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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-10
Rell-Calls by Electricity.
Washington Post.

In the room of the House Commit
tee on Education is exhibited the
electrical device for enabling a yea
and nav vote to be taken in the House
simultaneously instead Of consum-
ing nearly an hour, as at present.
Each member would have on his desk
a small lever, which, when turned to
the right, votes Yea" and then left
no" The yeas and mays" are
taken at the same time. The votes
are automatically counted, and the
result placed before the presiding
officer. The name of each member
voting and his state, and also the
word Esyea" or may" is at the same
time printed on record sheet on the
clerks desk and exhibited on an
annunciator in full visw of every
one At the close of each days pro
ceedings the record sheet, showing IN
consecutive order every vote taken,
is removed for the use Of the printer.
Their is Ho possibility of any mem
Der voting twice on the same call or
motion. as in the act of voting he
breaks his circuit, which is not again
closed until the vote is announced. In
making a call of the roll the record
sheet will contain the names of the
members present and be shown on
presiding officers desk. In addition
to the voting apparatus, each member
would have upon his desk an electric
press knob, operating on an enuncia-
tor, for summoning pages.
Among the old members Who have
seen the invention in operation it is
apparently highly approved. First
term men seem to look askance at the
innovation, possibly on the ground
that were the present form of roll call
abandoned their names would never
be heard in the galleries.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-10
Atlanta Constitution.

<AtidAtd constitution.
"Whar you 'gwine, 'Dolph?" asked
an Old negro man Of leather-colored
dude, who was rapidly gong up De-
catur street.
'Gwine ter de op'r'y," answered
the young moke, contemptuouslv
''whar you s'pose a gemmen of my
'pearance am boun' fur dis time Oh de
ebenin'?"
Ugh" grunted the old fellow
'gwlne ter de op'r'y; well, dat do
settle de 'possum hash; de iiea oh en-
nybody lettin' deysif be put wa up
yander in de lof'; a'fo' Id 90 wharf
had ter git outen ever'body's sight. I'd
stay at home"
"You'se fool" replied the dude,
angrily, "dey don't fo'ce me ter 90 up
IN de top garry; I kin 90 whar 1
pleases; de sibil rights bill Lab settled
dat pint; hit hab dun away wild all
de bar'ers twixt de whites an blacks.
an put us all on de same groun'."
"4as, yas," smilingly answered the
old man, dat bill may hab dun away
wild all de bar'ers, an put dc cullud
pusson equal to de white; but I kin
tell you one ting dat it hadn't dun.
an amt a 'gwine to, nudern
What Is that?' anxiously inquired
the dude
Hit amt TUX none OBJ de Electricity
outen de white mans fut, an you kin
bet, dat ez long as de niger pushes
hissef whar he don't berl0ng, dat lee
trlcity am 'gwine to wurk an don't
you forget it."
The school teachers of France NUM-
Der 81, 600, and no fewer than O43
of them receive salaries below $500
year. Salaries ranging from $500 10
$3.50 are paid to %, 255 teachers; from
$3.50 to $500 to 1859 teachers; from
$500 to $3.50 to 2, 26O; from $3.50 to $40
to 1864; from $40 to $500 to 7S6, and
only $40 teachers receive above $500.
Of the As, 043 teachers, 19,058 do not
receive more than $3.50 a year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-10
Lime Kiln Club Philosophy.
Detroit Free Press.


De man who has truth on his side
am armed wild shotgun dat scatters
all over q ten-acre lot an shoots to
kill.
While de liar may git along tolera-
bly, well fur a few Vars, an even
reach de pint of holdin' an offs an
ridin' in the same street car wild de
postmaster, de mills of de gods am
slowly grindin' away, an all of a sud
den he gifts a drap an ara swept off de
checker bod. When you can't be
lieve what man says you have no
furder use for him.
Bewar' of ambishun. [ doan' mean
dat any of you shouldn't want better
ClUAc, better houses oe.a' Gu loctlo. moro
cash in bank. but doan' banker to be
great an powerful
A tree can't be all top. Der has got
to be so@le roots an lower limbs.
While de top may show off a leetle
mo-, it am always the fUst to be dam
aged ia d gale.
Bewar' of what dey call stile. Stile
fo'ces you to put a $50 carpet on de
parlor foo and go widout wood for de
kitchen stove.
| Industry am de key to success, while
idleness am de straight road to de poo
| house
De difference between a lazy man
an loafer am so small dat nobody
stops to argy over it. De man who
sots down on dry goods box to wait
for better times will neber have
gravestun reared above de place whar
he am buried
Laziness waits for de frost to git out
of de ground Industry digs down
frew it. Laziness hopes it won't rain.
Industry goes to work au' puts new
shingles on the roof. Laziness drimks
from a mud puddle. Industry turns
de windlass an brings up pure water
from de deep well.
When we am dom we'll we sigh to
do better If we have 'tater an ham
fur breakfast we argy that we orter
have CHI cken potpie fur dinner an
fried oysters fur supper.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-10
FIRES AND CASUALTIES

LIGHTNING struck the school-kousa at
Osceola, O.,severely burning Miss MYRTLE
McCurdy and Mr.. Frank Christie. and
the shock felled thirty others.
SEVEN workman on the lebanon
Valley Railroad were thrown from a
truck which they I ad attached to a pas
senger train, and all were seriously in
jured.
THE Michigan Saw Works, at East
Saginaw, burned Thursday, causing a
loss of about 100000. The company
will rebuild at once.
e DURING March $8,25O,OO0 worth of
property was destroyed by fire: and for
the first quarter of 1884 the loss was
$27, 1854 1000. IS, Q00, 900 in excess of the
record for the corresponding period of
1888
FL. f. BATCHELERs & Sons manufac.
turing establishment at Rock Falls. op-
posite Sterling, ILL.,, burned on Tuesday.
causing g loss from fire and water of
so, 900 on which there was only $4,000
OF insurance.
OAKvILLE, Delaware Co., Ind. a vii
lage of 200 inhabitants, was DESTROYED
by a cyclone on Tuesday evening with
persons werU killed and many were in
iured, several fatally.
THE steamer Rebecca Everingham.
burned to the waters edge in the Chat
tahOochee river at Fitzgeralds Landing,
Ga, early Thursday morning. Thirteen
persons lost their lives, and of the pas
senger5 who escaped in their night
Clothes many were severely burned.
The boat, valued at 1921, 600, is q total
less; 307 bales Of cotton and other freight
were consumed.
FRANK KERLIN, aged Il, son of Mich
ael Kerlin, of Springfield, was killed at
Bushnell, ILL.,, by freight train or the
Chicago, Burlington G Quincy railroad.
Kerln and two other boys had run away
from their parents at Springfield In
Irstepping from a freight train Kerlin
fell between the cars and was crushed.
THE storms of the day and evening of
the 2d inst, were disastrous throughout
a wide extent Of country in Indiana
Ohio and Pennsylvania. The little vii
lage Of Oakville, Ind, of 200 inhab-
tants, was entirely swept away except
two houses. Seven persons were killed
and many injured. The loss Of proper
ty was great; the country was stripped
Of fences, bridges and almost everything
that the fury of the wind could destroy
EeynoIdsburg in Ohio, was the next
town in the path of the cyclone, and it
was also completely ruined, many per-
sons were injured, three fatally. Greer
vile, GAINESVILLE, Troy and Cassvil'e
were also badly damaged and loss of
life and property marks the path of the
cyclone as far east as Pitsburg, Penn
sylvania.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-10
GENERAL NOTES.

TIE statement Of the funded debt
OF the district Of Columbia. issued by
the treasurer shows the total debt to be
$21 SIP 700.
The Rhode Island State election Tues
ernor Burn, republican, by over 5000
ma .ority.
A VERY destructive cyclone swept
through Alabama and Northern Geor-
gia an Friday evening, occurring at
about the same time as that which de-
stro, ed an Indians village.
The date of the National Wool Grow
ers' Convent, u, to be held in Chicago,
has been changed TO May 10. in order to
cooperate with the National Industrial
Congress, which will meet here May 81
LUCY FERRAND, a respectable white
girl disappeared ten days ago at New
Orleans, and Tuesday was found hyiB g
with full-Olooded negro. She was az
rested and sent to the House OF the
Good Shepherd.
THE Chicago, st. Louis and Pacific,
and Chicago and Indiana Central Rail
roads filed articles Of consolidation
Tuesday, the joint capital being $780,
600, 600. The combination will be
known as the Chicago, St.Louis and
Pacific.
A DIsPAT ITCH from Rio Janeiro says
the mer chants Of Rio JaneirO and San
tOs intend to maintain the price Of cof-
fee. They attribute the recent heavy
decline in Europe and the United States
to the maneuve1s of speculate tors. The
nextc crop will amount to five million
bags.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-10
FOREIGN.

SEVERAL large warehouses at Lyons,
France, have been burned. The damage
was 100000 francs.
GERMAN statistics show that per
cent. of all the German hogs slaughtered
are affected with trichin8>
SIR Evelyn Barring, British Minister at
Cairo, has sent q communication to the
Governor of Berber, insisting that he as
certain the true position of Gen. Gordon
at KhartOum.
A LONDON dispatch Of Saturd ay even
ing says, Prince Leopold, Duke of AL
bany, fourth and youngest son of Queen
Victoria, died suddenly at 3 o'clock A.
NJ. at Cannes. Prince LeopoId's death
was due to the effects of a fall at the
Cerce Nautique.
THE presence of the Duke of Con-
naught prince ARTHUR at an elephant
fight given by the Rajah of Bhurtp0re,
India, will be made the subject of a
question IL the British Parliament
Elephants are made to fight by giving
them copious draughts of rum. Some
become so drunk that they can scarcely
stand, while others are rendered furi-
Gus.
A DISPATCH from London says: The
death OF the Duke OF Albany Will act as
a complete danper on all social move
ments for awhile in England The
Darmstadt weddings are already put off
and official dinners will cease all over
Europe. Perhaps the Queen will escape
through her bereavement all agitation
against the present regulations for her
drawing rooms which threatened to be-
come aC' te.
A TEL GRAM from London, says the
fire in ,ternoster Row originated in the
printin house of Pardon e Hoves.
Lowells court. ''Paternos er Row"
Thence spread 20 the famous old Dol
Iy's chop house" The house of Fandel
Phillips & Sons, importers of toys ana
fancy goods, in New Gate street, The
book bindery of Smith Brothers, Ivy
Lane, and the music publishing house Of
3. Williams, Paterh Oster Row. The
damage is as great AZ that caused by the
Wood street fire. Favorable direction
of the wind saved ST. Paul's Cathedral
The losses by the fire IN Paternoster
Row aud vicinity covered by insur-
ance amounting to 81 $50, 600.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-10
Superstition of Mount Aetna.
Temple Bar.

In the farmhouse call La Scala, in
the Piaca, the farmer found that the
rats had eaten all the inside of his
cheese, leaving only the rind. He
told one Of his labOreTs of this, saying
ne must carry off his cheese to Bronte
This man, whose clothes had also been
gnawed, replied, Leave it to me; J
will see absut it. p" He then sharpen
ed nail to a point, like b needle, and
stuck it ia the floor where the rats
passed. saying, May the rat which
gnawed my drawers fall on this and
kill himself" The farmer and he
watched until they saw the rats come
and walk past the nail unhurt At
last one ran upon it and was killed.
From that time not no rat came near
the place. This man had the power
of charming away pain when horses,
&c, were suffering from collie He
was refused absoluti0n by the priest
after confession and not allowed to
receive the Sacrement. There was
also Monaco di Casa" who lived in
Linguaglossa, who had these super
natural powers. She was consulted
by those who had been robbed. After
listening to their story she thought
for a few minutes, and them where
the stolen goods were to be found.
One of the MANAGE men went to her
when the driving belts of the engine
we're stolen. An old robber who died
in Bronte four years ago at the age Of
los had the same reputation; and a
poor, sick, scrofulous BOY, bedridden
fer the last twelve years, is also one
of the white witch tribe. He knows
the name of and cure for all diseases,
where stolen things are hidden, wnfre
money is to be found buried under
stones, and the like, and he has pre-
dicted his own death, which is to take
place in two years from this date
When Peppe Pagano's cottage was
being dullt some human bones were
dug up. These were put in basket
previous to being re-intered, and
placed for the night in corner of the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-10

People in New York City complain
that shad taste of kerosene, and the
New York legislature has bill under
consideration to prohibit kerosene
refneries from depositing sludge acid
and other refuse in the waters of the
state or adjoining seas. New Jersey
has already passed a similar law. The
report to the New Jersey legislature
states that the refuse of factories OF
various sorts has driven oysters and
many varieties of fish from waters
where they formerly abounded, caus-
ing millions Of dollars of loss TO the
state
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-10

In the report OF tie directors of the
American Bell Telephone Company,
read at the annual meeting Of the
stockholders in Boston on Tuesday, it
was said: eve and our associates
have the strongest motives for wish
ing to get wires under ground as far
and as soon as it can be done without
destroying the efficiency of the service.
But although short trunk lines work
fairly well beneath the surface, as
shown in Boston and elsewhere, in
the present state of the art it is inn
practicable TO put the bulk of the
wires under ground without interior
ing seriously with facilities upon
which the public are now getting to
depend. Conversation over long lines
Chose reaching the suburbs even) is
difficult and often impossible to those
who are connected through the under
ground cables
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-10

hut where the workmen slept. They
declared the next morning that thew
had been kept awake all the night by
the bones rafting and dancing in the
basket. In August, 1881, during a
terrific storm of theunder, lightning,
wind and hail as largh as pigeons
eggs, priest died In Bronte. He was
an enormously fat and self-indulgent
man, very rich, and with bad char
acter At the moment when his
corpse was carried into the church a
young married womsn, the mother of
three children, respected snd esteem
Cd by all who knew her, was receiv-
ing the Sacrament. As she opened
her mouth the spirit of T., the priest,
passed into her. From that time she
has been subject to fits of madness,
IN which she speaks and act exactly
as he did, her voice sounding like his.
She has confessed many of his crimes
among others that he had been in the
habit of cheating the poor by giving
unsigned receipts, or writing down
the wrong amount when they entrust-
ed corn Or money to him. An at
tempt was made by thepriest to exercise
emOn which had entered into her, but
he threatened to go into another
young woman if they did, so, think
ing 1t as well to circumscribe the area
of the DEVILS activities, and wiser to
put up with what he knew than to
attempt unknown charms, they
deslsted and left things as they were.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-10

The art of keeping apace with all
the new agonies that appear in society
from time to time IS one of the most
laborious arts of the day. In twink
ling of an eye, almost, some new
phase of agonizing estheticism comes
to light, and its true invardness must
be fathomed. 1t is now the height OF
good form" to have the fipgernails
"cameod.n A likeness of your sweet
heart engraved ca the thumb. for in
stance, is de riguer" every time.
inns warns the kiss of the finger-tips
10 her, as she passes, into q heart-throb
OF tremendous size. $500
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-10
CRIME.

JOSEPH WEsLwzIE. a prominent tailor
of San Francisco, III q fit of insanity
Tuesday morning, cut the throat of his
cousin, John Weslwzie, and then his
own. Both m:n are in precariour con-
dition.
FRANK ELLIOTT, NEGRO, who outraged
a young girl Tuesday morning, was
taken from the sheriff's posse at Book
Hill, N. c., in the afternoon and hanged
outside the town limits. Edwin McCul-
Loeb (colored) was taken from the Dallas,
N. O., Jail Monday night and lynched
for murder.
JAMES CLIFFORD; an estimable farmer.
was fatally shot at his home near
Bloomfield. Ind. on Friday, by his
brother-in-law, Newman Gilmore. Gift
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-10

THE duel fought in Paris recently
between M. Arne, member of the
Chamber of Deputies, and M. juliet,
journalist, may be looked upon as
typical o. the struggle everywhere
going on between the third and fourth
estate. The causes of the quarrel are
not stated, but the presumption is that
NJ. Arne is one Of those provoking
statesmen that constantly arouse the
Indignation of enterprising journal
lists. NJ. juliet wanted a higher order
of craftsmanship and was called upon
to fight instead. He fought and slight
ly wounded his antagonist, the moral
clearly being that statesmen mus
everywhere improve or they vii
most likely get the worst of it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-10
ELECTION SPARKS.
The Local Elections i'm Numerous Git
les and Towns.
WISCONSIN,,


In Milwaukee The republicans cleo
heir mayor, Emil Walber, by about
5000, also the city attorney. Democrats
elect comptroller and treasurer. The
council S. ands /? republicans, Is demo-
Gratis and Independents.
In Madison the democrats elect a
mayor by 825 majority also city treas
urer, all the aldermen and supervisors
in all the wards The council is solidiy
democratic, ID.
In Racine the democrats elect Secor
for mayor by $50 majority. The dem
ocrats also have a majority Of the coun-
Gil.
At Oshkosh the democrats re-elect
mayor Pratt, by 408 majority, also a ma
jOrlty of the council.
In Beloit G. Il. Parks was elected
mayor b> 233 majority. High license
carries of the - aldermen.
In Jan 5vllle the democrats elect
AK Richardson mayor by $50 maJorsty.
The council stands republicans and
democrats.
Keno>ha republica S elect Z. G. Sim
mos mayor, by 347 majority, also
majority of the council.
Chippewa FAN elects a democratic
mayor by 240 majority, aid majority
of he city council democratic.
WatertOwn elects a democratic mayor
and Il majority Of the democratic city
COuncimen.
Waukesha elects its whole republican
ticket except one justice Of the peace.
In Eau Claire the republicans elect a
mayor by $50 majority, also q majority
OF the aldermen.
Ia La Crosse the democrats elect a
mayor by a small majority.
Judge Pulling is re elected circuit
jndg. in the Sd circuit, the only one in
which there was a contest.
CHICAGO.
The election was only for aldermen
and the minor officers. The democrats
re- elect about the same candidates as
last year. the council remaining demo-
cratic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-10

THE situation Of affairs between
General Graham and Osman Digma,
as described in the latest London dis
patches. is perfectly delightful. The
English general is satisfied that if he
could clear out Osman and his rebels,
now located few miles west of Sua-
kim, the march to Berber could be ac-
complished and possibly some good
help might be forwarded to Gordon at
Khartoum. Meanwhile Osman is
more confident than ever; promises
his followers victory next time, and
is sure that the Mahdi and all the
tribes are bent on scalpihg Graham
and his followers. In the house OF
commons Lord Randolph Churchill
menaces the British cabinet with the
threat that if General Gordon is kill
ed the ministry cannot remain in pow
er q day. So Africa and London are
looking at each other. But neither is
inclined to strike decisive blow.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-10
The Geological Station at Naples.
Philadelphia Record.

America has TO institution to COM
pare with the famous geological station
founded at Naples by DR.. Dohrn. Sit
uated in the center Of the Villa Reale.
the park of Naples, still the largest
city in Italy, in a sub-tropical climate
and on the shore Of a sea rich in all
forms Of life, the Naples Geological
Station will probably long be the first
IN efficiency, as it was the first IN
time, Of the geological stations of the
world. Into its foundation DR.. Anton
Dohrn placed all his fortune and that
Of his wife. The Italian government
gave the site, yet the expenses were
so great that DR.. Dohrn's resources
were exhausted, and the scheme might
have proved q failure had not the
German government, inspired by the
enthusiasm of man who had sacri-
feed SO much for the cause of science,
come to his assistance. Darwin and
the late Prof. Balfour each gave
S., 900 to assist it, and the Berlin acad-
envy has recently given 5000 marks
toward the purchase of steamers for
dredging purposes. This institution
is not for beginners, but for investi-
gators. Each worker has his separate
table, with the necessary chemicals
and a supply Of alcohol free. Near
at hand are two or three small aquaria.
each with water running constantly
through it. He states in what depart
ment he wishes to investigate. and
every morning is supplied with living
material fresh from the sea; for in
connection with the institution is a
corps of fishermen, with boats for
fishing and dredging off shore and in
shallow water, while the steamers JO-
hannes Muller and Frank Balfour are
ready for work in deeper water.
Most European countries hold So
called table" there, with the
privilege of sending nupil
to occupy it. The fee for such a
table is $500 Italy holds three tables.
Russia two. Great Britain two, while
Belgium, Holland, Hungary, Switzer-
land, Baden and Saxony have one
each. Austria has It's own geological
station at Trieste, but Prussia holds
no less than seven tables, besides one
which belongs TO the Berlin Academy.
France has her own two geological
stations, one at Roscotf, in Brittany,
the other at Banyuls-sul-Mer Den
mark also has a t@tion, while the alb
sence of Spain and Portugal from the
patrons of toe institution is explained
by the lack of biologists in those
countries While SO many small
countries have table reserved to
themselves, America had none until
last year, when. ten years after the
station was established. a table was
taken in the name of Williams Col
lege YetAmerican students have been
welcomed at Naples, and Dr. Dohrn
has on more than one occasion allow
ed them to study for considerable
time free Of charge. The study Of life
in general has most important bearings
upon human life, and it is scarcely to
the credit of this great country that it
has allowed such small nationalIties
as the Swiss and the SaxOns to outshine
it in the use made OF an institution
devoted to so noble purpose.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-04-10

COMMANDER ScHLEY, of the Tehist
to search for the Greedy expedition,
has adopted a determination not to
permit the enlistment Of fat men for
service on that ship. This will put a
period to Ed. Sanderson's ambition in
that direction. He is consoled by the
reflection, however, that Schley's de
cision will not interfere with his navi-
CATION of Salt creek when the republi-
can committee meets to select q new
chairman.