 3.0Oa4. 90; natives and half breeds,
4.25a5.25. Sheep-Receipts, LOO; strong, at
3.95a5.O0. The Journals London Liverpool and
Glasgow cable dispatch reports IA &c for cattle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-18
FOREIGN.

GREvY, large village in Switzerland,
has been devastated by flames.
THE American dentists of Europe are
gathered in congress at Wiesbaden
JOHN HILL BURTON, the Scottish histo-
rian and biographer, is dead.
THE viceroy of India asks permission to
aid the ameer of Afghanistan with money
to establish himself.
HALF the troops sent from England to
the Transvaal will be embarked for home
this month.
THE fortress at Puerto Plata, San Do
mingo, was destroyed by an explosion, and
twenty-five lives were lost.
BY an explosion in the government
cartridge factory at Perpgnon, France,
eleven arlllerymen were injured
THE duke of Argyll has married Mrs.
Orson, daughter of the bishop of ST. AL
bans.
EXPRESS trains collided near Blackburn,
England, FIVE persons being killed and
twenty severely injured
IMMENSE frauds have been discovered at
Adrianople, where one Turkish official has
robbed the government of eli, 800.
AT the next session of the house of COM
mons Bradlaugh will possibly succeed in
having the parliamentary oath admins
tered TO him
THE deanery of Westminster has been
rendered to Rev. Henry Montague Butler,
head master of Harrow school, who will
doubtless accept.
The international commissioners have
granted the request ofthe porte for delay
of fifteen days in surrendering the second
zone of territory ceded to Greece.
THE board of trade of her majesty's
government have induced the foreign of
fee to commence negotiations looking to
a consular convention with the United
States.
THE police of Rome have caught gang
of men engaged in coming English sover-
eigns and Italian twenty-five pieces, for
use on the resumption of specie payments.
The British house of commons adjourn
ed at daylight, having finished considera-
alton of the land bill and sent it back to
the house of lords.
A MACHINE operated by four clerks,
which telegraphs twelve hundred words
per minute. is to be feature of the cleo
trleal exhibition at Paris
! a PROCESSION of about two thousand
! persons, with torches and bands. marched
10 Ihe residence of John Dillon, in Dublin,
ana congratulated him upon his release,
lor which he expressed his thanks.
a COMMISSIONER of the London Times,
who has made a tour of the wheat districts
OF England, estimates yield of so bush
els to the acre, and an increased crop of
three million quarters.
THE main difference between the houses
of lords and commons on the Irish land
bill rests upon the limit of compensation
for disturbance The committee of tho
house of lords insist that in no case shall
the amount exceed $500.
DR.. CoRUM has been appointed by the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-18
An Anti Nj OnOpOly Convention Called to
Meet i'm Utica, n. Y. August IS

NEW York, Aug. 10.-The anti-mo-
nopOlists' convention, which is to be
held OF Utica, is attracting considerable
attention on the part of the CONNER
cial interests here, and in all probabili-
ty the gathering will be very largely at
tended. The chamber of commerce
has taken official action on the confer
ence and will be represented at the ses-
sions by delegation of FIVE, the mem
bers Of which-Charles S. Smith, f. B.
Thurber, Jacob Wendell, John S. Ter
ry, and Osgood Welsh-were appoint
ed at special meeting to-day. The
Hepburn committee, it will be re-
memhered, pronounced the charges
that "fagrant abuses existed in the
manageme of the railroads of this
state as fully proven, and recommend
several remedial measures. But the
most important of these were, it is
charged, defeated through the abso-
lutte control of the senate of the state of
New York by railroad corporations.
The railroads persistently discrim-
mate against the property of
the state by charging shippers who
patrOnize the canals in summer higher
rates than others during the winter,
and it is a matter of record that the
railroads of this state are in the habit
of contributing larger sums to control
nominations and elections, the result
of which is shown by the action of the
senate last elected in defeating the
most important bills recommended by
the Hepburn committee, in
PERSISTENT HOSTILITY
to measures looking to the improve
ment Of the canals, in emasculating
the corporation tax bill, and killing the
bill passed by the assembly to prevent
the consolidation of the telegraph COM
panies. The committee set forth
in a resolution 'that reasonable,
uniform, and public rates of freight
Will best serve the interest of both the
public and the railroads; that we will
lngly cOncede rates which will pay
liberal dividends upon the actual cost
of construction of these modern high
ways, but we share the recently pub
lished opinions of the present presi-
dent Of the New York Central & Hud-
son river railroad that the issuance of
first and second mortgage bonds and
common ard preferred stock, each to
the full value of roads now being con-
structed upon which
TREBLED FICTITIOUS VALUE
the public will ultimately be assessed
to pay interest and dividends, together
with other methods Of stock, watering,
a crime against the public which
should be prohibited by severe penal
ties, and that while the stock watering
of the past has in many instance been
sanctioned by law and cannot De reme-
died, immunity from this practice for
the future should be guaranteed to the
public by adequate legal enactments."
The chamber indorsed all these points,
and also the further one urging the
support of their railway friends in the
future for the appointment of board
of railroad commissioners for this state,
and the passage of the Reagan bill for
the regulation of interstate commerce,
which they (the railroads) have so
strenuously opposed in the past.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-18

1t is probably natural that at the last,
scenes which have made the strongest
impressions in life should be recalled
by memory. The old mountaineer,
when he comes to die, with his last
whisper says his snowshoes are lost;
with the stage-driver he is son the down
grade and cannot reach the brake"
the miner "cannot get to the air-pipe;"
the sailor says "eight bells have sound
ed;" and the gambler says his '9ast
trump" A little girl died few years
ago, and, as her mother held her wrist
and noted the fainting and Pickering
pulse, a smile came to the wan face,
and the child whispered, "There's no
more desert here, mamma, but all the
world is full of beautiful flowers" A
moment later the smile became trans
fixed. In an Eastern city not long ago,
Sister of Charity was dying, and at
last from stupor she opened her eyes
and said, at is strange; every kind
word that I have spoken in life, every
tear that have shed, has become a
living flower around me, and they
bring to my senses an incense inefable."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-18

ly raised up and shot him through the
left breast. The chief fell from his
horse, but rose to his feet and made
three or four steps toward Crow Dog,
endeavoring to draw his pistol He
then reeled and fell backward, dead.
Crow Dog jumped into the wagon and
drove off at full speed towards his
camp, some nine miles distant. The
acting agent at once issued orders for
the arrest of Grow Dog under para
graph in the treaty of 1868, which rem
ders him amenable to white man law.
In compliance with this the Indian po-
lice accomplished the arrest of Crow
Dog, and he was sent to Fort Niobrara
to await trial for murder.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-18
milwaukee, Market.

MILWAUKEE,. Aug. 6.-Flour.-Scarce and
higher. Wheat-Unsettled;No No. l hard nominal;
No. l nominal: No. hard, nominal; No. 2,
1.22K; 1.22a for seller August; Liz for
seller September; 1.1815 for seller October;
1.1S% for seller November; 1.191l for seller
December; No. 3, 1.1OK; No. 4, and
rejected, nominal. Corn-Scarce and higher;
No. 2, 57H. 0ats-Higher; No. 2, 36.
Rye-Soarca and higher; No. l, 95. Barley
Unsettled and excited; No 2, 8114
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-18
Nerves that are Never TRANQUIL.

Some peoples nerves seem never to be tranquil.
Question such persons with view to discover the
reason, and you will indubitably learn that they
are dyspeptic, and of an irregular habit of body.
Then you have the reason of their constant nerv-
ousness. They must reinforce their enfeebled d-
gestive organs, and regulate the bowels before
they can hope to have strong nerves. The finest
tonic for nervous people is Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, which insures perfect digestion and as
similation, and the active performance of their
functions by the liver and bowels. As the sys-
TEN acquires tone through the influence of this
benign medicine, the nerves grow stronger and
more tranquil, headaches cease and that name
less anxiety which is popularity of the dyspep-
tic, gives way to cheerfulness. To establish health
a sure foundation use this peerless invigorant.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-18

A CORRESPONDENT at Provincetown
Cape Cod, writes that over fifty whales
nave been killed there this season
some in the inner harbor itself, and the
industry is as yet in its infancy. He
says: "Tne hitherto unlimited 'fn-
back who laughed at harpoons, and
would shake the strongest whaleboat to
pieces in his headlong, tireless rush
across leagues and leagues of sea, un
less warp and iron were promptly sacrl-
need. now comes to the surface, to see
pull of smoke, a tiny jet of red fame,
70 1eel sharp pain of the entering
,"hce, and the last volcanic pang, as the
bursting charge rends apart his vitals.
A narpoon Is planted ere the quivering
hulk SINKS under the bloody foam. and
the warp is buoyed until time and in
cipient decomposition shall bring the
huge body to the surface
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-18

pope to the vacant bishopric of Feves, in
Rhenish Prussia. This is regarded as a
long stride toward a reconciliation be-
tween Germany and the Vatican.
THE police of Quebec have locked up a
swindler named Cole, who pretended to be
relative of the marquis of Salisbury,
and who lived in high style for months in
the Canadian cities without paying any
bills.
THE international exhibition of cleo
tricity was formally opened at Paris by
President Grevy. The American section
way is nearly finished. By Sunday even
ing FIVE hundred Edison lights will be
burning on tie first floor of the hall.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-18

SECRETARY Of war, Robert Lincoln,
has asked General w. S. Hancock,
late democratic candidate for presi-
dent, to command the troops on the
occasion at the celebration of the cen
tennial anniversary of the battle of
Yorktown, and the general has signi-
fled his willingness so to do. Admiral
David d. Porter will command the wal
vessels which will participate in the
celebration, by order of Secretary
Hunt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-18

THE centennial era is coming to a
close. Two big celebrations this fall
will wind it up. The anniversary of
the Yorktown surrender, October 10,
will be participated in by many states
officially and by more thorough indi-
viduals. 1t is intended to put an end
to the anniversary period, as the orig
inal event did to the war, with blaze
Of glory A month hence, September
6 and z, an occasion of quite another
kind, the burning of New London, Ct.,
and the massacre of Fort Griswold,
Will be noticed, both the state and fed
eral governments having made appro-
prlauons. The British force which at
tackled New London was commanded
by Benedict Arnold, but he does not
seem to be directly responsible for the
murder of half the 100 men in Fort
Griswold when it surrendered
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-18

II we are to believe the Paris cores
pondent Of the London Economist, the
reports Of rich harvests in France have
not only been exaggerated but are un-
true. This correspondent claims that
the yield will be less than last year,
which was below the average, and that
the expectation of breadstuffs into
France must be as large as ordinary.
France expects to absorb the surplus
of Russia.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-18

TIE suit brought by General Butler
to stop the sale of the Sprague estate
has caused the closing of all its facto-
ries. The temporary injunction for
bids payments to operatives or expend-
itures for the preservation of property,
thus throwing ten thousand men out of
nmnlnvment
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-18

The National Catholic Total Absti-
nence union, now holding its annual
meeting in Boston, elected Archbishop
Elder, OF Cincinnati, president, but on
his declination chose Rev. J. B. Cotton,
Of Minnesota.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-18

WEAVER is "whooping up" the
greenback cause in Karsas this hot
weather. He has held dozen meet
ings in the state already, and is booked
for a dozen more addresses.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-18

DIR. TANNER has located at Erie, Pa.
He is preparing proposition to the
medical faculty of New York to fast
for three months. He declares that il
the air in his room be strongly charged
with electricity he can obtain the mega
tive element from the disintegration of
his tissue, and fast for ninety-fve days.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-18

FIFTY delegates to the Methodist
ecumenical conference sailed from New
York by the City of Berlin. The cab
in table was loaded with floral tributes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-18
NEWS NOTES.

A LARGE school of sharks has ap-
peared in the Hudson river at New
York, and can daily be seen from the
ferry-bOats.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-18

REV. EDWARD CROWLEY; the New
York shepherd" who starved the
children committed to his care, and
VINO suffered years Imprisonment
for his crime, has written a long letter
for publication, in which hereviews the
testimony brought before the ecclesias-
teal court, and claims that much other
testimony useful to him was withheld
by his enemies. lie appeals to the pub
lie for money to enable him to print all
the testimony in the case.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-18

A CURIOUS story comes from England
to the effect that the action Of the In
ternational Medical Congress, in refus-
ing to acknowledge the right of women
to practice medicine and surgery, was
caused by the action of Queen Victoria,
who, it is claimed, threatened, through
Sir William Jenner, to withdraw her
patronage from the congress if woman
practitioners were admitted This is
very unlike the the Queen, who has
always encouraged the advancement
of women in art and science.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-18
THE PRESIDENT.
BULLETIN.
EXECUTIVE MANSION,

BULLETIN.
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, D. c., August 12-7 p. N.
The president has passed comfort
able day. At the evening dressing, the
wound was found to be doing we'll; the
quantity of puss secreted is gradually
diminishing; its character is healthy.
The rise of temperature this afternoon
reached the same point as yesterday
At present the pulse is 108, tempera-
ture 101 2-10ths, respiration 10.
(Signed) D. W. Bliss,
J. K. BARNES,
]. J WOODWARD,
ROBERT REYBURN,
FRANK II. HAMILTON.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1881-08-18

Barber: you're very bald, sir
Have you tried our tonic lotion ?"
Customer: On, yes; but that's not
what made all my hair fall off"