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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-02

Viele threw it down, and, Selling a
huge club. watched ms opportunity.
and gave Bruin terrific blow across
the back which almost paralyzed her
for a second or two. during which
brief interval Parshall drew his knife.
and buried il IN her body just below
one of the fore paws Another ter
rlhc struggle then commenced. The
bear succeeded IN grabbing Parshall
by the shoulder and hurled him from
her distance OF ten feet. He fell
upon knot and hurt his side. Niale
oelng nearest to her she rushed at him.
when he ducked and, Selling her by
the middle. raised her upon his shout
der and called upon Parsball 10 take
ms gun and shoot her The latter GOT
ms gun, but before he could get close
70 the brute, she had ripped all the
clothes Off from Viele's back. and was
attempting to sink her teeth into his
flesh Taking quick aim. Parshall
shot bullet through her mead, and
Vlele held her upon his shoulders
until she kicked her last. Both young
men are very powerful, and either
would prove a match for a small bear.
At the conclusion of their fight they
looked to their wounds, and it was
found that Viele's back was SLIGHTLY
lacerated, and that Parshall, besides
having a badly sprained ankle. had
several scratches on the back of his
neck and head. His side was also INK
Jured;, The animal, they thought,
would weigh about $50 pounds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-02
CABLEGRAMS.

OCT. %, is the date fixed for the cleo
ton of members of the German Reichs-
tag.
TIE new Cunard steamship, Etruria,
5000 tons burden, was launched at Gias-
gov Saturday.
TWENTY thousand people attended 3
meeting in favor of the franchise bill at
Dundee Saturday.
AT the Newmarket races Tuesday the
great foal stakes were won by the
Duke of Westminster's Camhusmore.
REPORTS have reached Cairo that
Gordon recently gained victories over
the Egyptian rebels, and that the siege
of Khartoum has been raised.
TwENTY-ONE persons have been ar
rested in Vienna charged with COM
plicity il Buchmarns anarchist
schemes.
TUESDAY beivg the anniversary OF the
Belgian revolution of 1880, the citizens
of Brussels made it the occasion Of a
great demonstration against the gov
eminent.
THE Panama Canal Company has sign
ed a contract with the New York Dredg-
ing Company for the cutting Of the last
section of the canal. The contract
provides that the work shall be finished
in 1887.
THE report of the ravages Of the
cholera throughout Italy for the past
twenty-four hours give a total of 42S
fresh cases and 1913 deaths. At Naples
there were 242 fresh cases and 121 deaths,
against 264 cases and rs deaths for the
preceding twentY-four hours.
THE report that Russia, Germany and
Austria have sided with France against
England in the Egyptian contr oversy is
substantially confirmed, and q report
that Russia is strengthening her war
feet in the Black Sea is significant in
this connection.
GENERAL LORD WOLSEY has tele-
graphed to the War Office to stop for
wardiRg troops to Egypt for the present.
1t is believed that the expedition for the
relief of Khartoum will be reduced TO
flying column, owing to the favorable
news from General Gordon.
A DISPATCH from the French Consul
at Khartoum has been received, con-
frming the previous reports that the
siege OF that city has been raised. The
dispatch further states that the country
In the neighborhood of Khartoum is
freed from rebels, and the obtaining of
food supplies is comparatively easy.
A DISPATCH from Rome Of the 18th
says; To-days official bulletin of the
cholera for the last twenty-four hours
In various parts of Italy is as follows:
Naples City, fresh cases, 500; deaths, 43S
Province, fresh cases. -; deaths, 10.
Cuneo, fresh cases, Is; deaths, 8.
Caserta, fresh cases, %; deaths, T.
Genoa, fresh cases, so; deaths, 10.
Parma, fresh cases, 8; deaths, 2.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-02

Pullman. As quickly as possible the
passengers were collected together and
the roll called, when it was found that
about a G,ozen were injured. but noae
seriously. One Ct the coaches was
smashed into kindIing wood and all
were whirled over and over several
times; yet many Of the occupants escap.
ed absolutely unhurt, while most of the
wounds are of a slight character. The
injured were taken to Whitley where
medical aid was procured. The dam
age to the track aud rolling stock Is es-
timated aC 100000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-02
The Clerk Saw the Point.
Detroit Free Press .

On one of the excursion steamers
running out of Detroit the other day,
the CLERK found a passenger who had
neither ticket nor money. He began
to berate the man for dead beat,
telling him he ought to be ashamed
of himself, ETC., but the strapped
passenger held up his finger and
said
Have I been among the pass sn-
gers and thrown out hints that the
boilers of this boat were rather old
and liable to exploded"
mot that [ know of. !"
''Have I been around predicting a
storm, and thus detracting from the
pleasure of the trip?"
Haven't heard of your doing so.
Have [ slipped ZIP to this one and
that one to slur your boat for being
slow, and have [ said that you were
carrying at least ninety people more
than your license allows? Twice thus
far this boat has neglected to answer
the signals of vessels coming down
Have | said I would make complaint
under the law? Have I counted your
life preservers and found the compile
ment short? Have [ overhauled your
small boats and found that none of
them could be launched?'
cox, [ see! An old steamboat man
shaker stammered the clerk.
Excuse me for not identifying you
Just make yourself at home and ride
as far as you please. If you happen
to 90 down stairs come to the office
and try some of my cigars.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-02
FI'ELEGRAPHIC.
GENERAL NOTES.

NOTICE of a 10 per cent. reduction
was posted Tuesday in the Brooks Iron
Company'8 works, at Birdsboro, Pa.
Ex-UNITED STATES SENATOR NEsMTTH
has been placed in On insane asylum at
Portland, Oregon.
BURDETT & POND, New York mer-
chants in the South American and En-
glish carving trade. made al assign
ment Wednesday. Their Liabilities are
$500,000 and they gave preferences for
100000
WILLIAM PITT KELLOGG has been
nominated for congress by the Third
Louisiana District Republicans. The
kickeIs held a convention, and Endorsed
the democratic nominee.
THE potato yield in Canada, New En-
gland, and New York IS less than last
year, and rot and grubs are injuring the
crops The western production is also
below the average.
EXPORTS from New York Specie in
cIudeG) for the week ending Tuesday,
were $7,068, 717, against $7,452, 600 for
the corresponding period ia 1888.
SERIOUS damage has been done the
past few nights in Nova Scotia by fro8ts.
Internationally cool weather was report
ed throughout the east generally Sunday
night.
AN association was formed in Oil City
Thursday, with q capitaJsof 1000, 000, to
purchase oil property belonging to men
who will not JON the association for the
purpose Of shutting down thc territory
and restricting production.
COLONEL DUDLEY, Commissioner eff
Pensions, rendered his resignation to
Secre tary Teller, to take effect Oct. 1.
He will enter the banking firm Of Bate
man & Co., Of Washington.
THE Baltimore association of 'Old
Defenders" who took part in the battle
of North Point III 1912, has disbanded,
as the constitutional requirement that it
be continued as long as five members
are left to carry on the organization can
not be fulfilled because of the death OF
the veterans.
A MALADY which puzzles veterlpar-
ians is killing OFF horses in Ogle ard
Stephenson Counties, I'll. They first APP
pear to have a cold, then the lungs be-
come affected, fever follows, and death
speedily results.
THE stove-molders, lock out st Con-
necticut, resulted in wages war since
4aSJ december, was COuCIuCi6u CdCuIddy
by the manufacturers and men making
mutual concessions, one OF which is that
all non-union molders shall be discharg
ed. But one firm objected.
THE failure of G. A. Minton was
posted in the New York Stock Exchange
Tuesday. Ia the same city William
Ferguson, cloak manufacturer, assigned
to John T. Adams; and George NJ. Man
ger, Baltimore butcher, also made an
assignment, his trustees bonds being
placed at $4,000
THE annual report Of the Baltimore
and Ohio Railway Company for the year
ending July 30, 1884, filed with the
Illinois Railroad and Warehouse Com
mission. shows the funded debt to be
$29, 474, 460; liabilities, $38, $50, 1874; num-
Der of employees, 1892; amount Eaid en-
ployes, $685. 1865; total income, 3d.
064, 73902, OF which 1858, 798 so is from
passenger traffic, and $1480, 940,25 from
freight and miscellaneous; operating ex-
penses, 81 ,423, 045. 81; taxes, $50, 266. 10:
net income, $581, 427, 08. Number killed,
u; injured, 81.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-02
GRIM e.

JOHN B. PAGE and j. NJ. Haven, for
merly President and Secretary of the
Rutland (Vt.) Railroad Company, were
indicted Tuesday for embezling $45,-
000
SATURDAY evening at CarlinviEle, III.
a boy playfully pointed revolver at
the Rev. 7. w. Green, when the weapon
was discharged and Mr. Green Is sup
posed TO be fatally hurt.
ANNIE STANBERG, an esteemed young
woman residing az Calmar, Iowa, COM
mitted suicide Tuesday night. Her
marriage was set for the near future,
and no cause is known for the act.
AFTER ransacking the house of a
wealthy resident of Pana, Ill.,, Monday
the burglar retired to sleep in one of the
bedroom:, came down in the morning,
procured and ate breakfast at his table,
and coOlly left the premises when dis
covered by a servant.
For the murder of his father, Joseph
Sarver, aged IS, was hanged Tuesday
at Indiana, Pa. Michael Murray, whose
sanity was questioned, was executed at
E0ensburg, Pa, leaving letter stating
that persons who had the power of
witchcraft exercised spell over him,
which prompted HIM to commit the
murder.
TEE Buchan&ns, of the insolvent
whisky firm, are still missing from
Louisville, and the rumor now is tnat
they have gone to Nassau, IN the Ber-
mudas, TO which place they exported a
large quantity Of whisky. The mana
ager of the Fidelity Trust company
states that duplicate warehouse receipts
have been found, adding that ''there
Will be trouble"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-02

mentlng anxiety, as the court sat with
open doors day after dav. determined
to do nothing rashly. Men were out
ia all directions, travelling slowly on
foot, yet getting over ground. notify
ing all TO come and look at the priS-
oners, who did not seem to be uneasy.
being confident they would not hang
without clear and conclusive evidence.
This, they believed, could not then be
produced.
Little did they believe that their
days were even then numbered, and
that they would 5e buried, three ia
one grave, with their boots on and
the hempen collar about their necks.
and that from TINS awful fate should
grow the name of Hang Town.
The desired witness was moving
leisurely along, little thinking thai
his voice would seal his death war
rant. Once he had been assailed.
Once the knife cleaned aboue him
and he fell. When he revived he
was alone, his money gone, but the
face of the would be murderer had
been indelibly engraved upon his
mind. AS he entered the court room
IN conversation with a friend he
caught sight of this Charley at once;
his cheeks paled, and he stood for the
moment transfxesl. Bystanders no.
tlCed all this, and managed 10 draw
Charley's attentions.
The robber looked, and In his turn
was surprised, but it was not mute
astonishment-he did not look long.
There are scenes in some lives that fix
themselves with unyielding tenacity
to memory. This hardened sinner
said that his innocent life had been as
a man-o'-wars-lnan He had been a
SLAYER, robber and pirate, and when
asked to confess said that he had never
ceased TO see blood from the time or
the first murder He had not lost
sight of that face which he left for
dead. Ali eyes were riveted on him
as he sprang toward the new- conner,
exclalmlng: lou alive! you here !"
And tearing open the shirt bosom his
eye caught sight of the scar his knife
had made, as he exclaimed: I'm
dead man! This settles my casem
And it did. Three times tried for his
life, and cleared through flaw in the
indictment, he had found conviction
where he least expected it. Two long
lines of armed men, standing shoulder
to shoulder, formed the guard, through
which those three men marched to the
gates Of death that second solemn
Sunday morning. My nelghbor had
placed her two boys in my charge,
that what saw they might see. But
1t is sad, sad sight that OF three men
writhing In the agoHIe- of death, and
we did not stay. The rest OF the band
were warned. They kept off.
The effect was magical. No steal
ing, no running OF horses, no muir
ders; ones purse might lie upon the
doorstep all day, none would touch it
after that, the story was told far and
wide. As spring restored good roads
and many left, each with MS own &C
count, some for Oregon, some for San
Francisco (Yerba Buono), the incident
Of the writer was related to crowds Of
attentive listeners.
And that is how the DRY Dig
ging's" south of the American fork Of
the Sacramento River came to be called
Hang iowa"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-02

Guy Weber, a notorious schemer
of Cincinnati, whose mail has beer
time and again held by the postoffice
authorities, IS now working q new
game. He advertises college of
journalism. = He can make anybody
an editor. Send him SIS and he vii
mail you several copies of a newspaper
with your own name printed on il as
editor and proprietor. The allure
ment IS held out TO customers that by
use Of the papers they can secure rail-
way and theater passes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-02
The Big Brewery.

Mr.. J. Hirscb, College Point
Bre very, L. T.. n. Y, writes that he
employs a large number of horse
and hands, and having tried st.
Jacobs Oil, the great pain cure, for
rheumatism, aches and pains OF ms
men, and for gals, splints, thrush,
wind galls and other affections of his
horses, finds it superior to all RENE
dies and would not be withoutlt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-02

The Boston Star says that it IS com
forting to read that the United States
war vessels at Bristol sent down
their top-masts and rode out the gale
in safety" when it is known that
several small boats near by were
swamped.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-02
a Foe in Ehe Air.

General Samuel Draper, of Laneas-
ter, is the smallest voter in Wiscon-
sin. He is twenty-five years old, forty
eight inches high, and weighs ffty-fve
pounds.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-05-22
Tile Red Mans Foot Marks.

No one can see Indian trails now, with
out his attention being suddenly awak
ened. There is no real difference be
tween any one of these pathways and al
ordinary cattle track, except, perhaps
they may be worn little deeper; yet Mt
one can enter upon them for the frs
time without being in some measure
startled, and conscious that this is a road
way distinct from any he has ever seer
before. They cannot have been made By
cattle. Cattle tracks are general y single
or if more than one, they run indepcn'
dently of each other. These are exactly
parallel, and there are perhaps half a
dozen of them. They do not look as il
they had been made by settlers. A white
mans road would have followed a
straighter line. These are full of curves,
and bend from one side to the other,
turning with every minor undulation OF
the ground, as though when they were
laid out the distance was of no impor-
tauce compared with the regularity OF
the grade. Their curves are always con-
centric. They all turn rs if by one inn
pulse, and they dip down into valley
together, or disappear behind hill at
the same time, constantly maintaining
the same distance from each other.
This is the first sight of an Indian
trail. But at its sudden revelation one
seems to have come into strange world.
1t may still be the same valley, but with
the obliteration of other signs of civiliza'
tion, the way has taken an entirely diff
ferent character. Beyond the last yes.
tige of white activity and noisy struggle,
everything seems to grow quiet.
All disposition to break the stiffness
has gone. There is no living thing in
sight, but instinctively one hestates,
whether a hunter or not, to raise his
voice, lest he should friehten the game,
of which the woods have become the
home. Silence is the natural condition
of existence. A shout would be sacri-
lege. The land seems given back to
belong to its first inhabitants, who have
been content to let it rest in state of
nature. The only marks of men are
these pathways, but their easy and unre.
,isting curves are filled with natures
spirit, and they nowhere interrupt her
repose.
These simple paths have been made by
horses travelling several abreast, as close
together as horses with their riders can
20. They have been there for hundreds,
and perhaps thousands Of years. They
we're part of long highway, which once
ended only with the limits of the Indians
wanderiDgs; and for centuries they have
been traversed by savage bands of warri.
ors, hunters, or horse thieves.-M Y
SIN
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-05-22
No Need to Drown.

81 always dread the return of the sea-
son when sea.bathipg is INDUCED in,"
said gentleman yesterday. "My family
have had several narrow escapes and
still they have perfect mania for the
water"
"Why, there is no need to be afraid, +"
answered his friend, 'sif you but retain
your presence of mind. When you find
yourself in deep water you will sink at
first, but if you do not struggle you will
come quickly to the surface again. On
reaching it, Immediately draw full
breath and throw your head back. This
will have the effect of placing you in a
recumbent position on the surface of the
water. Now this is the most critical
moment for those who do not know what
to do next. Extend your arms at once
on level with your shoulders, with the
palms of the hands downwards, and
begin gently padding in the water with
the movement Of the wrist only. Ex-
tend your legs quietly aud slowly in a
line with your body. If you raise your
arms, your head or your legs above the
surface of the water you will sink, but il
you have the presence of mind not to do
so and not struggle about you will never
sink, so long as you keep padding gently
without exertioh. So you may float on
until you are picked up or until you are
numbed by the cold.-Ncg YORK. San.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-05-22
A Lawyer Who Starved.

The death Of young lawyer from
starvation, or disease aggravated by lack
of proper food, in Concord, N. H., is a
characteristic circumstance of the day.
At time when skilled trades must i'm
port workmen, when trained manual labor
is almost everywhere in demand ; when
thousands of fertile acres are fallow for
the tardy plow; when the learned pro
fessions, so called, are overcrowded with
bright men and scrambled for by an
army of fools; when, in short, strong.
armed men are winning the prizes and
whi,e.fugered mollycoddles are trampled
under foot, this young fellow entered
upon the practice of law. He may have
been brave, Industrious, self.denying,
honest aud ambitious, but he had not q
yestige of legal ability, not dollar to
supply what he had not the qualifications
to provide. With the same time and
less money he could have become a
skilled mechanic, and, instead of aseedy
starving prosperous, self'respecting
citizen. But then he would not have
had q profession" He must needs
wear soiled garments and soil his bands
and for the time at least lose social caste
He preferred to starve, and lie starved
What sacrifice to the Moloch of vanity
false pride and mean notions! What
warning 10 hundreds of other young
men who are drifting rapidly TO aslmlla
fate
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-05-22

"Why do they call it leap-year,
pa? Is it because it comes along just
about the time when hops are most pro-
life ?" "Guess not, child. Most likely
it is because it keeps men on the jump
to keep out of the way of embarrassing
situation"
= A lady addressed a letter to a New
York editor the other day, stating that
her husband was a confirmed snorer, and
asking for a cure. The callous. hearted
editor, instead of recommending di'
vorce and q new, non-snoring husband,
advised her to bit the patient on the nose
with edge-hammer.
- One of the best tonics for poultry is
that know as the Douglas mixture, com.
posed of one ounce sulphurc acid, one
pound coppcras and eight quarts of water.
Put a tablespoonful OF the solution in a
six.quart drinking vessel. 1t invigorates
poultry, reddens the combs, and assists to
ward off disease,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-05-22
Land Loans.

We are not among those who regard
the foreign land loan associations now
operating in our State as an unmixed
public benefit. On the contrary, we re-
gret that any of the land owners of our
county have felt it necessary 10 borrow
money from these associations. The lien
law, with the high rate of interest that
inevitably attends it, is bad enough
there IS no doubt about that; but we pre-
fer the lien TO the mortgage. AS has
been said, the lien executes itself at the
end of the year; and if the crop does not
satisfy it, it leaves simple unsecured
debt.
The rate of interest which the loan
associations profess to charge cannot be
called extortionate but the rate which
they do actually charge is somewhere in
the neighborhood of twelve per cent. It
is carried up to that point by fees and
commissions but it is heavy per cent.
all the same. Then, the mar who Dor.
rows from these associations is so hedged
about by conditions aud restrictions as to
be dangerously in the hands of the lender.
He must keep his house insured, for the
benefit of the corporation; he must pay
the taxes on his place and on the mort
gage that covers it, he is not allowed to
cut timber on his own lard, except for
the purpose of the farm aud if the asso'
citation is forced to foreclose the mortgage,
be is bound by the agreement to pay all
costs, including the lawyers fee for col.
lecting. The debt runs five years, the
interest to be paid annually; but the
company reserves the right to foreclose
whenever the borrower breaks any of the
numerous conditions of the mortgage.
We do not hesitate in saying that one
should be very slow to put himself in the
power of foreign capitalists, unless he is
driven to that course as last resort. 1t
is better to borrow money at home; and
few capitalists would refuse to lend upon
such security as that required by the loan
associations.
We do not find fault with the men who
control these corporations, for it is per-
fec.ly legitimate that they should seek
the most profitable investments for their
capital, but we regret that our people
cannot borrow money nearer home
Mewberry Herald.