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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-01-10
FOREIGN.

A PARIS solicitor was found murder
ed IN his Office, Monday.
THE rector of the American College
at the vatican isseriously i'll.
MINISTER LOWELL has formally re-
signed the rectorship of st Andrews
University.
Won SCHLOEZER, I'm Ier fresh instruc-
tions from Berlin, has resumed negotia-
lions with the Vatican.
THE amount of bullion withdrawn
from the bank of England on Tuesday
was $50, 900.
THE concession by the Mexican Gov
eminent to General Grant for the sub
marine cable has been declared forfeit
ed, because of breach of conditions.
TEN minor failures in the iron trade
are reported in Birmingham, and other
small failures in the same trade else
where.
AT Brunn, Austria, Bett, the public
executioner, was found dead in bed,
and it is supposed he was a victim of
revenge.
The French chamber of deputies-941
to 211-reiected the government credit
bill for so, 600, 900 francs to colonize AL
giers.
THE steamship America, for the Ma
tional line between Liverpool and New
York, was launched New Years Day, at
Glasgow.
TEN minor failures in the iron trade
are reported in Birmingham, and other
small failures in the same trade else
where in England.
LIEUT.. Col. SUDEKIN, of the gendar-
merle, chief of q department in the mil
itary governorship of St. Petersburg for
the preservation of order, was murdered
in a house near Newsky prospect An
official who was with him was MORALLY
wounded.
) A LETTER from Pasasmayo, Peru,
states that Puga was completely over
thrown in a battle on the heights of
Scollon, lasting ten hours. The govern
ment troops were under command of
Col. Iglesias. Puga fled for Panca, pur-
sued by the national forces.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-01-10
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

g SEVEN business buildings on Main ST.,
Carmi, ILL.,, were burned Tuesday night.
Loss rot stated.
FIRES of Friday-Six stores at Or
augsburg, S. c.; loss $45.7090; a hotel at
Rye Beach, n. Y, Loss $4,000.
JOHN D, LESLIE, a grain-dealer of
Elkhart, Ind, was ruined by handling
corn which failed to pass inspection.
His liabilities are about $4,000.
FRANK LENTZE, an inmate Of the
Soldiers Home at Dayton, O., who has
relatives at Danville, ILL.,, was killed by
train, Thursday.
A FIRE started in the residence of c..
H. Barber, on Third street, Fargo, yes
terday. but was eXtinguished before
great damage was done. The furniture
was considerably damaged by being
hastily removed from the burning build
ing.
ALLIsoN's drug store and Killings
worth's grocery were totally and seN eral
surrounding structures partially burned
at Longview, Tex. Loss S13, 900: nsur-
ed for 50, GEO.
LEON BRONSON. salesman of Goldsmith
& Kulin, New York, who disappeared
with S25, 900 worth of jewels belongiD 6
to the firm, is believed to have gone to
San Francisco.
THE workmen in the glass factories at
Pittsburg have been notified of a reduc-
ton of 124 per cent. in their pay. The
wages among the Iron-workers of Mil
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-01-10

The drunkard is the hquor-dealers
rye tanned man. Marathon Indepen-
dent.
The small boy who hangs around
the parlor and makes faces at the sis
ters beau, should be punished for
contempt of court. Burlington Free
Press.
When the Blue Grass beauty, Mary
Anderson, refused to have her hand
kissed by the Prince of Wales. it is
said he remarked: There, now. YOU
saucy thing. I'll throw cigarette at
you!" Evansville Argus.
care you going to the Lyceum with
Carrie and Belle to-night?" asked one
Grove-ave. maiden of another last
Thursday.
Not Lyceum and find out whether
they are going" was the horrid reply.
Oil City Derrick.
We have found it at last Cryptic
cOccus ZanthOgenicus is what causes
yellow fever No wonder the blamed
thing was so long in being discovered.
Now let the doctors hit it with a
brick and knock its head clear over
into the middle of next week. Mer-
chant Traveller.
In a town III kentucky a lady
found the proprietor of a store so
sound asleep that she at first thought
he was dead. At first it was supposed
he was q retired night Waterman and
imagined himself back on duty, but
inquiry developed the fact that he
didn't advertise. Oil CITY Blizzard.
Pretty busy, eh?" said a man to an
editor, entering newspaper Office
Yes, | am working like thief"
ooh, yes, | see. Clipping from ex-
changes without giving credit" Ar
kansaw Traveller.
''What shall I give my love?1 asks
poet in ten verse production. If
she reads it, she will probably say.
Give me a rest" That is the ans
wer that will be supplied by the gen
eral reader, anyhow Norristown
Herald
A law student, with enormous feet,
was displaying to his college chums
q new pair Of shoes of essentially
large proportions, which, of course,
excited laughter and invited jocular
remarks.
wv hen get through with these
shoes" pleasantly remarked the stu
dent with large understanding, II
purpose turning them over to the rail
road company, to be used for box
cars"
Indeed" replied a classn,ate, 81
doubt not that there will be striking
resemblance between your shoes and
box cars, especially those cars that
are so highly scented it is impossible
to stand the smell of them!'
Joking was carried no further.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-01-10
waukee will be reduced from 10 to IS

waukee will be reduced from 10 to 18
per cent.
THE Thorndike company's new cotton
mill at Thorndike, Mass. was burned
G. Wilson. the company's agent. fell
dead of heart disease while Oh the roof
fighting the flames, Loss, $50 600; in
sured
A. SAWYER, cashier Of the Christian
Sawyer Banking Company, at Indcpen-
dence, Mo, was thrown from his car
riage Saturday afternoon, and received
severe internal injuries. He will not re-
cover.
BIZ three fires, Saturday, twelve per-
sons were burned to death. -Four chill
dren at Clarendon, S. c.; six children
near Live Oak, Fla, and lady and a
child at Atchison, Kan. The last are
wife and child of G E. Styles, agent for
the Missouri Pacific Railway.
A VERY remarkable surgical opera
ton was performed in Erie Pa, on
Tuesday. Andrew j. Adams. of Ne
braska, visited that city to have 152
tumors removed from his body. Forty
five varying in size from that of a wal
nut to turnip, were removed at the first
operation. The malignant growth were
the result of squirrel bite received
when Andrew was a boy, at Ripley,
n. Y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-01-10
LATEST TRLEt11RAMS.
MA SHIN TON.

Mrs. L. z. Letter gave tea Saturday
70 Mr.. and Mrs. Matthew Arnold and
Miss Arnold. Mr.. Arnold was unable to
be present owing to a lecture engage
ment.
SECRETARY F'RELINGHUYsEN has re-
ceived a report from Mr.. Bret Harte,
our consul at Glasgow, relating to the
trade and navigation Of that port during
the year ended Sept.30 last. The re-
turns Of the Clyde ship-building for
nine months Of the year have been COM
pleted
BONDED whisky interests, it is feared
by interested parties, will receive rough
handling by the Committee on Ways and
Means. A majority of the committee, it
is figured, are opposed to the entire
system. The Deputy Commissioner is
particularly friendly to the di5tillers and
whisky men, and does not hesitate to
interest himself in their behalf.
ALL bids for the superstructure of the
new government building at Pittsburg
being 100000 in excess of the amount
appropriated therefor, they have been
rejected. The foundations for the entire
building will be laid, and an additional
appropriation for the superstructure will
be applied for through congress.
POSTOFFICEs established: Iowa-Bfin-
go, Jasper County. igan-Sutton,
Lenawee County. Post0ffices discon-
tinued: NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., MissOul2
County, mail to MissouIa. Postmasters
commissioners: Valentine f. Planck;
Point Isabel, Ind e.; Richard c. Peters,
Eastlake, Mich.
THE supervising architect will send
out advertisements at once for bids for
the stone work entire for the Quincy
building, and four days later for the
stone work of the Peoria building. He
hopes to push them toward completion
the coming season.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY CORKHILL de-
cIares ridiculous the report that Hon.
Richard Crowley of New York, is be-
ing pressed as a candidate for his place.
The only person named as a competitor
for the place beside Mr.. Crowley is Mr..
A. @. Riddle Of the district, who is said
to be favored by the commissioner of
the district.
Hon. EMERY SPEER, u. S. district at
torney for the northern district Of GeOr-
gia, is in in the city looking after his
confirmation He has been appointed
special counsel by the attorney general
to aid Melton in the political prosecu-
tions in South Carolina, but there is
some doubt Of his confirmation. Dem
Ocratic senators will leave no stone I'm
turned to secure hisrejection.
They show the enormous aggregate
OF $4,000 tons of new shipping that has
been launched by the various firms of
the river, being an increase of $3.50
tons in the first three-quarters of the
year, the total output" being the larg-
est on record. Several firms this year
will surpass all their previous efforts.
One firm will launch over 40 600 tons,
another will complete nearly 10000
tons, while an unusually large number
Of firms will launch over 10000 tons
each.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-01-10
The Career of r. r. Cable.

Fifteen years years ago, says a Chi
cago reporter Ransom r. Gable, about
thirty three years old, was running
one horse -four mill at Davenport,
Iowa, and was worth probably about
$500. But about 1890 his uncle, P. L.
Gable, invested $780, with Judge
Lynde in coal mine In Coal Valley,
twenty miles from Rock Island. Moth
ing showed up and the judge drew
out. p L. Cable was about to do so,
when Ransom appeared on the scene.
He believed in the mine, and persuad-
ed his uncle to drop all the money he
could obtain in the hole Finally in
the early part of 81, when everybody
but Ransom was hopeless, they struck
it rich. The war came aud the coal
doomed. H. L. Cable made a mint of
money. Ransom share Was not large,
but it gave him start. They bought
some more mines about twenty
four miles from Rock Island, and
built railroad out to the town now
called Cable. The Rock Island & Pc
oria road was built directly after the
war by Rock Island parties. The Cab
les got control of it about 1870, and
the uncle having invested largely in
Rock Island & Pacific, the Peoria road
was made a branch. :Ranscm began
his railroad career as superintendent
of the branch. He held that position
till 1876 when he became assistant gen
eral manager of the Rock Island. He
was considered to be worth about $500, =
900. In 1880 he was made general
manager Of the Rock Island, and last
spring was elected president. He is
regarded as one of the "slickest" rail
road men in the country. Mr.. Cable
Is very handsome man-tall, digni-
fed and courtly. He is smooth as
glass in conversation, but firm as a
rock when once his mind is made up.
His family relations are the pleasant
est. After remaining a widower sew
eral years with three children, he was
married about three years ago to Miss
Jennie Burford, the. belle of Rock Is
land.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-01-10
GENERAL NOTES.

THE city Of New York spent over
$5,600,000 for charity during the year.
j. SNYDER, q prominent farmer living
near Independence, Mo-, went to look
after his horses New Years morning.
began bleeding at the nose, and, return
ing to the house, died in a few mInutes
The starch works at Peoria, ILL.,, have
been sold to George F. FL riding, of Chi
cagO, under an order from court, for
1926, 000
REV. FRANCIS HAwLEY, father of
Senator Hawley, died at Hartford
Conn, aged 81.
AGENTS of a number Of Minnesota
-four mills are in Ontario soliciting
orders for American flour, in view Of
the short wheat crop in Canada this
year.
AFTER three hours wrestling con-
test at San Fran cisco Sunday, Muldoon
defeated Bauer, and was carried from
the hall on the shoulders of admiring
friends.
SEVERAL saloon keepers Of Missouri
Valley, Iowa, who had paid the license
fee of $780, were indicted by the grand
jury, and fined from $500 to $500 each.
A DESPERATE fight for right Of way is
in progress at Youngstown, OI.iO, be-
tween the employees OF the Plttsburg,
Cleveland and Toledo road and those of
the New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
| ROwELL and an alderman of New
York are to have a six days walking
match in that city in February, for $500
a side
EIGHT members of Company G., Hi
nois National Guard, of Bloomington,
who signed a petition asking Captain
Col. Bennett &c apologize to the Captain.
If not they will be court-martialed and
Gishonorably discharged.
w. IRVING LANDELL arrived at Lex
ington, Ky, a few days ago with a
brother IL years old and only 81. He
gave the money to boarding house to
feed the boy. went to work as brake
man himself without getting any food.
and, after thirty-six hours labor in
rigorous weather, died Tuesday night of
| hunger and exposure.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-01-10
CRIME.

WILLIAM MORGAN of Philadelphia beat
his wife SO, Thursday, that her recov-
cry is doubtful.
HENRY PAPE, charged with several
attempts to wreck trains on the Norfolk
& Western railroad, has been arrested
at Lynchburg, Va. His father is also i'm
plicated.
ROSE KORAN, formerly a Iady's maid
to Lady Vaudeville, has begun suit in
New York to recover $50, damages
for false Imprisonment at the instance of
Lord and Lady Vaudeville, who charged
the maid with larceny.
CHARLES RUSSELL shot and killed
Charles Lewis in Cincinnati Monday.
The men were c0lOred and Lewis had ir-
suited Russells sister during the after
noon, and when the men met last night
they quarreled with the above result
ADAM HARTLINE, a peddler, was stopp-
ed on the highway near Catawissa, Pa.
and robbed of $3.50 and some jewelry.
Shortly after he was met by two other
men who asked for ride. Ha1tline
refusing, one Of the men shot him twice.
His in iuries are fatal.
AN old man named Shelly, who has
been keeping a small store about four
miles north Of Malvern, Mills county
Iowa, was murdered aud robbed by
some person unknown, on Sunday
night Last,
X. III. STRIBBLING. q prominent young
man Of FauQuier. Va, was refused liq-
Uor at a hotel in Markham, and began
to curse the barkeeper. The latter drew
a knife and severed the jUgular vein of
his would-be patron.
L. W. Coz, well-known insurance
man Of Milwaukee, was arrested at the
west side place Of amusement last even
ing on charge of insulting one of the fe-
male attractions of tie place. Coe,
when taken to the central station, denied
the allegation, and gave bail for his ap-
pear2nce.
THREE Of the Southern Pacific railroad
train robbers and murderer6 are in GUS
tody at Silver City. The first one caught
at Los Vegas, a negro. confessed. Two
others have been taken at EngleInan,
and the fourth is expected to be taken
soon.
ROSE VANDECAR, claimiEg to be the
wife of q man under arrest for the
murder of Mead, the banker, at Wau-
paca, Wis, has confessed that Vande-
car told her all the particulars of his
crime and deposited part of his pluHder
with her. The woman is herself in du-
ress for a murdcroUs attack on man.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-01-10
PAINTED HIS BARN.
Part Red, Part Blue, Part Salmon
Color, Part Green, and Part Alpha
heficai
New York Sur


New York Sun
Moses W. Taylor, of UnionviIle. is
supervisor of Mount Pleasant town
snip, Westchester county. Last sum
mer his barn was struck by lightning,
and with the insurance money he
built a new barn. 1t isa conspicuous
barn, and his friends urged him to
paint it, but Mr.. Taylor refused.
paint it yourself" he said, whenever
he was asked to ornament It.
Register J. 0. Miller, Superintend-
ent of the Poor W. J. AckerIv. As
SCISSOR Henry Nodine. Howard Kinch.
secretary OF the democratic county
committee and inspector for the de
partment of public works, Constable
Alexander r. Lawrence. of Chappa-
qua, and other officials met on Mon
day evening last at Mr.. Taylor's barn
with pots of paint Register Miller
brought blue paint, Secretary Kinch
brought yellow paint, Constable Law
renee brought red paint, Assessor No
dine brought salmon colored paint.
June Bard brought pink paint, and
6upt. Ackerly brought green paint.
Each official had driven in his private
conveyance to the barn, which is
about four miles above White Plains.
on hill IN full view Of the Harlem
railroad trains.
The night was very dark The Off
Gals drew near the barn cautiously,
because each feared he was the victim
of joke and expected to hear from
his friends the next morning, "Well,
did you paint the barn?" To their
own surprise they met, as has already
been intimated. They had provided
painters as well as paint. and the
painters brought ladders.
The barn was taking on assorted
cOlOrs when Constable Leonard
Banks, with seven deputies sworn in
for the occasion, interrupted the pro
ceedings.
Il arrest you ALL" shouted Banks.
The officials fled. Inspector Kinch
crawled under wagon and straight
ened himself under the reach" Re
gister Miller got behind a stone wall.
Superintendent of the Poor Ackerly
burrowed under in the haymow in
the barn, and Assessor Nodine put off
across the fields. All were caught.
They were led to Supervisor Taylor's
house, shivering with cold.
Mr.. Taylor invited them to dinner,
gave them cigars afterward, laughed
at them, and promised to laugh at
them more next day. Then he sent
the constables home and babe his
guests 9 OG-night. Instead of going
home the guests went back to the
barn, completed its assortment of
tints, and left there. in vivid colors
and big lettering the legends: 1.-The
Weaknesses and McGuires have been
here" use Taylor's Rock and Rye"
and paint it Yourself"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-01-10

profit A boy of eight, ten or twelve
can be bought for $50 or $50. and
girls at a price little lower. The
former are sold by shrewd dealers at
a profit, averaging about $40 per
capita. Girls are more profitable
beng in greater demand, dealers pre-,
ferring to handle" them rather than
boys. Schemes that fill the pocket
are those that are most divine and
best supported by law and opinion.
The sales are not always direct. A
Chinese father wanting TO purchase
laundry or grocery store can frequent
~ use a child instead of the cash.
a healthy boy or comedy girl is con
sldered equivalent to money in many
such transactions. How far the
traffic goes is not certain. The pur-
chasers from the parents are most
always traders, and the children us
ually pass through their hands before
reaching a permanent place. The
boys are treated as the meanest Of
servants, and the girls, after leadino.
a shameful life for few years. 90 to
an early grave.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-01-10
An Old letter OF Henry Clay.
Kansas City Journal.

j. D. Allen, ESQ, of Shawnee,
KAN, sends us the original letter, of
which the following is a copy, in the
handwriting of Henry Clay, and
bearing his frank. Mr.. Allen, at the
time it was received, resided in
Athens, Ill, and, as he writes us, dis
covered it on Monday last, while
looking over some old letters. We
copy it in full:
WASHINGTON, June 26, 1S4O.-DEAR
SIR: l have received your favor, re-
questing an expression of a sentiment.
| can only be very brief. In my opin-
ion, the most alarming fact which
strikes the eye Of an attentive Observ-
cr, IN surveying the face of our coun-
try, is the corrupt and demoralizing
practices to which the administration
party resorts to maintain itself in
power. Misrepresentation, falsehood.
bribery, forgery, perjury, corruption
of the ballot boxes have been estab-
lished upon members of that party.
When one party employs such means,
sooner or later, in self defense and
from necessity, the other party will be
tempted to appeal to the same arts,
and the corruption of the whole mass
will quickly follow. Then, farewell
to liberty. All my hopes rest on Nov
ember. Yours respectfully,
ii. CLAY.
MIR. J. D. Allen.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-01-10

denceof having been inhabited in ages
past still it presents many traces
of being younger" than the neigh
boring mainland, having been prob
ably thrust up from the sea by some
commissions of nature long after the
formation of the wild and desolate
looking mountain chain which here
approaches close to the shore of the
California coast.
Another of these islands, San Mic
olas, some seventy miles off shore, has
been rendered famous by having been
the solitary home of woman who,
having been accidently abandoned
thereon, existed ON such miserable
sustenance as was afforded by fish
and wild roots for upwards of eigh-
teen years, and until rescued bya seal
ing party in the early days of the
American occupation of the coast.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-01-10
he Chemistry of the Stomach.

As in the most de1Icate processes OF the Iapora-
tory, it is essential that the reagents employed to
contaminated, so also it is imperatively necessary
that the fluids of the stomach, which act chemi-
cany upon the food, should be perfectly pure
fluids are vitiated or diluted. Similarly. other
forms Of indigestion arise from deficiency of the
chemical properties Of the gastric Juices. The
most direct and agreeable way to restore
their purity and improve their quality, is to take
before each meal wineglaSSfuII of Hostetter's
Stomach RitterS, which corrects aciditv render
digestion complete and painless and overcome
the con stipation which it produces. The nervous
ness and weakness resulting from chronic dyspep
STA, also disappear under its influence.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-01-10
Say Yes, GrandD0p."
Philadelphia Times.


Thomas NJ. 9. Givenay was before
Judge Allison in the desertion court
yesterday, for leaving and neglect
ing his Wife. He was so old that he
had been married thirty years, and
had pretty little grandchild. His
wife was gray-haired and wrinkled.
She said the cause Of all the trouble
was drink. He thought it was too
much tongue" The pair argued in a
good-natured way for quarter of an
hour, and then admitted that perhaps
it was a little of both drink and
tongue"
Look here" said the iedge, "vou
two people ought not to be living
apart after so many years of life to-
gether"
Indeed, sir, we ouhtn't replied the
woman IN tears.
eve wouldn't [ suppose, said the
arguing husband, 'only-well-we
are both to blame"
"Now, you will go home together
again, won't you?', aiked the Judge
The old man hesitated.
Say yes, grandpOp-why don't you
say yes?'' cried a childish voice in the
crowd of auditors. In moment the
owner of the voice had wriggled
through the crowd and was clinging
to grandpop's legs.
eyes sir, we'll go home together, "
grandpop said. He gathered up the
child in his arms and kissed it. 'My
granddaughter, sir" he remarked to
the court. "She lives with my wife
and me. She'd be kind of lonely at
Christmas 'thout grandpop, wouldn't
you dearie?"
Yes. grandpop."
As graRdpop and grandma, with the
little child between them turned to 60
the court began:
"After Christmas you must :"
'After Christmas we begin a new
life" said grandpop.