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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-10-25
ROBBERS NABBED.
Capture of the Men who Robbed See
rotary TeIIer's Daughter.

A ST. Paul dispatch gives the fol-
lowing account of clever capture:
To-day David Staples and Michael
Lanahan were locked up in the city
hall by Detective Walsh, charged
with stealing the trunks belonging to
a daughter of Secretary of the Interi-
or Teller, while the latter was on an
excursion trip over the Northern Pa
cific road, September S. At that time
great excitement was caused by the
loss of the property, which was val
ued at So, 900, including 5000 In cash.
The trunks were in the rear end of a
sleeper on the excursion train, and be-
tween Bismarck and Livingston they
were taken off. The officers at Liv-
ingston, Sheriff Alex. Mckenzie, of
Bismarck, and the officers of the
Northern Pacific have since been
working up the case. Capt. Breset
and Detective Walsh have been liz
communication with these gentlemen
for some weeks past. The officers
along the line of the Northern Pacific
found the trunks and portion of their
contents, and also discovered evidence
duplicating Staples and Lanahan in
the robbery. Friday last they tele-
graphed to st. Paul, and Messrs. Bre-
set and Walsh started out to hunt the
men up. AS it was known they had
been in the city alta saloon on Seventh
street, the proprietor was warned that
one Of them was going to shoot him as
he has cause for fear. He told the
police that the men had gone to Still
WAGER A warrant was sworn out in
the municipal court on this and the
papers were received from Bismarck.
On Monday night Sergeant Walsh
went to Saltwater to find the men and
after a long search found one in a
gambling house and one IN front of a
hotel. Staples is Of a good family in
Saltwater and the detective feared
that he could not get the men away
from that town if he waited until
morning, as he was urged to do. He
accordingly hired a team and drove
in the rain with them from Saltwater
to St. Paul. The men, when first told
what they were charged with, said
they would go to Bismarck without
requisition papers, but after declined
to go for some reason. To-day was
sworn out an additional warrant in
the municipal court by the attorney of
the road.
The first clue to the parties was OBJ
tanned from variety actress in Mon
tana, who displayed a fine fan and
handkerchief which had Miss Teller's
name on it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-10-25
his HAIR TURNED WHITE
Engineer Browns Terrible Experf-
- 4 ence With agEsurning1 Train. -

- Z ence With a. Esurnfng Train, I
-@-Sffssssss9gii r Bradford PENN Star 5,.gs
D. L. Brown, the engineer whose
eventful experience with a train of
burning oil cars on the old cross-cut
road is known to all oil country peo-
pie, died at his home in Randolph
last Monday. The train was coming
down the steep grade to Brocton. 4
car took fire. The furious speed fan
ned the flames, and soon the entire
train was on fire. AS it thundered
down the grade it was a grand. and
awful sight. The fireman pulled the
pin between the tender and the first
car. Then commenced the greatest
race on record Engineer Brown
threw open wide the throttle. The
fireman fed huge quantities of coal to
the furnace. The heat was almost
uncomfortable. Dense black columns
of smoke filed the air. The wind
carried the heat toward the engine.
which was running so fast that it was
In danger of jumping the track. The
suspense was terrible The locoma-
tive seemed to gain but little on the
burning train. Around curves. over
trestles, through the forest and val
ley tAundered the procession on
wheels. The faithful locomotive
seemed endowed with human feel
ings. The driving wheels spun
around like lightning; the monster
shook like a ship in q storm. Hurrah!
The iron horse was commencing to
pull away from the flaming tank cars.
Brocton was only short distance
ahead. The engineer blew his whistle.
The switchman at Brocton, who was at
his post, understood the signal. The
switch was opened The locomotive
rushed through, the danger was over,
and as the engine came to stop,
about one mile from the station, brave
Engineer Brown tainted. The switch
was quickly turned and the blazing
caldrons of oil rap off the track and
ditched. In that eventful trip
Browns hair turued white. 1t was
an awful experience, and one from
which Brown never recovered.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-10-25
Opium in Blocks Of Wood.
From the San Francisco Call.

Over $1,000 worth of opium was
seized on the steamer Oceanic yester-
day. Custom House Officer John II.
Breeze was in charge OF the vessel,
and his attention several times was
attracted to two blocks of wood lying
IN close proximity to the coal shute.
These pieces were each three feet
long one foot deep, and seven inches
thick, and were nearly exact counter
parts of chock-blocks, used to support
the ga gblank, etc. They are very
common aboutthe vessel and wharf,
and an ordinary observer would hard
take notice of them. Breeze at first
did not seriously consider them objects
of suspicion, but finally the head of a
screw in one Of the sticks caused an
investigation, and enough was dis
covered to determine the officer in
further inspection. Being called
away for a few minutes to attend to
some duty, he returned to find that
the two pieces had been spirited away.
They were found lying ON the wharf,
and without more ado were subjected
to a process that disclosed the fact
that they had within them 101 pounds
OF opium, one containing forty-five
pounds Of crude opium and the other
tfty-six pounds Of prepared opium.
Each of the pieces had been followed
out, leaving a square compartment
within, in which the stuff was slowed
away. The work was ingeniously
done, the various pieces being joined
together so that no cracks were vis1-
bic, even on close inspection, and
the grain of the wood and knots were
Joined almost to perfection. The lid
slid in on grooves, and the nails and
screws had been well hidden by being
covered with putty. Both pieces,
after having been painted, were rolled
around in the coal, so as to give them
the appearance of having been used.
The timber, i'll becoming seasoned,
shrank SO as to loosen the putty and
expose the head of a screw, or in all
probability the smugglers would have
been successful in getting their booty
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-10-25
The Engagement-Ring
Puck

About the happiest day in the life
of young lady is the day upon which
she receives her engagement-ring.
She will hold her hand up and look
at the ring from all points and admire
it, and assures Adolphus that he is
just too awful nice for giving it to her
And she always wears it that day, no
matter what happens. If the ring is
too large for her she rams bits of wood
under it, just as the boy puts branch
es of trees and other things under his
skate-straps to keep his skates on.
And after she gets it fixed to suit her
she starts out to call on her friends.
They all know before she arrives that
she has received a ring, and are on
the qui vive. They either tell her
that is is very pretty or else they pre-
tend not to notice it at all, in either Of
which cases the recipient of the ring
is delighted beyond description. Be
cause if they compliment her she
thinks that they are affecting an in
difference to her good luck that they
do not feel, and that they will tear
her to pieces after her departure. And
if they don't say a word or notice the
ring, the young lady knows that they
are wild with envy, and would give
their ears to be in her place. And she
is glad to think that she has destroy
ed their happiness. And she calls on
every one she knows, and removes
her gloves at every house even if she
remains therein but two minutes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-10-25
4 Celebrated Line.

Lord Coleridge in his remarks after
luncheon at Falconwood yesterday,
INDUCED in bit of chaf at the ex-
pense of Mr.. S. S. Rogers for attribu-
ting, as he evidently supposed, the
lines of Sir Walter Raleigh
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-10-25
CHICACO,
MILWAUKEE
AND ST. PAUL

- Ii owns and operates over $500 miles OF road in
northern Illinois, Wisconsin Minnesota. Iowa
snd Dakota; and as its main lines branches and
connections reach all the great business centres
smsrs the description of Short Line, and Best
Route between ~ ~
chicago, milwaukee, ST. Paul and NrInneap-
Chicago, Milwaukee, La Crosse md WI.
Chicago, Milwaukee, Aberdeen and Ellen.
Chicago, milwaukee, Eau Claire and Still
water.
Chicag milwaukee, Wausauapd 1Ja,,iu
kcsh. ~ osn-
Chicago, milwaukee, wauIxesla and Ocono-
mow0c- O
ChieagS, milwaukee, Madison and Prairie
Chicago, Milwaukee, Owatonna and Fari-
bault. ~ "
Chicago, Beloit, GAINESVILLE and Mineral
Chicago, Elgin, Rockford and Dubuque.
Rapids. ~
Chicago, Council Bluffs and Omaha.
chicago, sioux City, Sioux Falls aud Yanlx-
Chicago, Milwaukee, Mitchell and Chamber
Rock island, Dubuque, St. Paul and Mime
onXXenport, Calmar, ST. PauI and Minneapo.
Pullman SleeperS and the Finest Dinilo
cars tn the tCorLd are run on the main lines az
the C6IC4GO,MILW VA UhEE EST. F1 VI
RAILWAY, and every attention is paid to pas
sengers by courteous employees of the Company.
$. s. Merrill, A. .H. CARPENTER.
GEM Manager. GenH Pass Agent.
j. II. Clark. Geo. I'll. Heaaord.
GenI Supt. Asst GeQH Pass. ACT
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-10-25

Mrs. Salmen Emo, mother Of Amos
R. Emo, the New York millionaire,
died in New Britain, Conn, aged 80,
in the first hour of her Tooth year, as
she had long asserted she would.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-10-25

The New York Mail says: Mrs
Ogden, of Chicago, has just had her
portrait completed IN Paris by Caba-
mel, who, by the way, makes a
speciality of American ladies'"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-10-25
THE DIRECT LINE TO
WESTERN and NORTHERN IOWA,
NEBRASKA, MINNESOTA and DAKOTA.

Close Connections at Mcmillan, reaching
St. Paul and Minneapolis The same day..
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-10-25

SHORT :::;:: !: +: s; s: 5:
what is required by the trav
HSEE1 cling public-a Short Line
HAsh Quick Time and the Best OF
HINT accomodations-all OF which
&as h~a are furnished by the greatest
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-10-25
SEuR GSNJ 60
lRNICA PREPARATIONS

Chemistry has discovered no remedy superior
to Arnica 5r healing external erupCIOns. Proper
ly prepared and combined, it has no equal as
toilet DreDaratiOu.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-11-01
oRDER.-state of Michigan, County

DROBATE ORDRR.-state Of Michigan. County
Il of Van Buren-ss.
At session of the Probate Court FOR the county
of Van Buren,, holden at the probate office, in the
village OF Paw Paw, on Monday, the 29th day OF
October, in the year thousand eight hundred and
eighty-three. Present, Hon. Orrin N Hilton, Judge
of Probate.
In the matter Of the estate of Stephen W. Dun
combe, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition, duly verified, OF
Ada q. Duncombe, widow of said deceased praying
for therein stated that administration may
be granted to Charles J. Monroe, or some other
suitable person.
eThereupon 1t is ordered that Monday, the 26th
day OF November, 1888 at ten O'Clock in the fore
noon, be assigned for the hearing OF said petition,
aud all persons interested In said estate required
TO appear at session of said court, then to be
holden at the Probate office, in the village Of Paw
Paw and show cause If any there he, why the prayer
Of the petitioner should not be granted.
And it ia further ordered, that said petitioner give
notice to the persons interested in said estate OF the
pendency OF said petition, and the hearing thereof
by causing copy Of this order 10 be published in
the TRUE NoRrHERNER, newspaper, printed aud
circulating in said county OF Van Buren,, for three
successive weeks at least previous to said day of
hearing. 93t4o9G
oRRIN \. HILTON. Judge OF Probate.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-11-01

Quite m exciting runaway occurred on
our streets last Sunday. One Reynolds,
from Bangor way, let his horse get the better
of him, and it took lively pace from a little
west Of the hotel until it reached Marshall's
corner, when the buggy collided with tree,
much to its own detriment Reynolds was
somewhat stunned, but not severely hurt
Prof. Jennings caught the horse, near Ran.
SONS, and led him back, none the worse foi
wear.
Last Saturday evening, as Mrs. Modem
and her daughter, Mrs. Stoddard were driv-
ing past DIR. Haskin's, they were run into by
a carriage going in the opposite direction
and Mrs. NJ. was thrown from the buggy,
breaking her leg just above the ankle. Not
withstanding their cries for help, the men
who did the damage drove of and paid nc
attention TO them. DR.. Haskin set the
broken leg, but her family physician, DR.
Rowe, now has charge of the case. He says
the old lady will, probably, always have a
stiff ankle.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-11-01

Total. .......S 81 AT ,649,s46 Ss9,540,9Ss $3.50
It must be remembered that each OF these
periods, except the last, covers four fiscal
years the last covers only two fiscal years,
and yet its results compare well with those OF
any four years preceding. When the war
closed the interest charge was 1929 yearly
for each person, and in four years under
Secretary McCulloch it was reduced to 1882
Then four years under Mr.. Boutwell, reduced
il 10 S2.3j, and in spite of the prostration of
business, four years more, mainly under Mr..
Bristow, reduced it to 1901 per capita
About the close of President Grants second
term business began to recover, and more
than half of the entire burden OF the debt
has been removed in the six years which
have followed: four under Secretary Sher-
Iaan cut it down from S2.01 to Sl.tG pea
ospita, and two under Secretaries Window
and Folger have cut it down from S1.46 to
50 cents per capita
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-11-01
Lawrence.


Who hrs seen Herb; 1t il said he is in
town.
Hill IS fitting Up telephone Office in the
back part of his store.
Fred Ransom and wife of Grand Rapids,
have been visiting friends here.
Lyceum next Thursday evening Ques-
tion:. docs the use OF tobacco lead to the
use Of ardent spirits:n
Was somebody trying to break into the
widow house, or was she only frightened
on general principles?
A. w. Rogers d Co. have sold their saw
mill to III. T.. Rowland. provided no hitch
occurs in the details of the sale.
The funeral of Mrs. w. w. Bass, whose
death was mentioned in last weeks NORTH
EENER, took place last Thursday.
Plenty of ministers in town last week, at
tending the session of Congregational Syn
dictate of the Kalamazoo district.
Why not follow up the NoRTHERNERs sug-
gestion and get two mails day, each way2
Ham, you can get good petition if you
will.
Several of our smart young men had to
60 before Esq. Mortimer of Hartford, one
day last week, and pay $3.50 apiece, for dis
turbing divine service, on Sunday. Boys
you might have had a lot of fun with that
money, and people would have thought a
great deal more of you.
Mrs. Hattie Cornwell, who has long been
an invalid, had an operation performed on
her hip last Friday. DIR. Virgins of this
place, assisted by Dr's. Andrews, Dunning
and Hilton of Paw Paw, cut cash in the
thigh, and scraped the bone. She is rather
low after the operation, but we were in
formed that. on Sunday morning, she was
east er.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-11-01
Decline OF the National Debt.

The following table exhibits the decline of
the national debt during five Republican adj
ministrstions since the close of the war TO
put down the Democratic pro slavery REBEL
ion, with the reduction i'll yearly interest
charge and the reduction in yearly interest
charge per capita:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-11-01

Saliow Eyes or skin, restless sleep, want
of appetite, headache, drowsiness, denote n
sluggish Liver. Use ZOPESA at once and
save doctors bill. Open the pores and the
bowels, Invigorate the Liver and Digestion.
ZoPEsEA corrects the system through the
Stomach and Liver.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-11-01
Bucklen's Arnica SaIye.

The greatest medical wonder of the world,
Warranted to speedily cure Burns, Bruises,
Cuts, Ulcers Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Can
GERS, Piles, Chilblains, Corns, letter, Chap
ped Hands, and all Skin Eruptions, guaran-
teed to cure in every instance. or money
refunded. % cents per box. For sale by
Duncombe, Stearns & Co.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-11-01
A FARMER SPEAKS.

Mr.. Austin Jay, Copenhagen, Ont.
says he was so afflicted with Liv-
er Complaint that be was obliged
to give up work. The druggist at
Aylmer induced him to try ZoPEsA
with such good results that after
using two bottles he Was able to
resume work as usual. Says he
got relief from the frat dose. and
Id satisfied there is no better Liv-
ca remedy i'll existence. Tie glad
~ allows US to use his name.
Ask COVERT a. BAR TRAN
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-11-01

Can any one bring us case of Kidney or
Liver Complaint, that Electric Bitters will
not speedily cure? We say they can not as
thousands of cases already permanently
cured and who are daily recommending Elec-
trio Bitters, will prove. Bright's Disease,
Diabetes. Weak Back, or any urinary com
plant quickly cured. They purify the blood,
regulate the bowels. and act directly on the
diseased parts. Every bottle guaranteed.
For sale at soc. bottle, by Duncombe,
StearnS n Co.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-11-01
The Head of This Family

Inc HeaQ OF his fdlnlly
CHANGING his shoe bills, that they have made big
hole in his income.
He also that the shoes he has bought of Broughton
have worn longer than others.
His neg hbor tells him thai the Jack Richardson Boots
he bought of Broughton, the best he owned
His wife insists upon having another pair of the Wallace
Elliott Shoes sold only by Broughton and will take other
SO he follows the crowd buys his entire shoe bill of Broug
ton and is than satisfied.
1t has leaked way that Boughtons Boots and
Shoes the best for the money People say every day
This is one of the reasons why selling Boots and
Shoes than sold before.
Among many other good things wish to call your at
tenon to our Warm Easy Shoes for Ladies who suffer with
cold feet Some ofo customers declare that they could
keep house without pair OF Common Sense Easy Solid
Comfort Shoes for very tender feet As they made after
an idea of our they cannot be found elsewhere.
Even if you always think of a Dry Goods House.
do not forget that Broughons Store is the place to buy
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-11-01

The teeth become pure white,
And give intense delight
The Breath is purified
When "TEABERRY" is tried.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-11-01
Do You Think of Teaching ?
Do You Wish to Prepare for College

Our Curriculum of Study is complete in all branches nee
essay for entrance examinations in the best colleges Latin
Greek French German the English branches and Mathema
les are taught by competent instructors
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-14
J. LAWRENCE SMITH.
Death of Distinguished American scien
tist-Biographical Sketch.

Death of Distinguished American soien-
tist-Biographical Sketch.
LOUISVILLE, Oct. 12.-Prof. j. Lawrence
Smith, the distinguished scientist, died at
his residence in this city this afternoon of
diabetes. He was native of Charleston
s. c., born in 1918, graduated at the Uni
versity of Virginia, selected civil engin-
eeripg as his profession, and was engaged
to survey g projected railway between
Charleston and Cincinnati, studied medi-
cine and graduated from the medical col
lege in South Carolina, studied several
Buchanan to Turkey to teach the cultiva-
ton of cotton, and was appointed by the
Turkish government mining engineer for
Turkey, which place he filled four years.
In 1857 he invented the inverted micro
scope. Returning to America he was ap-
pointed professor of chemistry at the
University of Virginia; commissioner to
the Paris exposition of 1867 and Vienna
exposition of 1878; elected president of
the American association for advancement
of science for 1877; was member of the
American national academy of science and
chemical societies of Paris, Berlin and
London, and of the society de- encourage
ment pour = irdustrie Rationale, Paris and
imperial meteorological society, st. Peters
burg; member of the order of Medjidiah
and Nichau Ifthar of Turkey and chivalier
of the imperial order of st. Stanislaus of
Russia. He married daughter of Hon.
Jas. Guthrie, formerly United States SEN
ator from Kentucky.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-14
TIMELY TOPICS

Mrs. Annie Gilchrist, in portraying the
lives and characters of famous women. de-
votes herself to the record and unfoldings
of the life and character of Mary Lamb,
the sister Of that literary celebrity, Charles
Lamb. Their lives were inseparable, and
it seems impossible to give the life of the
one without deiineating the character of
the other. This IS especially and pecu-
Harly true of the sister. Her life was
Swallowed by lurking element of insari-
ty, paroxyRs Of which were always sad
and often disastrous; but in her lucid in
tarvaIs she tenderly devoted herself to the
care and comfort of her brother, and in
turn he gave up all, and led single, un-
married life, that he might devote himself
with undivided affection and care to his
unfortunate sister. This singular, mutual
devotion was as beautiful as unusual.
Their lives were always made sorrowfuIly
anxious by MarY'5 liability to seasons of
lunacy, and to the tendency of Charles to
habits of inebriety. Yet in spite of all
this, they were distinguished by their
nobler traits OF character, and by the pos
session of real genius. Mary was gifted
with literary and poetic capabiIity, as
we'll as her brother, and but for her dis
tressing malady might have equaled or
excelled him in literary pursuits. She was
a quiet, gentle woman, was a great reader,
and was educated more in the reading
of books than in the schools. She was
the third, as Charles was the youngest of
seven children. From his birth Charles
was Mary's peculiar care, and it seems
fitting that in later years, ne should recip-
rocate, her earlier devotion, by his later
tender care of her. Domestic cares and
struggles pressed heavily upon the family:
the parents vera enfeebled by age:
at his twentieth year Charles
was disturbed by the only lo9e-Iorn maia-
dy of his life, and this, with perplexing
domestic SORROWS, dethroned reason, and
he had his first and lest paroxysm of in
sanity, snd was sent to an asylum, where
he recovered. Meanwhile, Mary was over
borne with family burdens, and the ex-
hausting care of her brother John, in a
dangerous illness, which at last prostra-
ted her; and the mind of the gentle, loving
sister gave way, and terrible and dis
tressing domestic tragedy followed. Mrs.
Gilchrist gives this account of the crushing
calamity: "About the middle of Septem-
Der, Mary being then thirty-two years old,
her family observed some symptoms of in
sanity in her, which had so much increased
by the 21st., that her brother, early in the
morning. went to DR.. Pitcairn, who, un-
happily, was ont. On the afternoon of
that day, seized with a sudden attack of
frenzy, she snatched knife from the ia
BILE and pursued the young apprentice (or