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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-16
Going to Congress.
Bill Arp in Atlanta Constitution.

Bill Arp in Atlanta Constitution
[ heard Zeb Vance telling how he
captured the votes of the backwoods
settlement in North Carolina when
he first ran for Congress. He said he
had never been in the settlement and
didn't know the beys. He Didn't
know their politics nor their habits
nor their religion But he sent them
word that he would be there to see
them on a certain day, and SO he rode
over the mountains and got there and
found sixty of the sovereigns at
cross-road grocery, and he got down
and he hitched his horse and began to
make their acquaintance and crack
his jokes around, and thought he was
getting along pretty well with them;
but he noticed an old man, with shag
gy eyebrows and big brass spectacles,
sitting on a chunk and marking in
the sand with stick. The old man
didn't seem to pay any attention to
Vance, and after while Vance con-
cluded that the old man was the bell
wether of the flock. and that it was
necessary to capture him, so he sided
up close to him and the old man got
up and shook himself and leaned for
ward on his stick and said solemnly,
''This is Mr.. Vance, [ believe" eyes,
SIR" said Vance. "And you have
come over here to see my boys about
their votes, [ believe" eyes, SIR"
''that's--my business"
"Well, SIR" said the old man,
Safore you proceed with that business
[ would like to ak you few ques-
tons"
Certainly, sir, certainly" said
Vance.
what church mout you belong
to-" said the old man.
That was sockdolg er-Vance
didn't belong to any church. He knew
the religion and meeting was big
thing in the backwoods, and con-
trolled their politics, but he didn't
know what their religion was, for
North Carolina was powerfully spot
ted, aRd had a nest of Episcopalians
in one place and Presbyterians in
another, and Baptists here and Metho-
dists over yonder, and they never
mixed, but were all one way in
settlement, and so he was in dilem-
ma.
But he squared himself for the
responsibility, and says he:
well, now, my friend, I will tell
you about that, for It Is fair ques-
ton. Of course it is. Well, you see,
nay grandfather came from Scotland,
and you know that over in Scotland
every body is Presbyteriaa. "
Here he paused tosnote the effect,
but saw no sign Of sym pathy with his
grandpa.
But my grandmother came from
England, and over there verybody
belongs to the Episcopal church" He
paused again, and the old man mark
ed another mark in the sand and spit
his tobacco away off.
s'BuG my father was born in this
country in a Methodist settlement,
and SO he grew up a Methodist. "
Still no sign of approval from the old
man, as Vance took his last shot and
said: But my good old mother was
a Baptist, and it is my opinion that a
man has got to go under water to get
to Heaven. !"
The old man walked up and, taking
him by the hand, said well, you
are all right, Mr.. Vance" and then
turning to the crowd, said: Boys.
he'll do, and you may vote for him. [
thought be looked like Baptist. "
And the old man slowly drew a flask
from his coat tail and handed i. to
Vance to seal his faith.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-16
4 GIeTer Trio.

On examining the parish accounts
in village 10 Staffordshire lately,
the three following curiosities appear
ed:
One of the overseers had made six
ty-three weeks IN a year; and an item
IN the other overseers accounts was
for church rats This caused great
merriment, in which all heartily
joined, but none more SO than the
constable, who Immediately after
wards produced his accounts, in which
was a charge for holding a conquest
over a man found dead
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-16
A Welsh Hand bill.

We have seen many specimens OF
the ludicrous produced by mis-spell-
ing, but the following genuine ana
nouncement of lost sheep exceeds any
thing we ever read:
"Lost-Supposed to be astrayed out
of the near Cress y Cylog of VIM.
Morgan, 10 ship, in which was two
rams and one black you; also a very
remarkall you that ass her he'd one
side, as if her neck was disgoint, short
tails, and to or three a slit in the left
year of UNI ALL
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-16
4 Change of See ne.

In certain cathedral city, which
has been playfully called the actors
grave" two members of an un-
successful dramatic company found
themselves looking out of their lodg-
ings.
It was cold night, and IN prefer
ence to walking in the streets, they
managed to find a way into the
theatre. They pulled out the green
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-16
Some Valuable Tim bers.
Memphis CTenn. } Appeal.

Memphis (Ienn. Appear.
The tupelo gum and the willow oak
are timbers that are destined to com
mercial value never until recently
dreamed of a gentleman resid-
ing in Mississippi who has tested
them thoroughly says the first variety
is almost as soft and light as the cork
of commerce, and is the whitest tim
Der in the valley. 1t is extremely
light and can not be split, and at the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-16
fSINTER,S ESSAY.

To Miss Catherine j, of U-TK.
An S-A now / mean to write
2 u, sweet XIII,
The girl without n,
The belle of U-T-K.
/ 1-der if you got the
/ wrote 2 u B4
sailed in the R-K-D-A,
And sent by LIN Moore.
My MT head will scarce conceive
calm IDA bright;
But, ST miles from you, must
M this chance to write.
&, 1st, should NE Nv Z,
B E-Z. mind it not,
If any friendship show, B sure
They shall not b 4-got
But friends and foes alike DIX,
And you may plainly G
In every funeral RIA
Our uncle'S LEG.
From virtue never D-V-8;
Her influence B-9
Alike induces 10-dernesS
Or 40-tude Divine.
& if you cannot cut =
Or cause an
I hope U'll put a
RI?
r U an-X-ation
My cousin, heart and -
He offers in q
A s broad of land.
He says he loves y KS,
Fer virtuous and Us;
In Kiln G. U XII
All others in his Is.
This S-A, until UIC,
pray U : Kos,
And not to burn in FIG
My quaint and hayward muse.
Now, fare q well, dear KIT J.,
trust that you are true.
When this G then can y say
An S-A Do?
american.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-16

M. Theirs, when in London, wrote
to the Chancellor of the Exchequer as
follows: II wish to become thorough
ly acquainted with the financial sys-
tenn of England. When can you spare
me five minutes?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-16
Mrs. Mary Prayn went to China

Mrs. Mary Pfayn went to China
thirteen years ago, and since then she
has established christian schools at
Shanghai anc Yokohama, Japan. Re
turning to her native land last month,
she is now critically i'll at her old
home in Albany, n. Y. Upon beng
aroused from Inconsistencies a few
weeks ago she refused at first to be-
leve that she was not Ia China.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-16

Mr.. Bergh has in his possession
wills giving half million of dollars
to the Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Animals, which Is no"
ing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-16
A New Jury System.

On one occasion, in a New York
police court, special jury was needed,
and the panel was filled with ex de-
tectives loafng around the courtroom.
After hearing the testimony and ar
guments the jury retired, and in few
minutes reported ready and were
brought in.
''What is the finding of the iury?'
Inquired the court, after the usual pre-
linsinaries
Nothing, may it please the court, y
responded the foreman.
''Noth1ng2" echoed the judge in
"That's all your honor"
''Haven't you found a verdict?"
''No, your honor"
Really, gentleman, this is the most
astonishing experience [ ever had on
the bench. What's the matter?"
'Well, your honor, we are all de-
tectives, and -"
That's enough, " shouted the Judge;
MIR Sheriff, discharge the jury and
impanel one that can find something"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-16
Metal working

These aggregate 104, 210, or little
over third of the entire number
of patents issued.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-16

A table prepared by Commissioner
Butterworth shows that, of the nearly
10000 patents issued by the govern
ment, the various lines of machinery
and industries have received the fol
lowing number:
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1884-04-17
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

The Senate was not in session on the
11th. In the House the bill passed au-
thorizing the offer of $4,000 reward for in
formation of or rescue Of the Greedy expe-
dition. The resolution declaring the
charges against General Boynton not sus-
tanned by the evidence was adopted, The
bill to limit the time for beginning prose-
cutions under the internal revenue laws
and the bill to forfeit the Northern Pacific
land grant were reported favorably.
The House went into commit
tee of the whole on the pension appropria-
ton bill. The amount appropriated is $780,
5S4, 400, Of which SG6,000,000 is an unexpend-
ed balance from last year, Several amend.
ments were discussed, but no action taken.
The estimate Of the Chief of Ordnance for
sea coast armament was submitted and re.
ferred. 1t calls for $l,5O0,00O. A night ses-
sion was held for consideration of pension
bills.
CHARLES READE, the English novelist,
died on the 11th.
ANTHRACITE coal mining is to be sus.
pended this week.
THE Buffalo Grand Jury are Investigate
ing the gamblers.
Two men were killed by fall of
earth in brick-yard at Pittsburgh, Pa,
on the 18th.
MICHIGAN expects good apple crop, but
only half a crop of peaches this year.
HEAVY rains and waterspouts have
caused bad washouts along the Southern
Pacific Railroad in California.
The situation grows more menacing at
Berber and the rebels threaten to lay siege
to the place.
SEVENTEEN stove manufacturers have
formed a combination to control prices and
production.
HARPER's Rolling Mill at Newport, KY,
has been forced to shut down on accounto Of
a strike of coal heayers.
THERE were 175 business failures in the
United States during the seven ,davs
ending the 11th, and thirty-mne in Canada.
The body Of Mrs. Celia Bush, miserly
recluse, was found in thicket near her
home at fredericksburg, Nd, with her
throat cut. Her home had been robbed
A BLOODY riot occurred on the 11th at ST.
Canada, between Irish and
Italian railroad laborers.
AURELIo MAYoLL, Cuban just arrived
at Key West, Fla, has been arrested on the
charge of conspiring 70 assassinate the
Cuban Governor General.
i, The Empress of China has publicly de-
graded four members of the Privy Council
for the lax manner in which they have
dealt with the Tonquin troubles.
AT the request OF Senator Butler, L. r.
g convicted moonshiner, has
been transferred from the Auburn, IN. " |
State Prison TO the Penitentiary at Colun- |
bia, S. Q.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1884-04-17

DISPATCHES from Khartoum, under the
date of March 30, showed Gordon's position
to be extremely critical and his troops mu-
tinous. He had repelled several advances
of the rebels.
IHE Governor Of Washington Territory
has committed to imprisonment for life the
sentence of death to have been executed
upon +. NJ, Gronini, a Swiss, on the 10th.
There We're grave doubts as to his sanity.
On the 9th, Baltimore, Md, had the heav
lest fall of snow of the winter. In portions
Of Pennsylvania railway travel was se-
| riously impsAed.
THE increased valuation OF railroad
property in Iowa over 1888, Is about 81.
100000.
OK the 9th entrances to the Pocahontas
mine We're opened and fans were TO be put
IN operation and an effort made to secure
| the remains of the dead miners.
TIE Court authorities at indianapolis,
Ind, are taking cognizance of recent
events in Cincinnati, and are purging the
jury business Of many abuses that have
crept in.
PRosPEcToRs have discovered another
geyser basin in the Upper Yellowstone
Valley.
ENGLAND is to have beet sugar factory
with capacity Of 1900 tons.
In France the striking coIliers have de.
manded that their wages be paid during
the time lost by the strike.
AFFAIRS in Cuba are verging on anarchy,
owing to the heavy taxation and reduced
prices Of sugar products.
THE Legislature Of Nova Scotia has ex.
tended the franchise in the municipal elec.
tions to unmarried women.
The forces under Aguero, the filibuster,
have compelled several bodies of Cuban
troops to retire, and there is great excite.
ment in Havana.
a DUTCH feet is blockading the Achenese
coast TO compel the release of the ships
crew captured some time ago
RETURNS Of the Department Of Apricnl-
ture indicate that the winter wheat area
this year will exceed that Of 1880 by 2,00O,.
600 acres.
THE employees Of the Toledo, Cincinnati
y So. Louis Road, with the exception Of
conductors and engineers, have struck be.
cause Of unpaid wages.
THE Governments Of France, Italy, Ger
many, England and the United States.
have demanded large sums from Hayti for
damages sustained by their citizens during
the riots.
The Usage Indian delegation now in
Washington have persuaded the Secretary
of the Interior to recommend that their
tribe be excepted from the bill to alIot In.
dian lands in severalty.
On the 10Th the Senate in executive ses.
sion, passed resolution authorizing the
President to recognize the International
Association a. the ruling power in the
Congo region.
OK the evening Of the 9th, two brothers
in-law at Niagara Falls went over to Goat
Island and thence below to Luna Island
One has been found shot through the head,
and the other is supposed to have jumped
in the river and went over the falls.
SMALLPOX is reported as epidemic in
Ballard County, KY.
On the 9th three hundred and eighteen
Mormon emigrants left Liverpool ON the
steamship Nevada.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1884-04-17
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

POLISH merchant named Charles Rice,
who is also agent of steamboat company
az Shenandoah, Pa, and whose tenements
are occupied by hungarian emigran.s, has
Deen notified to leave town OF die.
DIR. COLLINS was before the Jeanuette in.
Vestlgatlon committee on the Sth and told
his story.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR and Cabinet attended
the funeral Of the late Minister Hunt at
washington, D. G., on the Sth.
IT IS supposed that the lady who recently
committed suicide at the Laclede Hotel. ST.
Louis. Mo-, was Mrs. A. NJ. Rogers, of Falls
City, Neb.
oN the sth Cincinnati elected Demo-
cfatlc city ticket. Throughout the State
party gains varied with the local issues in
volved in the election.
lhE VIII Of MIS-. Ottendorfer, wife of
tne editor of the New York lStoots Zettu,,g
alsposes Of an estate worth S3,O00,O00 and
leaves many bequests to benevolent OBJ.
iects. ~
ROW KING, one of the. most prominent
Y tne Sioux Indian chiefs, died Of quick
consumption at Standing Rock Agency,
y, ~ on the 9TH Ha
SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE WALKING Of
Ne" ORR is seriously i'll from nervous
PFossratlon. Oyer-work and the recent
islatlve Investigations are assigned as
:, ORDERS have been sent by the British
gpyeqrhment to General Gordon to with.
uiaw from Khartoum with the garrison.
asSlsrAEF GENERAL MANAGER H, G,
9,AiAiNs' OF the Milwaukee g. st. Paul Road,
nas been stricken with paralysis.
GOVERNOR SHERMAN of Iowa. has been
ayolneu from conveying to the Federal.
ppofelnment certain Sioux City and ST.
- ~ ianas m accordance with recent act
q the Legislature. 'fas1f
NJ. ~ ,oraer has been issued placing Colonel
,Hu's and Aieutenant- Colonel Phillips Of the
-tosrtn Regiment Ohio militia under arrest.
.s.,. s,lu Vaey will be tried By courtnartial for
sln sa',lng TO obey orders at the Cincinnati
sioO' lth III
- tne Sharon divorce case matters have
iSeepea ~ such a state of tension tliat the
s.pss requires policeman at tho door to
asalcn every one for concealed weapons ON
the Court-roomc Z i e{tt3
~ tneDth Miss Elizabeth Abbott. aged
Ip%en9y'one, committed suicide at CORY.
tssrwith strychnine, Disappointment IN
iove was the cause.
Rnjl NE swiss authorities have expelled
'Sse no,. aorllla from the Republic. N
~ =. lisouIER KNOX is about to resign 70
= .u'o the banking business.
r;.a AofosAIs have been made to Osman
III 4A ior an understanding with the Brit
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1884-04-17
CMAnLnsroN. liz. Anrll ID.
UNwARRANTED OsTRACIsM.

Young Lady, the Innocent Cause Of a Sad
Tragedy, Driven From Her Usual Ave
nues of Employment by "a Systematic
Freezing Out on the Part of Fellow. Work.
eTs.
ST. Louis, NO, April 10.
The case of young Shook, the drug
gist's clerk, who killed Sullivan, the rail
road clerk, on Locust street, near Elev-
enth, about a month ago, is before the
Grand Jury, and that the evidence Of
witnesses examined by them may resultin
finding an indictment for much more
serious offense than manslaughter, the
charge upon which Shook was arrested
subsequent to the killing. Miss Nora
Nash, the young lady whose playful act of
tossing potato peeling at Shook, was
the cause Of the ill-feeling between the
two men, which finally resulted in the
tragedy, is now In Denver, Col, and 1t is
said that her absence from the city was
the result of a freezing-out process on the
part of the employees in various establish
ments at which she sought work after
having lost her situation in Mills &
Averilps coat department on account Of
her innocent connection with the sad af-
fair. After leaving this place, it is said,
she applied for positions at several dry
goods stores, among them at Scruggs,
where the forelady declared that she
would resign If Miss Nash was given en-
ployment. Her last application was made
to Crawford 3 Co., where the young lady
who had been engaged to the late Mr..
Sullivan was working, but this forloin
hope resulted in failnre, as the employees
combined in q successful attempt to keep
her out.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1884-04-17

The Russian Consul at New York, NJ.
Weletzki, has been transferred to London.
SECRETARY FRELINGHUYsEN has asked
for commission to canvass trade rela.
lions with Central and South America.
The New Hampshire Democrats will hold
their convention to choose delegates to
Chicago on May1.
oN the 9th Lieutenant Colonel Miguel
Castillo, veteran Mexican soldier, who
fought in thewar of Independence, the war
with France and also In that with the
United States, died at Vera Cruz,
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1884-04-17
GRIMES AND CAUsUALrrEs,

"A CONFEDERATION on the 18th at Gerugan,
Moravia, burned fifty houses. A woman
and two children perished in the flames.
FIVE more French missionaries are said
10 nave been assassinated in Tonquin.
BY railway collision near Dublin on the
Seh, thirty-hve persons were injured.
AN attempt was made by dynamiters on
the Sth, to blow up British fortress near
Inverness, Scotland.
A LARGE portion of the city OF Mandalay,
Burmah, was recently destroyed by fire.
The place has population Of $4,000.
HARTFORD (Conn.l saloon-keeper
named Lewis Tracey, shot and killed
George Either on the 9th with pistol he
did not know was loaded.
On the l0th party Of surveyors were
fired on by squatters near Charleston, w.
Va, and one of them was wounded
On the 10th H. z. Buckley, Of White
water, Wis, was found murdered in an
alley at Leadyille, Col
On the 10th the body Of j. r. Stevens, a
hotel keeper at Jewell junction. Ia, was
found at that place lying on the railroad
track with the head severed. Murder was
suspected.
AT Greencamp, o., the calaboose burned
the night of the 9th, and with it James Ken.
yon, aged fifty-flve, who was confined for
drunkenness.
WHILE stealing ride on a Wabash
train, on the 10th, tramp fell between the
cars at Delphi, Ind, and was mangled be-
yond recognition.
BY an explosion Of dynamite in stone
quarry, near Franklinton, N. G., on the 10th
Doc Robinson and Edward Strong were
killed, and four other men wounded.
On the 10th Jessie Gordon, aged six
years, was sulfocated in corn bin at
Hastings, Neb.
THE Detroit (NIich.) Daily Times office
was burned out ON the 10Th.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1884-04-17
A MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY.

Two Brothers-iu.Bnw OF Prominent Niag.
ara Falls Families Enact n Tragedy on
Luna Islanh--Tiie Body OF One Found
Shot to Death-Ihe other supposed to
Have Como Over the FnIIs
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-08-01
RATHER ROMANTIC,
Nequrli to- the O~Sian TcrburEh seiE.
t"rd~r---T"o Lovers Res, :tn suieides'
Graves

LEEcHBURc, Pa, July 25.-Marie Sal,er
beautiful young lady, committed suicide
,D>uoS by taking large dose of poison.
her death Is the sequel TO one of the most
sensational tragedies ever taken place
mere About three months ago Ossian
ierourgh' brilliant young LAWYER.
destroyed his existence with the deadly
"uS known as prussic acid He
iett several letters, one In bis
iaoner, Dr' Ierburgh, prominent spirS
NuaHst, ~ which he gave his reasons for
SSfiIl'Scn'ystruction, Sil at the same time warming
ms inther never 20 reveal them One 81
tne directions given was his desira tint ~
remains should be cromated and his ashes
cast IN the waters nearest the river. 80 tbnt
notnihs snoulu remain to burden the
to,I WIN ms memory. In case his
iaoheI should object to cremation, he
hoped that his funeral cortege vouId
tolslst OF but heArse and one carriage.
ahd that his remains be Inferred i'm
s ~ most lonely and seldom trod spot TO bo
tSDuhu within the inclosure of the dead
reI there be neither headstone or other
tnlhg 10 mark the spot" he said "for my
iohuest wish in this respect is that / NAV
oe forgotten 10 the world as quicly as
PossloIe' These remarkable utterances
ueepened the mystery, and although every
eHort was made 20 ascertain what ipsti.
gated them and at the same time led TO the
young mans death, it was moi
uh'A Few weeks ago further light
was thrown upon the subject. 1t was then
ueVeloSed that IL was his love for Miss Sal
yer that led TO the suicide. IL is said that
ne mad been engaged TO marry her, but was
prevented from doing so by reason of an
athiction that could only result in injury 10
her love. He spent his last night on earth
pleading with Miss Salter to consent TO
ms committing suicide. She was nm.
wiling, and he was determined aud
the next morning his dead body
was found i'm his room. His ideal
was not his equal IN a social point of view,
but he had educated her, and she baj
learned 70 love him, and consequently She
never recovered from the shock sustained
by his death. She returned to her little
country home at Leechburg, and, although
surrounded by loving parents and friends,
she was not happy, and finally took her
own life 20 join her lover in the great he
yond. Terburgh was a thorough, bright
student, and master OF the dead languages.