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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-17
4 Thrilling Adventure.

At the mouth of Beaver creek, on
the Missouri river, lives family by the
name of Filson. There are several
sons, and they are all noted as being
very powerful men and very fond Of
hunting. One day while Daniel Boone,
the eldest, was out cutting hay in the
field he heard his dogs give tongue 4
few hundred yards distant, and procur-
ing his gun he followed the direction
OF the sound until finally he discovered
them baying something in a clump of
bushes on q knoll only few feet dis
tant from the river bank. Regardless
OF danger, he rushed up to the river
bank to reconnoiter, but he had scarce
~ time to discover anything when out
sprang q huge bear, rose on his
launches, and jumped for an attack.
Mr.. FilsOn had just time to bring his
gun half way to his shoulder. when it
was discharged without taking aim.
BY singular coincidence Mr.. Filson's
brother-in-law had heard the barking
OF the dogs, too, and was fastening to
the scene, and only a few rods distant,
as the bear sprang out Of the bushes.
Having his gun loaded with heavy shot,
be fired at the bear at close quarters,
hitting him, but also shot Mr.. Filson
in several places. The next Mr.. Fill
son knew he found himself buried in
sand-bar, all except a portion of his
face around the eyes, with the bear
standing directly over him and growl-
ing savagely at his brother-in-law, who
was preparing for another shot. His
brother-in-law fired, and the bear
sprang in the direction of the shot, but
as he did so his hind paws, which were
resting on Mr.. Filson's legs, were
brought down with such quickness and
strength that they tore the flesh from
the bones in shreds. Before the bear
could reach the brother-in-law he fell
mortally wounded; but Mr.. Filson lay
for six months in a precarious con-
dltion, and has never fully recovered
from the injuries received. In relating
the circumstance he stated that when
that bear stood on him it seemed that
he weighed fully as much as a big ele
phant, and for whole year afterward
be felt as if he had almost been crushed
to pieces.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-17
Bankrupt Henry Willard.

Henry Wizards proposed trip to
Europe for the benefit Of his broken
health has apparently been postponed,
and ne appears down town again in
New York. His wife retains the $780,
600 place on the Hudson from the wreck
OF her husbands fortune, and the family
are still occupying their great house in
New York, the interior of which is said
to resemble an Italian palace. 1t would
seem that the wreck was not so COM
plete, after al. The unfortunate stock.
holders of the Trans COM
pany are threatening suits against the
directors for deceptionS--COr String
field Republican"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-17
Flirting in New York.

1t is very difficult to Judge of wo-
man s station in life from her appear
ance on the street, says a New York
correspondent. presume this is the
reason why it is often asserted out of
town that New York ladies are con-
tirmed tiirts. The fact IS that in no
city of America is there so little street.
flirting by ladies as in New York.
Brooklyn is notorious for its flirting
women. 1t is considered quite the cor
rect thing, or, more properly, it is not
considered incorrect for a girl to have
an occasional Irritation in the street
there, but in New York it is frowned
down bitterly. There is no doubt that
in Brooklyn, and in many smaller
towns of similar characteristics, wo-
men and girls who are bored by lone
illness and the absence of any sort of
excitement occasionally, and lust for
the lark of the thing, indulge in a
quiet street filtration. There are many
cases where women of unexceptionable
character are led to the thing more
through excitement than viciOusness or
an absence of moral stamina. But in
New York such thing is unknown. 1t
may be asserted. without Il particle OF
doubt, that a lady here never firtS-in
the street. | don't know exactly who
is responsible for this. Perhaps it is
that the most picturesque and attract
i've men to be found in New I Ork
streets are bunkC men, card sharks,
adventures, and dissipatcd club men,
who live without visible mems of sup
port. There is = vast class Of these
fashionable men who spend most OF
their time on the public highways and
devote rs much Of their attention as
they can spare from the arduous tolls
of business to the women who walk
abroad. 1t does not take 4 New York
girl long to find out that men of this
class are dangerous. She is never sure
who the man is who she brushes
against IN the crowd. He may be q
bank burglar or Wall street broker.
She is liable to find out if she pursues
Investigations a little further, but she
is always afraid to take the risk, and
therein is the safeguard.
twill be observed that | do not give
New York women credit for having a
higher moral standard than women of
any other city in the country. Such an
assumption would be grotesque, for
ladies here are no better off morally
than anywhere else in the country. But
their street manners are certainly vast
ly superior to those of the ladies Of
other cities that [ have ever visited
This may be because they know the
danger they run and are proportions
atcly careful, or it may be on account
of the firm conviction that street firt-
ING is low and in execrable taste. When
l speak of ladies in connection with
this subject mean lady in the high
est sense of the term There are ur-
questionably lots of women who indulge
in Broadway fjrtations. When one
traces them up, however, they are a
ways found TO belong to a very low So
2ial strata.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-17
Ben Hills Tomb.

The committee in charge of the mat
ter has selected for the late Senator
Hill's statue the following inscriptions
from his writings:
He who saves his country saves all
things, and all things saved do bless
him; who lets his country die lets all
things die, dies himself ignobly and
all things dying curse him!
For the reverse side:
The constitution should know no
section, but should know all the states.
On one sidepiece:
We are in our Fathers house; our
brothers are our companions, and we
are here to stay, thank God, forever.
On the other side will be brief
record of the senator's public and pro-
fessional life. The statue is rapidly
approaching completion.-AtZa1sta Con-
StitutjOD.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-17
A Story of an Elephant.

There is beautiful story of an old
elephant engaged in 4 battle on the
plains of India He was standard
bearer, and carried on his huge back
the royal ensign, the rallying point of
the POOna host. At the beginning of
the fight he lost his master. The ma
hout," or driver had given him the
word to halt. when he received q fatal
wound, and fell to the ground, where
he laid under Il heap of slain. The ODE
dent elephant stood Still while the bat
tie closed around him and the standard
he carried. He never stirred 4 foot, re-
fusing to advance or retire, as the con-
fict became hotter and liCrcer, until
the Mahrattas, seeing the standard still
flying steadily in its place, refused to
believe that they were being beaten,
and rallied again and again round the
colors. And all this while, amid the
din of battle, the patient animal stood
straining its ears 10 catch the sound of
that voice it would never hear again.
At length the tide of conquest left the
field deserted. Mahrattas swept on in
pursuit of the flying foe, but the ele-
plant, like a rock, stood there, with
the dead and dying around, and the
ensign waving in its place. For three
days and nights it remained where its
master had given the command to halt.
They then sent to village, 100 miles
away, and brought the Mahout's little
son. The noble hero seemed then to
remember how the driver had some
times given his authority to the little
child, and Immediately, with all the
shattered trappings changing as he
went, paced quietly and slowly away.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-17

The urchins of Brazos County, Texas,
know how to make life interesting for
the schoo[master. The Pilot tells of
one VINO was called up to be fogged,
but just as the hickory was raised over
his head he bumped himself like a
camel, and butted his teacher in the
stomach, knocking him over table
and Il bench into a remote corner of
the room. Before the astonished peda-
gogue had recovered his wind the
young goat was gone.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-17

One OF Mrs. Carlyle's letters, recently
published, throws some new light on
her personal habits. Il spend my life, "
she writes, chiefly in writing letters.
smoking cigarettes, and loving the
devil out of Yorkshire kitten, rs cred
ible an account of ones self as my
husbands, anyhow, who spends his
life, he writes to me, chiefly in sleep
ing, and drinking new milk under new
forms. Very bilious work that, !
should say; but every one to his mind"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-17

In Dakota, married women retain
their own real and personal property,
and may make contracts, sue and be
sued, as if single. Neither husband
nor wife has any interest in the prop
erty of the other.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-17

1t is reported that Ex-Governor Gear
is about to re-engage in the wholesale
grocery business in Burlington, bust
ness which he abandoned upon enter
ing public life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-17

A Philadelphia street is to be ex-
tended through Il cemetery, requiring
the removal of 1000 bodies at city ex-
pense.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-17

Mr.. T. j. Scudamore, who recently
died in England, was the originator OF
the postal telegraph system in that
country.
Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-10-14

The Grismer-paVies combination openeu
last nighttoan appreciati'e pnt not specially
large audience The attendance wouid nave
been lar larger II the sterling excellence OF
the troupe had been thoroughly understood
by Los Angeles amusement goers, ana uh'
quesnohaDiy oVerhowihs houses VIII nc
chronicied IN the iuture' the lowering
Wca'hcr hhNihs h'" u'eoo'i"sins e"eo'
npon the uevo'ees Oh ihesp's' we nave
heretofore had occasion 10 more 'he very
thorough histriomc gii's OF MI. erismer, AS
an elocutiohist ne Us ehtitieu 10 take high
RANK Ihere Is grace III MS ca'riase anu
Commitment and wlthal an energy In his de-
,,vcrv thst win unon cultivated people. In
-
Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-10-14

young carpenter named II, X. Herbine,
who h Is been In Los Angeles for about two
years. yesterday became iuriously crazy and
started down Main street on u run stopping
frequently to dip his hands In the dirty
water In the gutter. He had conceived an
abhorrence to women and assaulted the wo-
men that he met on the street, In his wild
career. officers kearny and IIoyle gave
chase, and when they overlook him at the
loot of Bath street he threw himself into the
zanja on his face, but was pulled out before
being stranglcd, lie struggled iercely
while being taken to jail, and insisted that
he should not be placed near any woman,
against whom he was full of rage and hor-
ror. Ii Is needless to say that he Is a cell
bate. On his person was found In bills and
coin the sum of $2321.
The other victim is Greenslade, the re-
ligous fanatic OF East Los Angeles, who is
running what he calls the work of the
Lord" lie is the fellow who interrupted
Ingersoll at the Grand Opera House and was
fired ont doors His vagaries are most
amusing. Chief Cuddy jailed him yester-
doy.
Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-10-14
THE RACES.
A Postponement owing 90 the
Wet weather.


Yesterday afternoon the races Of the Sixth
District Agricultural Fair Association we're
10 have commenced. aud lovers Of good
horses aud racing we're ON the tip toe OF ex-
pcctation, but on sunday, all day the low
hung clouds poured their garnersd iullness
down aud the track was made so very
slushy that the directors concluded 70 post
none the beginning Of the races until to-day
IT O'Clock r. N. The rain OF yesterday viii
undoubtedly make the track faster. a. II Is
naturally sandy and the rain Will mike IL
more Arm and compact. fine time may be
expected to-day, ~ superior attractions are
offered The first event will be for the three
minute class, free for all horses
tl2j to first. 81 10 second aud $50 to third.
The following are the trolters entered
Frank Monroe names b. .. Alph, by Echo,
dam unknown; Elias Williams names for
owner 4. II: Mayberry, b. g. liardman, BY
g. General Hewitt, by Richmond. dam, Bar.
bara: John J. Reynolds names br. =. Silver
Heels, by Gibraltar. dam. belmont; A. +.
McPhail, Santa Barbara names Dick g.
Last night killip h Co. sold pools on the
above race at Sam Pagers saloon. Ia Dow
ney Block. Hardman was the iayorlte, sell,
Ing Mt an average OF about t35 General
Hewitt was second choice, selling
f from !, e. to T ,s a'lS eool SOLD sSld i Sa
this race, with IIardman barred, stood
General Hewitt. 80: Silver Heels, 81; the
field, s.. Hardman Is n big fayorite with the
knowing ones, but many u time ana Oft have
the knowing ones fallen by the wHyside.
The next event to-day will he II trot in the
2.8g class for purse Of $50, with the follow
ing entries:
Elias Williams names b. m. Tempest, by
sutton, by Belle Mason.
J. n. johnson, by G. A. Durfee, names br.
e. Dick j., pedigree unknown.
u. II. Payne names bk. m. Kate Bender,
by Echo chief, dam, Black Bird.
Last night Dick J. sold way
up In the pools, bringing as
high as $50, with Tempest at tl3 and Kate
Bender $40 A good deal of interest Is cen
tered IN this race.
To-day there will be only one train to the
grounds, which will leave the Commercial
street depot al " o'clock noon, returning
after the last heat Ii over Arrangements
will perhaps be made after to-day to run
trains to the grounds Mt short intervals.
Nine horses which have been attending
the Fresno races will arrive today at noon
and enter.
Hon. =. A. Finnigan, one of the judges, has
arrived and Is at the 81. Elmo guest Of the
Association.
The last entries VIII be made to- day, and
II Is good thing as every stall and shed at
the grounds Is full,
Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-10-14

Complaint was made before Justice Ling
on Saturday last by Gus wolfrom charging
Annie Hepner with grand larceny. 1t ap,
pears that the festive Annie who is young In
years but old in crime, was in the employ of
Mr. wolfrom as domestic, and one day last
week when the family were away started In
to lay waste the Wolfrom residence by gath
erlng up everything OF value that was loose
The first thing that took her eye was pair
of diamond ear rings, these she quietly cap
tured then a gold watch and chain, three
pair OF gold bracelets and diamond ring,
fell into her rapacious grasp, besides other
things in the jewelry line OF less value and
too numerous to mention. She then turned
her attention to the wardrobe of Mrs. VOL
from, and everything that would NJ her pro
ceeded to don them, even to Mrs. Wolfroms
shoes. In this attire she sailed forth and
WAS greatly admired as she tripped lightly
and gayly through the streets, on her way to
the depot, where she took the train for San
Gabriel. Constable Griffin and Deputy Berry
soon got on her trail and duly lodged her in
Jail this morning, the eldest one, Jessie, was
also arrested this morning as accessory, AS
Annie had peached on her, and said her
sister had told her to steal the things or she
would not have done 1t. This is not the first
time complaints have been made In regard
TO the young girl OF having committed SINH
lar offences.
Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-10-14
THE POOL BOX.
The system, Of selling and buy
linz Upa r6s Mutual Pools.

The system Of selling and Buy
Ing Paris Mutual Pools.
Messrs. Killip q Co., of San Francisco.
gentlemen who have been in the business OF
selling pools on the PaclhcCo cast for eighteen
legitimate industry, have the exclusive
privilege Of the pool box at our present
Agricultural Fair. This year they will In
troduce for the first time In our community
the system OF Paris Mutual Pools. As many
people are not familiar with this system the
following explanation may be OF benefit
when they back their fayorite horse to-day
The tickets cost $3.50 each, and II person can
select any horse entered In the race. II fouI
hundred tickets are sold the pool VIII
amount to 1900; this sum divided by the
number of tickets sold ON each horse
viii determine the winnings. For ms
lance; six horses start IN the race,
Alph, Hartman, General Hewitt, Silver
Heels, Dick &. and Tempest, the latter two
being in the field Two hundred tickets are
bought on Alph aud II Alph wins each ticket
will call for the sum OF $1,000 divided by 100
which Is g. Seyenty-iiye tickets are sold on
Hartman; II Hartman wins each ticket will
be worth sl3.s3lS Fifty tickets are sold on
Hewitt and II he wins the tickets will call
for $50 each The same will be the case II
Silver Heels Is the winner. The remaining
twenty-five tickets are sold In the field In
which there are two horses. III either oi
them wins the fortunate holder of ticket
which cost him $3.50, will be entitled to sft
out of tho pool box, From this total amount
OF 1900 the sellers commission Of per cent
Is deducted There Is an Indicator In full
view of the crowd on which the number OF
tickets sold on each horse and on the field is
marked ut the top of the Indicator the
total number of tickets sold is marked. All
pools are paid on the result of the race.
Pools, both auction and mutual, are sold
each night at sam Prayers saloon on Mum
street
Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-10-14
Passengers Due From the East
To-Day.

The following is the list of passenger,
from the East, via the Southern route. to al
rive In Los Angeles at II; 20 P NJ. to-day
specially telegraphed to the HERALD from
Casa Grande. Arizona:
] Green and lady, Worcester, Mass; Gee
h Kief and wits, New York; A II Hart and
wife. New York; AlonZo Tower and wife
Fred \ Tower, Concord, Mass; VIM A May
nnrd and wife, Maynard, Mass; Mrs G i
Callende, Boston, Mass; X Il Hunter, Min
nespolis, MINI, A Lachman, San Francisco
Col u W Bouldin, Mo; 4 II Cook, Austen
Texas; John o Enl, San Francisco; O Cook
Benson, A 7; j Murvill, Iowa; Il + Hasford
Iowa; W W Butler, Newburyport, NJ ass; Mr.
j 4 McGhee, san Francisco.
Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-10-14

There will be an open meeting of the
Frank Bartlett Post, G. A. r., at Good TEN
plars Hall, this evening. All ex-soldiers
their families aud friends, are cordially in
vited 70 attend A good time Is anticipated
and all the boys Of the q. 4. k. are expected
Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-10-14

Officer Fletcher Of the police force and
Constable T. A. Botello had lively fight las
night in front of Downey Block at about
O'Clock. Both parties were armed, bu
neither did any shooting, but the peopl,
thought they were going to shoot and scat
tered In every direction and let them fight Il
out, till Fletcher had bruised and battered
face and BOtellO sprained ankle. WheT
they get ready to appear in public II is sup
posed that,bOth will be arrested for fighting
In the public streets. Botello was the first L
get in his work and drew first blood.
Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-10-14

Owing to the incompletion OF the building
ON the corner Of Spring and Second streets,
il will be about the LIST of November before
Mr.. b. r. Coulter will be ready for business.
By this date he expects to be in full blast,
with q lArge and varied stock Of goods.
Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-10-14

In our local columns will be found the re
port of the condition Of the Farmers and
Merchants Bank of Los Angeles. Thi,
sterling and reliable institution Is coeva
with the development and prosperity of Lo.
Angeles city and county. A glance at 1t,
exhibit will show rs large proportion o
cash and OF resources instantly convertibl,
into cash as compared with deposits, ms |,
shown by any bank on the Pacific Coast
The name OF Mr.. |. W. Hellman, its Presi
dent, has passed into a household word II
California as that of conservative and
snnncinus hnnnnlnr
Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-10-14
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Is atthe 81. charies'
Hon. II. w. Van Arman, Secretary OF the
Territory of Arizona, Is registered at the 81.
Elmo.
part OF the Grismer-Dhyis Company are
nj the Il. Charles and tho balance nj the N.
Elmo.
Mr.. ]. phlilipc and wife have returned
from two months trim TO the northern part
of the State.
Or. Hone. of spokane Falls. W. T.. is nay.
10 a,.a,a. ,,st, at,ar a., ah.a,,oa -,
,,s 80 nnse'e' We" "''e' u" "pSo"'o VI
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tho 4, chariss W." wy "''
n, n pa,.,nson ,,o oc,tis, lo,ves IN.
a.. o. a., pa,n.,1,,o and Arrowhead
springs. Tor n Two weeks business aud
pleasure trim
t,,,.. pt.h.a go, ~, Dan Imam CAMS.
'""s' n,o"h'" hs"n' VI %" -
trano, with his stan consisting OF Don
Marcos and Juan Forster. arrived In the city
Ses'eru"y' 70 h''enu '"s '"i' ""' a 100 a..
mr. ~ o. pe'"'S""' 'ne So, ~ -
Central Pacihc hnd the southerh rhcinc
Railroads since June LIST, 1869, arrived from
the north yesterday, and Is registered at the
Depot Hotel.
John c. Fall, of wilcox, A. T., who was a
pioneer merchant OF Marysyille, Cal. and
one of the most universally and favorably
known men In northern California, IN n pas
senger by the south bound train to-day.
80. a. o,,ox.ht,.r .ai,or ~ ,ha caiico
'on" '" '
PRINT, arrived III the cry yesteruhy On pus
iness. He reports the out LOOK At the mines
~ wy p1yp'a s,aaa,,s ~ ,ich orn 10 oshi1,,
nj The fair to-day at Turnyerein Hall.
CA. CT iwson, the proprietor Of the Depot
uo,.i at ,hi. .,tv aud IN. tinion n.no, uot.l
"'o' " '' ~ 49,"
nj Ogden, arrived Ia THIS city today Mr..
Clawson returns after the close Of the
District Fair. and will take To Utah some Of
the mammoth products OF Los Angeles to his
"o'"'o" nun. Wv, ",'''
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,,,i, a w w. stss T., ~. sae,,n,
.a.,i,, I,ii md ,a,,,rns a. ins A nsalas 10
iivalies, nIare an the ooast content ie remain
hasa ,,.,r,pnanan,iv '
"o'o Pe.'a"es
John Bryson, sr', ana VIE lett TINS city
yesterday for three months trip to Iowa, II
iino,s Nav yort and tho Worlds Exnosltiou
at New orleans, when he will return and
commence the erection OF the new brick odi
F,rs, !" ana nj snr,ng sire",s '' VI
NJ N po,t n roia,iv, nj nv presidon,
" n y.
James NJ FOLK, n"s t"keh Tue respons'oie y"
sition of Train Master for the Southern Pa
cIfc Railroad Company nj this city. Mr.
Polk has formerly oiiiciated In the office OF
erintcndent Bassett ON the northern di'
vision, running to Monterey, and comes here
highly endorsed.