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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-11-29
Bull Fights'in Paris.
New York Herald.

Paris is about to be RECALLED by a
genuine novelty The director of the
hippodrome has completed arrange
ments for. importing a party of bull
fighters from Madrid. The only thing
now necessary for the acclimatization
of this pastime in Paris is the permits
sion of the Project of Police, which
is withheld until the director will
agree to hold himself personally re-
sponsible for all accidents that may
occur. The performances are intended
to open up about October 18th, and
will continue for fifteen nights. The
French bulls are not sufficiently wild,
so forty bulls will be brought from
Spain at large expense. Consequent
~ the prices of admission will be at
least doubled. The bull fighters will
not be permitted to MAIN or wound
the animals as in Spain, which will
cause the performance to be infinitely
more dangerous, as when the final
coup is given the bull will be thor
oughly excited, and yet in full strength
and activity.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-11-29
The Alert Fargo Girl.
Bismarck Tribune.

A few months since, when train
passed Fargo, a wealthy pa ssenger
was struck with admiration over the
tender manner in which young lady
led her aged grandmother along a
path near the track. Seeking an in
PRODUCTION, the man of riches married
her in a few weeks, and now every
time train pulls into that burg, at
least a dozen maidens can be seen
trotting their grandmothers up and
down the track. This story comes
from a Fargo man.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-11-29

A Detroit physician VINO had bust
ness on Woodbridge street yesterday
had his attention called to a boy
about twelve years of age, who had
picked up a cracked watermelon from
a commission house and was eating it
In the alley.
Boy, hemelon isn't ripe" warned
the doctor
II didn't say it was" was the blunt
reply.
''And it's sour"
well, I kin sweeten her, all
right.
you look out for the cholera
morbus."
I've had 'er, and the small pox,
too"
See here, boy" said the doctor,
thinking to make last appeal, If
you eat that melon you'll be dead
inside Of "a hours"
''And you look herew replied the
boy, as he cut off another slice with
a piece of iron hoop, you may chin
and talk and scare all you want to,
but I'm no kid I know what yel
want, but yer can't have it! You can
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-11-29

take this melon home for fifteen cents
in cash, but yer can't scare me into
letting it go for nothing! You'd better
buy YOUR melons in the reg'lar way
and save your chin for next years
carnpaiUD y
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-11-29

a IL n IN - The use of the term Short
V mX III u q Line" In connection with the
IN EaaEEk 4 corporate name OF a great
- - q , road, conveys an idea of Just
what is required by the trav
Line ::: :; az /: :: +: &:
railway in =" " Q
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-08
AN INDIAN TRADITION.
Whence the Savage Custom of ScaIping
Took It's Origin

hilhdreds ot years agO-perhaps thou
sands-when the Indians We're all one
tribe and under one great chief. a dispute
arose in the tribe as to who should become
chlei, the old chief having died without
leaving son tosucceed him. There were
two principal aspirants for the chieftancv
ana each one had strong following. The
dispute ended in dividing the tribe and
IN war. Previous to this time scaIp-
ing was unknown. as there were
no enemies to scalp, the land being
occupied by only one people. Peace was
never made between the two factions.
The chief of one side had a beautiful
daughter, and one of the leading warriors
was suitor for her hand. The chief as
a condition to cOnsenting to giving his
daughter 10 her warrior lover. required
hlm to Kill the chief of the opposing tribe
his old-time rival for the chieftaincv0
and to bring him proof of the oct The
warrior accepted the condition. 1t was
many long miles to the camp of the
enemy, and the snow was deep. but he
Immediately set out upon his mission.
Alter lying IN wait near the enemv's
camp for days and undergoing great suf-
terlng from the extreme cold without
having an opportunity of carrying out his
plan, he finally one night boldly entered
the camp, walked into the great
NiA'NA - AOu-Os HlCh MN. anu. cut
ting of his head to take back
with him as proof, started to return
to his own people. The next morning the
murder was discovered, also the murder
er's tracks in the snow. and drops of
blood which had fallen from the dead
chieftain's captured head. Two hundred
warriors started in pursuit of the muir
derer. They almost overlook him. and
he could hear them on his track. He was
almost tired out, and the dead chiefs
head was growing heavy, yet he strug-
gled on with it through the snow and cold,
determined to not relinquish the proof
which would win tor him his bride The
pursuers pressed him so at length that he
threw away every weight but his trophy.
They finally gained on the weary brave so
fast that 1t seemed that he must either re-
linquish his prize or be captured. which.
of course, would be death Whipping
out his rude knife it was before the time
of steel knives among the Indians), he
hurriedly stripped of the scalp from the
dead mans head and sped on. Thus
lightened of his load, he made his own
camp i'll safety, the scalp was accepted
as sufficient evidence that he had fulfilled
his mission, the old chief no longer with
held his consent, and the bright-eyed
daughter of the forest became his own.
Thus originated the custom of scalping
among the American Indians
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-08
MORMONISM NOT DEAD.
OVER 100000 MEMBERS IN ARR.
IONA AND IDAHO.

The Appalling Statistics of the Former
Told i'm Detail--The Apostles Preach
Their AbhOrrent Doctrines to G.OOO
PeOple-1Iissionary Vultures Boast of
Successes in the South, and Prepar
ing to SwOoo Again.
SALT LAKE, UTAH, Oct. The attend
ance at the Mormon Conference Yesterday
was much larger than on Friday, fully
o'ooo persons being in the tabernacle.
Inc audience was addressed by Apostles
richards, Darlington, Lyman and Cam
non, all of whom impressed on their
hearers the necessity of living up TO their
religion, going into pOlygamy and paving
uthing. Apostle Cannon presented the
statistics of the Church, which showed a
membership in Utah of I27.29i.
number of families, $4,000: births
III the past SIX months, 200 males
ana l,l0O females: number of
chllder under years. 81. 600: number
OF marriages in the past six months. 339.
new members, 23,040, and deaths 7S1
me church organization embraces -
Apostles, % Patriarchs. 1855 Seventies.
., LOS High Priests, 1000 Elders, 1900
Bishops, and 4,400 Deacous. Arizona
reports membership OF 2,2Gi. Idaho's
Is not reported, but has doubled that of
Arizona. ElShty-0ne missionaries have
been appointed to 90 on missions 10
Europe and the United States. Eighteen
OF TINS number were set apart for mis-
sions in the Southern States. where the
church Is meeting with considera Bile sue
cess IN the increase of its membership.
southern converts are being colonized
mainly in Colorado.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-08
a Charcoal Peddler's snake story.

\ charcoal peddler, who was selling
coal this morning, after a long drive Of
about ten miles from Eastburv, was re-
lating an adventure he had last week over
at Diamond Pond, where he burns his
coal. 1t may be a charcoal mans story,
but here it is. He saw a very large black
snake, and had nothing handy with which
to Kill him, so he sprang forward and
jumped upon him. trying to trample
him to death. But the snake showed
great muscular power, and twisted him
self about his assailant's legs, and i'm
spite OF all efforts to prevent it, had ac-
tually encIrcled the man about the hips.
and was bringing his formidable constric-
tive power into play before the coal ped
dler who is a young and powerful man }
could tear him off. He succeeded, after
hard struggle. in killing the snake, and
the unusual size of the reptile led him to
take careful measurement OF his length.
lie measured, the coal peGdler says, seven
Ieet and one and half inches. I.
u tbat Is true story, the serpent
must nave been as formidable as half
grown boa constructor. These black
snakes which Kill off all the rattlesnakes
IN their neighborhOod) do sometimes at
TAIN even greater size than this. One
that exceeded il was killed several wears
ago In the haytield of Timothy T. Will
tiams, IN Hartland; and the late Lewis z.
Hart, Qi lhlS city, ayerred that he saw ono
measured in 1880 that was killed bv an
Indian woman in Farmington. on tho
lower slope OF TalcOtt Mountain. and thar
the measurement showed il to be actualIv
i feet long! No charcoal peddler would
dare emulate hatstOTy -Hdrtt0rd Times.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-08
FIGURES ON THE FIRES.
A STARTLING PER CENTAGE
ENACTED FROM PROPERTY.

Other ar-Reaching and Disastrous Eff
fects Entailed by the Flames which
are beyond COmputatiOn-The Geo
graphical Distribution and Per Cent
age Ofthe Losses in Detail
The New York Insurance Chronicle has
for some years past made specially of
collecting and collating fire losses, and
It's lire tables" have come to be ac-
knowledged as the best statistics of that
most important subject. Estimates on one
side Of the actual fact, in the matter of
losses and insurance losses both. may be
Ialrly held to approximately offset those
ON the other; and, while it cannot be SUD-
posed that it will ever be possible TO
cover the entire fire loss by
any statistics, these are complete
enough, or at least large enough. OF
course, the conventional notion that fire
loss Is covered" and made good bv in
sllrance, instead of being merely distribu-
ted, need hardly be alluded to. The actual
loss by hre 1t is impossible to ascertain,
even If 1t We're possible to obtain the ac-
tual hgureS OF market value DESTROYED in
every fire without exception, large or
small, for the reason that there are enOr-
nous lndlrect-Or, rather, direct and sec
Ondary-losses following, in the form of
lives of workers destroyed, personal iniu-
ries received, labor running idle by being
thrown out of employment. business fail
ures, and so on.
The Chronicle foOts up Its loss table for
the first half of each year thus, the re-
turns of the months being compressed
into one by us:
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-08

following: Tile grand Jury Is appalled, at the
pref alence and apparent increase OF crime
ana immortality IN the country. and deprecate
the tartines5 Of our present means Of sup
pressing 1t. We. therefore. firmly believe that
the general welfare, peace and good order Of
society demand that some more speedy meth
"ds 81 punishment should be established in
our county
The Brunswick 4 Adrertiser prints the follow
iue from ITS 1T. Simon'9 CORES pondent
Putty wears ago. IN Illinois. q bushel Of wheat
anu the postage ON 81 letter Tor 500 miles was
the same. We have "a neighhOr. and we can {
call hm old hy odds. who we'll remembers
that when neiEhbOr was notified that there
Ns7 q letter IN the post Office 10 his address he
would exchange hushcl OF wheat Tor the
letter. amt all was Well. Ina those days post
age was paid at the Office Of delivery and not
al the point of mailing. as g. the ease at pres
cut.'
bekalb county needs a new jail. The grand
IuIE. Iu committee of the whole examined
thc pauper farm. and found the buildings .uf-
hcleHt Cor all the paupers of the county. and
THAT they were well cared for. said farm con-
-l7is ui 100 acres Of land, five two-rOOm houses
lut one lOur-rUOm house. which has cost the
county $4,000. The EXPENSE OF maintaining
the inmates al present is only 10 cents per day
the jury recommends that all jurors be- paid
- per day. and that the bailts and tales iu-
rur- receive the same amount for every day
they may he held hy the court. and that the
ordinary grant no more license To- -slI liquor
in the county, a. they lind that about - per
cent. ul the crime lu the county originates
from the sale and Use of whisky.
Major MImms tells good story that he has
from Hon. l.. q. g. Lamar. After I4amar's
famous assault on COnklmg, some Sena-
tor commented IN open session oB the severity
OF hls words. lie replied: II meant to be Sc
we're. ] meant To put upon the senator from
New ork words that no good man would
deserve. and no brave man would bear
Later Lamar and Blaine, who are devoted to
each other. were walking arm in arm down
PENNSYLVANIA avenue. Lamar asked Blaine
what he thought OF what had been said.
Blaine replied: Lamar. you are fond of me.
but you have not shown Your friendship in
ihlS matter. Why du YOU insist 0u saving
these thlng~ To- COnklug and rallymg the
whole Republican party around HIM Why
don't you say them 10 me. / forgive Won this
uhe. nu! ;he next time You have amy thing of
that sort 90 say. DO remember your friends"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-08


THIS period, long us it appears, is very
short rs compared with the mEriads of
aces of geological development that pre-
cedcd it, and represents only the last and
shortest OF the geological periods. The
question arises, how has the human race
been able to spread itself over the whole
surface OF the globe: Is il the product
Of different and independent origins in
the several continents, or have all men
sprung from common cradle. a "mOthcr
regiOn?' ON this point students are di-
vided, A@assiz holding that men were
created, and Carl NOgt that they were
developed, at different centres, and Quar-
tretages and the theOlogians maintaining
the unity OF their origin. The fact is left
that man, the same in all the essential
characteristics of the species. has adj
yanced into all the habitable parts Of the
globe, and that not recently, and when
provided with all the resources that ex-
perience and inventive genius could put
at his disposal, but when still Young and
ignorant. 1t was then, weak and almost
naked, having only just cot that fire and
few rude arms with which to defend
itself and procure food, the human
race conquered the world and spread it.
self from the Arctic circle to
Terra del Fuego, from the Samoyed coun-
try to Van Diemen's Land, from the North
cape 10 the cape of Good Hope 1t is this
primitive exodus, as certain as ii is in
conceivable, accepted by science as we'll
as by dogma, that we have to explain. or
at least to make probable: and that i'm an
age when it is only after the most won
derful discoveries, by the aid of the most
powerful machinery for navigation.
through the boldest ana most adventurous
enterprises, that civilized man has been
able To tlltter himself that he has at last
gone as far as infant man went in an age
that is so far removed from us as to battle
all calculations.
We must insist on this point. for it
brings into light an obstacle which those
who nave tried to trace out the connec-
tion between widely separated races. and
to determine the course that had been
followed by tribes now separated by
oceans and vast eXpanses. have hitherto
found lnsurmountable; for if man is one
to which we are ready to agree-we must
assign Il single point Of departure for his
mlgratlOnS. In these migratiOns man has
gone wherever he could, and at every spot
he has occupied and settled has acquired
characteristics peculiar to the place. and
which differentiated from the men settling
in other places. Hence the varieties i'm
human races. Some of these Spots seem
to have been peculiarly favorable to his
advancement, and became centers of civil
liZatiOn, The number of such centres is.
however. very limited, and their distribu
fiOn is significant
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-08
STYLES FOR GENTLEMEN.
The Figure to he Cut by the Dude of the
Coming season.


y lew of the bOlder manufacturers have
ondeaNored to tOlst certain rich dark col
ors upon the market, with a view 10 hoy-
Ing them adopted for dress suits. displac-
ing thereby the sOmbre, orthodox black:
but II Is believed that the good taste OF
the class accustomed to wear full even
lhS ufess VIII mp this attempt in the bud,
prompted as it is by the fact that there is
less money in the black than in the deem
wine colors. The lapels of the dress coat
are to be made smaller this year than
last, and VIII be fashioned to roll
somewhat higher than heretofore.
the curve or scoop commencing at the
third button. The sleeves will tit "A trifle
more closely to the arm. and the skirt. if
changed at all, Will be slightly lengthen-
ed. silk facings, either in full OreXtend-
ing only to the butt0nhOles, are still fash
ionable, the material used being a fine rem
cOlored silk. Black satin is i'm bad taste.
The dress vest is cut with three buttons
and ''scoOped" so deity as tomake a wide.
shlrt become necessity. 1t is finished
round the edge with "A double row of gimp.
The trousers are cut straight, made to fit
the leg snuSly, and are finished with silk
braid on the outer seams.
The Prince Albert coat for fall and
winter use Will, of course, be still of dark
material, blue and black being the favor
lte colors. The coat is made to fit the
figure closely. The vest is of the same
material and buttons to point lust under
the top button of the coat. Great latitude
is allowed in the selection of materials
for the trousers, though IA dark or light
gray mixture and a very fine back-and-
white check are in the greatest demand.
striped goods Will be worn, though not as
much as formerly. The cut-awav coat is
made almost precisely the same as last
season.
There is a very handsome frock coat.
entirely new this season. that will look
well with almost any style of trOuser
pattern. 1t is made double-breasted. with
either three or four basket buttons. and is
bound with sewing silk army braid. laid
on fiat. This garment is very appropriate
for walking, and is said to be well adapted
for elderly gentlemen. 1t is made of am
oxford mixed diagonal cloth.
OVercoats will this season be worn
doublebreasted. There is but slight diff
ference in the length, the change, if anv.
being one of increase. The tendency to-
ward tIghtness IN wearing apparel is as
apparent IN the Overcoat as i'm other gar
ments. Ihay are made to fit snuglv and
to follow the shape Of the figure down to
the upper limit OF the skirt. The collar
OF the fall overcOat must be Of the same
material as the body Of the garment. while
on the winter coat velvet collar NAV
be worn.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-08
IRVING's SCENERY.
To be Used in the Plays He will Produce,
Arrives from Over the Waters.

To be Used i'm the Plays He will Produce,
Arrives from Oyer the Waters
Ven York &,eciaI to Courier-Jourual. Oct. h..
y large force of carpenters in the en-
ploy of the Metropolitan Opera Company
to-day opened the first Of the seyenty-tive
cases of scenery and properties to be used
in the production Of the different PLAYS in
the repertoire Of Mr.. Henry Irving, at the
star Theatre Only half of the cases had
arrived at the storage warehouse of Mr..
Henry +. Abbey, in Sixth street, between
Tenth and Eleventh avenues. at noon to-
day, and labOrers were standing about
the doors awaiting the arrival Of
seven additional truck-l0ads eX-
pected from the wharf Of the Monarch
Line Of steamships ut Jersey City. Six
teen cases that were placed in the storage
warehouse at No. LIS West Sixteenth
street, at 9 O'Clock yesterday morning.
were, mt O'Clock this morning. trans
lerred TO Mr.. Abbcy's storage and repair
houses. As soon as the first ease was un-
loaded the carpenters went to work. and
ere many minutes had passed the lloor of
the inclOsurc was covered with mimic
forests, palaces, gigantic trees with huge
trunks, and shifting sccBeS-in fact, every
stage appurtcnancc necessary fort the pro-
ductlOn OF ShakCspcarcm play. lt was
expected that the custom house officers
Would be ON hand this morning to place Il
NalIe on the scenery. as it was said that
orders have been given 10 insure it for
ST.. 600. but they did NOT put u an ap-
pearance. Manager Tilotson, Of the
Grand Opera House, said: "Thc proper
ties will probably be appraised this week.
| think there will be about seventy-tive
cases in all. If the appraisement had
been made. or was to be made to-day.
would certainly know OF it, but | have
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-10-08

An intelligent lady of Newark. New
jersey, writes to the SHHddU can of that
city, giving what she deems good reasons
for her sex to marry. We make the fol-
lowing extract;
1T does seem that many of the Younger
women of the present generation are not
enough determined in matters pertaining
to matrimOny, or / should say. in such
things as may terminate in matrimony.
The girl of the present generation does
not seem to be far-sighted enough TO look
for qualifications of affiliatiOn and affec-
tiOn, but she rather looks more
to the bread and butter side of the
question. This is Il good point. but
it is not always the best and most
trustworthy. Now, for instance, here IS
a young lady OF average ability. ace.
looks, etc, who is not exactly suited with
her present company, to whom she is per-
haps engaged for the reason that he is not
making money fast enough to suit her
ideas. She has also become almost frantic
over another man who, she thinks. is max
ing his $40 per week. and she is irving her
best to catch him. She will let the first
mentioned if she can catch the secOnd)
90. Now, if the prospects of the first do
not suit her, but the young man is i'm
every respect beside one to be proud of |
do not think that such a girl is doing a
wise act, for various reasons. One import
ant reason is, times may change the finan-
cial circumstances of both men, as it often
does, and in almost the twinkling of
an eye, and then the tables are reversed
upon her for punishment. | know sew
eral young men who keep steady COM
panv with young ladies of marriageable
age, and all along have pretended to be
poor in order to try their will and
affection. 1t is not taking the young lady
to this place Of amusement or to that
seaside resort and lavishing upon her your
cheap smiles and presents that makes
the true impression upon a woman's
genuine feeling. 1t is something greater.
1t is manlness. This the Young Iady
should seek after. Manliness means truth
fulness, honesty, integrity, soberness.
diligence and selfrespect. 4 man with
these and no money is worth more than
forty others without them. though pos
sessing half million.