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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-12-07
AVAILABLE NAVAL FORCE

Of the United States consists of thirty seven
cruisers four single-turreted monitors built dur
ing the rebellion, a large number of smooth bore
guns and parrot rifles, and eighty-ssven rifed
cannon. The eeuising vessels sh.uld be gradual
~ replaced by 'sn or steel ships, the monitors by
modern armored vessels and the armament to nigh
power riffed guns. The reconstruction Of our
navy which was recommended in the las mes
sage was begun by congress authorizing, in a re-
cent act, the construction of two large unarmor-
ed steel vessels of the character recon-
menied by the late navy advisory
board and subject to the final approval
Of a new advisory board to be organized as pre-
vided by that act. [ call your attention to the
recommendation of the secretaI7 and the board,
hat authority be given to construct two more
cruisers of smalle Dimensions, aud one feet dis
patch vessel, and that appropriations be made for
nigh power rified cannon for torpedo service and
for other han Dor defenseS. Pending consideration
by congress of the policy hereafter to be adopted
ia constructing the eight large navy yards and
heir expensive establishments, the secretary ad
coated reduction of exoeadi.ure therefor 10
ae lowest possible amounts
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-12-07
A BANKRUPT LAW.

l trust that some agreement will be reached
which will speedily aid congress, with the concur
renee of the executive, to afford the commercial
community the benefit of national bankrupt
law
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-12-07
ARTHUR'S ANNUAL.
A Full Text of President
Arthur's Annual Mes
sage to Congress.

Tho following annual message was
delivered to both houses of the 47th
congress Immediately upon their re-
assembling on Monday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-12-07
THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

I hope that, however numerous and urgent
may be the demands upon your attention, ne in
terests OF this district will not be forgotten. The
denial to its residents of the great right of suf-
frage in all its relation to national, state and
municipal sffairs imposes on gress the duty of
afordiag the best admi listration which its wis
dom can devise.
The report of the district commissioners indi-
Gates certain measures whose adoption would
seem to be very desirable. l instance in particu-
lar those which relate to arrears Of tax:s, to
steam railroads, and to the assessment o. real
property.
coUN1ISG THE VOTES Foa PRESIDENT.
among the questions which have been the topic
Of ucen debate in the halls OF congress
none of greater gravity tha1
those relating TO the ascersanment o.
the vote for president and the intendment Of the
constitution in its provisions for devolying func-
tions upon the vice president when the president
suffers from inability to discharge the powers and
duties Of his office. 1 trust that no en-
barrassment may result from a failure to deter
mine these questions before another national
election.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-12-07
OF INTERNAL COMMERCE.
THE PoLYGAMY QUESTION.

The results which have thus far attended the
enforcement of the recent statute for the surpres
tion of polygamy in the territories, are ~ orted
by the secretary of the interior. 1t is not prob
able that any additional legislation nj this regard
will be deemed desired until the effect of existing
Jaws can be more closely observed and studied. ]
congratulate you that the commissioners under
whose supervision those laws have been put into
operation, are encouraged % believe the evil at
which they are aimed may be suppressed without
Feso's such radical measures as in some quart
II, have been thought indispensable for success.
The close relation Of he general government to
territorie preparing to be great states, may well
engage your special attention. II Is there in
dian disturbances mainly occur, and that polyga-
ny has found room for growth. I cannot doubt
INT careful suvey Of territorial legislation
would be of the highest utility; that thereby life
and property would become more secare, the la
bility OF outbreaks between indians and whites
would be lessened, the public domain would be
more securely governed, and better progress be
made on the instruction of the young.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-12-07
AN ALARMING STATE OF 1LLrTEnA,Y.


No survey Of our material condition can fail
TO suggest inquiries to the moral and intellect
ual progress of the people. The census returns
disclose IN alarming state Of illiteracy in certain
portions of the country where the provisions for
:bhools are grossly inadequate. 1t is mo-
nentous question for the decision of congress
whether immediate substantial aid should be ex-
tended by the general government for the sup
plementing efforts of private benefciaries of
'tate and territorial legislation in behalf of edu
catiCn.
REGULATION OF INTERNAL COMMERCE.
The regulation of internal commerce has al
ready been n subject of your deliberations. 0oe
OF the lncid 'nts of the extension Of the Iailw y
system of the country has been the adoption
'ach measures by corporations whica own or co
troll the roads as has tended to impair the IL
ages of healthful competition and make hurtiul
DETERMINATIONS in the adjustment Of freIehtage.
These inequalities have beea corrected in several
of the states by appropriate legislation, ths effect
Of which is necessarily resr icted TO the limits CT
their own territory. So far as such mischiefs af-
feet commerce between states as between any of
the states of foreign country, they are subjects
of national concern, and congress alone can af-
ford reief.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-12-07

70 The St..us and House Of Representatives. Of u.
United States:
WAsHISGToN, Dec. At is provided by Il c
constitution that the president snail, frsm tim {
time, We congress information of tbs sta'e oi
he union and recommend to their cor sideration
such measures he shall judge ntce. "a. and ex-
pedient
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-12-07

IH<A1NSf E11A OF He LIuIfI IiUUbE sEFNICE.
For the purpose of sffording the officers and
eanen of the navy opportunities of exercise and
discipline in their profession, under appropriate
sontrol and directions, the retary advises that
the lighthouse service and coast survey be trans
lerred, as now organized from the treasury to
the navy department, and he also suggests, for
the reasons which he assigns, that a similar
tranter may wisely be made of the cruising rev.
enue vessels The secretary foreibly depicts the
fntimate connection and interdependence of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-12-07
OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS.

In renewing the even of the year which has
elapsed since the commencement of the present
session. feel gratfed in calling your attention tc
the condition Of our foreign affairs. Our in :
.ercourse with other powers has continued to
be of the most friendly character
Such Slight differences as have arisen during
he year, have been already settled or likely to
each an early adjustment. The -:est Of
citizen2 of the United States in Ireland under the
ecent laws which owed their origin to the de-
turbed condition Of that country, has led 10 a
somewhat extended correspondence with the gov
rrnment of Great Britain, and disposition tc
respect our rights has been practically manifest
ID by the release of the arrested pr ties.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-12-07

The ordinary expenditures for the same period
were:
For civil expenses, ,............ 5 S,042, 1856 AZ
For foreign intercourse. .. !, 49,, $50 10
For Indians. s................. 1887 90
For pensions. s................. 6t,345, 1913 s.
For the military establishment,
Including river and harsor
improvements and arsenals,. 1850 ,4s4 10
For naval establishment, includ-
ing vessels machinery and
improvement of navy yards. 1902 ,U46 %
For miscellaneous expenditures,
including public buildings,
lighthouses, and collecting
the revenue. ....,........ :: "a, 539, 2s7 SO
For expenditures on account of
the District Of Columbia 3. 33G, 54& 81
For interest On public debt . II, or, zoo IS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-12-07
ALAEKA

Alaska is still without any form of civil gov
erDment. If means were provided for the educa-
tion Of is people and Tor The protection of their
lives and property, the immense resources of that
region would invite permanent settlement, and
opc a field for industry and enterprise.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-12-07

The death Of Mr. Marsk, our late minister to
Italy, has evoked from that government ex
pressions of profound respect for his exalted
character and for his honorable care in che diplO
matte service of his country. The Italian gov
arnment has raised question az to the propiietY
of recognising in his dual capacity the repre-
sentative of this country recently accredited both
as secretary of legation and as eonsul-general at
Rome. He has been received as secretary, bui
his erequstw consul general hs- thus fer been
withheld.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-12-07
Expenditures.

The ordinary expenditures fer the same period
Huntsville gazette., 1882-06-17
LATE NEWS ITEMS

THE japanese bill was further con.
sidered in the Senate on the 18th, and it was
voted not to pay the interest. The bill then
passed authorizing the Government to pay
Japan $7S5, 900 coin.
The Irish Bishops have issued an ed
dress offering support to the people in
peaceful agitation, and appealing to them
to oppose secret societies as hostile to relig-
ion and to freedom. Evictions are pro-
nounced permanently provocative of crime.
THE Commissioner of Pensions asks
the appropriation of 81, 1877 900 for clerk hire
with which amonnt he proposes to finish
every claim within three years. The Gov
ernme Mt has already paid over $500, 200,
900 for pensions to soldiers of the late
war, and the amounts required for some
years to come will be greater than the in.
terest on the public debt.
| The authorities of the Insane Asylum
at Utica, n. Y, suppressed for one month
the publication OF the fact that David
Poulton, crazy convict, killed an inmate.
MEXICAN officials think that the OBJ
ject of the visit of the President Of Guate-
| Iudld ~ tDc CulUcu DldtcS 10 W DllHS dDOut q
confederation of the five Central American
republics, with himself at the head.
| HARRIS FRENCH, delirious with
smallpox, jumped from the window Of the
pest house in Leavenworth, Kans., June 49,
and was killed.
In family quarrel at Forestville,
Va, June u, John Andrick mortally
wounded his brother James with stone
and then killed himself with revolver.
Both were young men.
AT Bement, ILL.,, June II, John Nc
Leash, a blacksmith, attempted to murder
his wife because she refused to live with
him. He stabbed her three times with q
butcher knife, twice in the left breast and
once under the left arm. The wounds are
dangerous, but not fatal.
THE Battery Park in New York City
contains hundreds OF Russian Jews. The
agent Of the relief committee admits that
several who were placed on good lands in
Ohio have found their way back to the me-
tropolis. The number forwarded from
Brody is in excess of the arrangement
made.
SHERMAN BETz, aged IS, employed
as a waiter in indianapolis, Ind, commit
ted suicide by shooting, June II. The youth
was involved in love scrape and preferred
death to marriage. He prepared for the act
with great care, and left note saying he
was not happy and wanted to be buried de-
Gently.
A DISPATCH from Virginia City,
New, says John Black and James T. Brown,
were killed and two others were seriously
injured by the premature explosion OF a blast
in the Union Consolidated Mine, June u,
Huntsville gazette., 1882-06-17
PITH AND POINT.


-Fogg says beef should be classed
under the head of game, because it is
dear meat.-Boston Transcript.
The pagans of Central Africa still
offer human sacrifices to their gods,
because it is their rite.-HaaCkeye.
Yes, James, oysters are canned dur
ing the summer months, but you canned
eat them all the same Darlington
Hawkeye. isnt
Never hesitate to offend the chronic
book-borrower. You may be out of his
books, but that is better than being out
of your own.
Captain Costentenus, the tattooed
Greek, is fifty-three years old and has
made fortune. His success in life has
been a marked one.
The New Haven Register sees no
occasion for alarm over the high price
of beef. Dried apples can be had in
plenty at the same old figures.
A little boy who has been used to
receiving his older brothers. old toys
and clothes recently remarked: &C Ma,
will have to marry his widow when he
diesp"
When Mrs. Homespun heard of the
recent assassination in Ireland, and that
it was attributed to the Irish, she ex-
claimed, s'Massy sakes! You don't tell
me the Irish have got into IrelandP
Well, well; [ believe they're every
where !"-Boston Transcript.
A lover and his girl went into a
| Springfield, Mass, drug store the other
day to get some ''sody." One ordered
'sbovine" the other ssvaccine," suppos-
ing that these two words, which were
hung up near the fountain, were the
names of some new syrups.-Detroit
Free Press.
-sT always licked every time 1
fought, and l fought three times a
week." said Smallboy, proudly. "Yes?"
replied Oldboy, with shade of won
dering incredulity in his voice, for his
friend was small of stature. "Always,"
rejoined Smallboy, regretfully, clicked
the dust.'
els there such thing as lucllP"
asks correspondent. There is. For
instance if you go home at two o'clock
in the morning, after promising your
wife to be in early, and find her asleep
and don't tumble over any chairs, that's
luck, but it isn't to be depended on
| oil city Derrick.
A letter mailed in 1858 was recently
found behind shelf in a country post
office, and forwarded to its destination.
1t was addressed to a young lady, and
contained marriage proposal. When
the young lady read it she looked pleas
ed, and exclaimed, Claw moi | didn't
expect to hear from John so soon. But
what wonderful thing is the fast-mail
service!"
What is thisP 1t is piano manu-
facturer Why does he look SO pleasedp
He has obtained ninety-eight out of
possible ninety-six. He has also abtain-
ed certificate from ten prima dom
mas, circus manager, and hotel
clerk. He is very happy. He is so
happy that he could reduce the wages
of his workmen ten per cent. without
fretting over it. They work for art,
and for medals and certificates. s.-Music
Score.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-06-17
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

1t is generally considered difficult
to solder cast-iron, but there is no
trouble when the surface is thoroughly
frightened and good solder, clean
sWab and muriatic acid are used.
The clippings Of sole leather in New
England shoe factories were formerly
regarded as worthless, and the smell of
their burnings were popularity of
such towns as Lynn and Salem. These
scraps are now stamped into buttons for
clothes and fancy tack-head5 for up
holstery, and the long familiar odor is
missed.
The little unicellular alga, which
makes the red snow, and figured in
Captain Ross's account of his Arctic
expedition in 1919, has been found on
the top of the Wasatch Mountains. Bot
anists call it the protococcus nivalis. 1t
increases rapidly after it once begins to
grow, and makes patches of snow as red
as blood.
Plants do not take up water by their
leaves from q moist atmosphere, but
their roots must be supplied with plenty
of water, which will be taken up by the
root-hairs into the plant. The water
thus taken up is not pure, but contains
certain mineral substances in solution.
These pass through the root to the bun
dies Of the stem, then to the leaf, where
the water is transpired.
"A company has been formed in
South Florida, it is said, to manufac-
ture an active fertilizer from the shell
mari, which is found in large quantities
on some portions Of the upper st. Johns.
1t is proposed to grind the shell, and
supply ammonia by adding the decom-
posed flesh and bones of fish, which can
be obtained in large quantities In the
lakes of the upper river.
Experiments made at Leipsic with
cuirass formed of new kind OF steel
preparation show some very satisfactory
results. The metal of this cuirass, as
described, is only about three-flftleths OF
an inch thick, and is lined inside with
laver of wool; the cuirass itself IS four
teen inches wide and ten inches high,
being intended only to protect the heart
and lungs, and weighs two and one
fourth pounds. Eleven rounds were
fred at it, at distance of 175 yards,
from Martini breech-loading rifle, and,
of eight bullets which struck the cuirass,
only two pierced the metal, while even
these were completely fattened and re-
manned in the wooden lining, SO that
man wearing the cuirass would have
been uninjured. Its lightness constitutes
a marked advantage
Huntsville gazette., 1882-06-17

FOREIGNERS were attacked in the
streets of Alexandria, Egypt, June IL, and
both the English and French consulates
we're mobbed. The English Consul was
wounded, an English naval officer was killed,
and several houses were destroyed. The
authorities were very slow to act, but troops
finally dispersed the rioters. Though the
trouble is not considered political in charac-
ter, Arab Pasha is held responsible for it
indirectly. The outbreak was brief, but
nearly one hundred persons were killed.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-06-17

PRESIDENT ARTHUR has received an
invitation from the Union League Club Of
Chicago to visit that city this summer. 1t
s understood that the President thinks
iavorably Of the proposition to visit the
West, and will probably go TO Chicago soon
after the adjournment Of Congress.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-06-17

4 TOTAL failure of crops in Patrick
County, Va, has brought some 5000 people
10 the verge Of starvation. A wagon-load
Of sheed corn sent from Danville was sur
rounded by men, women and children who
fought for and ravenously devoured every
Grain.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-06-17
Mrs. FLARES, of Los Gatos, CAL, was

MRS. FLARES, Of Los Gatos, Cal, was
killed on the street the other evening. The
assassination is charged upon her divorced
husband, who was recently released from
the penitentiary.
TIMOTHY ROJOTTE, a wealthy and
hitherto respectable citizen Of Ottawa,
Can, has been arrested in connection with
the issue of counterfeit notes by Sparrow
Brothers,
Huntsville gazette., 1882-06-17
SOUTHERN GLEANINGS.

Bradstreet's report on the condition
OF the growing cotton crop, based on replies
from l,00S correspondents representing S6
per cent. OF the cotton districts or 566 coun-
ties, gives the following figures under the
heading of acreage.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-06-17

HEAVY rains at Denver, Colo, and
vicinity, June 10, caused great destruction
ofproperty and the loss of several lives.
That part Of the city known as the flats was
hooded to the depth Of two and three
ieet. On the banks of the Platte
River several houses were swept
away, and at least five lives were lost. Two
bodies only have been recovered. The SUBJ
uro OF South Fairview was completely in
Undated, and two men and three children
were swept away.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-06-17

THE late John B. Eldridge, of Hart
,,,J Conn.,, who left an estate valued at
;9n no. wiIled two. thirds Of it to religious
and educational institutions. A niece, Mrs.
Alice B. Hilton, of Chicago, is given resi-
dence valued al 100000.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-06-17

SOLDIERS and police to the number Of
three hundred have been drafted in the dis
tct where Bourke, the Irish landlord, was
murdered. The Lord Lieutenant, in ad-
dressing deputation of chool-teachers,
said there was abundant proof Of the exist
enCe of an organization which killed and
manned in defiance of law.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-06-17

THE Southern Colorado Utes are in q
state Of great excitement, and it is feared
are preparing to take the warpath. Large
numbers have already gathered at a small
station on the Denver & Rio Grande road,
hideOusy daubed, for the purpose of aveng-
ing the killing Of some of their members by
Mfyicans
Huntsville gazette., 1882-06-17

cr.,n1 memorial services were
:, xew York, Chicago, Cincinnati,
Washington, San Francisco, Richmond,
Momnbis. Tenn, and other cities,
June II.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-06-17

RUSSIAN peasants attacked the Court
Rrokrinski the other day. There
nv"' .a sanguinary encounter and several
...snns were killed.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-06-17
THE President has nominated as m.

THE President has nominated as MEM
bers of the Tariff Commission: Vim. A..
Wheeler, of New York, Chairman; John l..
Hayes, Massachusetts,; Henry W. Oliver,
Jr., Pennsylvania; Austin M. Garland, IIli-
nois; Jacob Amber, Ohio; John s. Phelps,
Missouri; Robert P. Porter, District Of CO.
lumbia; John w. H. Underwood, Georgia;
Duncan f. Kenner, Louisiana.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-06-17

THE President declines to appoint the
..n,bors Of the polygamy commission, on
,l.C ,ho rround that there is no appropriation
for their salaries.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-06-17
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events.

THE June crop report of the Depart
nent Of Agriculture gives on 'ne wnoie' an
encouraging showing.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-06-17

Ben Jonson was the first English
man to drop his b.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-06-17

TREASURY officials say the rumors
'lAt large amount Of spurious bonds are
= 'iiculatlon are totally devoid OF founda-
noH. In Inc words Of Secretary Folger, they
aie ioie stories started by Sensational gos-
sh slpeis' IL Is somewhat singular, to say
'uV ieast OF 1t, that there should be several
nin,lons OF spurious bonds in circulation
SI'nout the knowledge of the department.
50 lar not single one has been presented
~ redemption. The bonds recovered from
pOy'e have all been satisfactorily accounted
ior' There are no new DEVELOPMENTS in the
y e',e u brockway. His case is under con-
Saeration by the Attorney General.
Huntsville gazette., 1882-06-17

ihk commissioner of Agriculture, in
U.uef 10 carry out the provisions of the act
~ congress making appropriations for ex-
reI'~eh's IN the manufacture of sugar from
n,,s., a"in, oeets and other ugar-producing
MS ms nas decided to offer substantial
;n,a os induce manufacturers to take an
NJ 'u Tue matter. Each manufacturer
Dona+, Ds" is to submit to the Agricultural
,c,o1 '"eut an account of the number Of
bsr sofghum brought to his mill, num-
sorch,, Ons Oh cane manufactured, yield Of
of IL ~ per acre, mode Of fertilizng, time
- ~autlng, time required for Maturing
c,,,,a paul. value Of the crop as food for
sn,o,u ai'er The juice has been expressed,
10, vi sugar manufactured, yield
srr,,s ~ ,on q cane, quality of sugar, amount of
tnr;I. p nanlufactured, process of manufac-
JILL 'us ana machinery used, success Of the
M fo.a'or lay. vacuum pan and centrifugal in
hand, OF manufacturing, number of
w.ra nas employed, cost Of fuel and machinery,
At a. ~ pala Tor labor, and price of sorghum
,nras ilIl IL. II not raised by the manufac-
h =, Inc returns, when received, are to
i'm ,'onlltted to committee for examina-
has, anu q 200 each will be paid for the ten
IA II. ''urns. The prize for returns relative
bpt 49, sugar oeet will also be $1,000 each,
n ~ 1niy Two returns will be awarded prizes
,bis - n eiass' All proposals to enter upon
siona, 4 are 10 be made to the Comnis-
VI " before the lst Of August, 1852.