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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-12-10

A solid church member in Manlius.
Allegnn county, signed a liqnor bond
for redhot prohibitionist who pro-
poses to ''open one of the most coy
and comfortable saloons In the viii
lage ~ Diet. Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-12-10

"a mother. who discovered that her
daughter was being Taught physiology
and hygiene, day before yesterday adj
dressed the following note to her teach
err:
DEAR MISS -: l don't want my
daughter TO be taught about her in
sides. Il isn't right, and don't like
it,"
Yours truly, Mis-.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-12-10
POLITICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS

Nine months of democratic adminis-
tration. without dollar paid on the
national debt. Is sad commentary on
the sham prctenses OF democratic re-
formers last fall st. Louis Republi-
can.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1885-12-10
Notice for Publication.
LAND OFFICK. REED CITY, MICH,
Octobea. 2Sth. 1881.

NOTICE Is hereby given that the following
~ named SETTLER has nled notice Of bis inten-
tion 10 max, final proof IN support Of his claim.
AMI that said proof win be made before the
Clerk OF the Circuit Court for Crawford County.
Michigan. nc Crayiiug, ON December 9Th, 1916.
viz: Fsansies Smith. Homestead eDp, No, 7.9sI
for the s Il "a Sec N. 4. rs N R4 wet
he names the following witne Gcs % prove bis
c0ntli.ul sisre sdcnce upun, and cultivation Of
said land. via; JaIncs Quance, Thomas Quance.
L Z Has tlngs and Wellington PATTERSON of Wei
vATiIASrsL CLARK.
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30
CRIME.

FOUR Storage passengers from Ant
werp are detained at New York for in
vestigation, it being claimed that t1ey
came to work for a glass firm at Kent,
Ohio, in violation of the contract labor
law.
J. 0. BROCK, a physician Of Clifton,
Iowa, has been arrested on the charge
Of bigany. He moved there from Osage
a year ago, deserving his wife and child.
A month ago he married q young lady
in Greenvllle. Mich. Brock says it was
his brother who deserted the Usage
lady.
JOSEPHIE STIENRIEDE, the wife Of a
Memphis physician, eloped two weeks
ago with John Irwin, her mulatto coach
man. The pair were traced to ST. Louis,
where they bought tickets for Spring
field, Ill. The husband OF the woman
left st. Louis Saturday evening for
Springfield.
In the United States district court at
Little Rock, George L. Douglass, of the
department of justice, WashingtoR, en-
D. Adams, J. D. Chichester and others
for $174,000 alleged over paid in the
famous star route several years ago.
brought in different states against the
contractors.
JOSEPH MYERS entered the house at
Newburgh, New York, Saturday even
ing, where resided his wife, who had
eloped with James Barclay, aged 90.
Myers attacked the woman with knife,
severing her Nin2pipe. Barclay unex-
pectedly made las appearance, and was
also stabbed ~ Myers, who then drew
the knife across his own throat. There
are chances that all three May re-
cover.
RECENT reports from portions OF east
ern Oregon, eastern Washington terri
tory, and western Idaho indicate a rest.
lessness among the Indians that bodies
trouble in the near future. Between
the white settlers and Indians strong
feeling of luminosity exists which has
intensified with tim0. One fruitful
source of irritation between the whites
and Indians has been the rivalry and
jealousy concerning the use and occu,
patton of Immense grazing tracts.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30
GABLEGRAMS.

DISPATCHES from Cronstadt state
that the Russian fleet there has been
ordered to prepare for war instantly,
and that thirty-two Russian men-of- war
have hoisted their flags and put to sea.
THE Ameer, owing to the opposition
Of his subjects, is reluctant to allow
British troops to enter AfghanistaE,
which is feared, would cause rebellion,
the Ameer being unpopular. The Ameer
is willing to cede Penideh to Russia in
return for her evacuation of the Zulif-
car passes, which commands the road to
Herat. A difficulty arises from the re-
fusal Of the Russian war party to con-
sent to a withdrawal from, Zulifcar. 1t
is believed that M. De Giers' party is in-
clined to support this policy, believing
that the English are inclined to give
way.
THE situation of the Russian-Afghan
question has again become very serious.
owing to Russia increasing her demands
to such an extent that it will be impos-
sible for England to accept such Terms.
NJ. De Giers, the Russian Premier, who
is evidently determined to profit by his
recent successes in negotiating with the
English foreign office, has apparently
decided not to yield single iota to Earl
Granville. 1t is now feared that Russia
has overstepped the bounds of British
orbearance; as it is asserted on high
authority that England will never sue
cumb to these latter demands Of the
Russian Premier. A large number of
important dispatches passed between
the English and Russian foreign offices
on Saturday and on Sunday. All the
members of the Cabinet remained in
London on Sunday. awaiting reply
from Russia to the latest from Earl
Granville.
GREAT excitement was caused in the
Admiralty office ia Whitehall, at II
o'clock on the 23d inst, by an explosion
in room ia the basement of that build
ing. The fremen and police were
promptly summoned, and all the gates
of the Admiralty building were closed.
A special guard was at once posted, and
no person was allowed to enter or de
part from the premises until a thorough
examination could be made. 1t is sup
posed that the explosion was caused by
the premature discharge of a projectile
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30
FIRES AND CASUALTIES

DESTRUCTIVE forest fires are raging in
three counties in New Jersey.
FIFTY persons lost their lives in a
confagration at Melig, a city of Egypt,
near Cairo.
AT Niles, Ohio, Saturday evening, the
rolling mill of the Falcon Iron and Nail
Company was destroyed by fire, the loss
beng placed at $50, 900.
THE bodies of tho victims of the cave
in have not yet been recovered from the
Shenandoah, Pa, mine,
A TERRIBLE volcanic eruption on the
islane of Java has overwhelmed farm
ing region and destroyed about Ice
lives
INCENDIARIsM has caused the entire
destruction of the village Of Perryviile
on the Tennessee river.
AT Philadelphia, the repair shops OF
the Pullman Palace Car Company, and
large frame building of the Pennsvl-
vania railroad company were destroyed
bp fre-loss, $150,000; covered by in
suranGe.
DURING a fire in Huiser's piano factory
at New York Tuesday morning. the
second floor collapsed, precipitating
badly injured, one man fatally.
NEARLY the entire business portion of
Bloomcr, Chippewa county, Wis, was
destroyed by fire, entailing an aggre-
gate loss on buildings and stock of $50,
000 insurance, $50, 1000. Fifteen bust
ness establishments wer G burned.
AT Wheaton, ILL.,, Wednesday morn
ing fire broke out ia the hardware store
of J. P. Bauer through leakage of
gasoline, and before it was subdued
eleven buildings were destroyed, infiict-
ing loss estimated at $50, 00C.
THE North German Lloyd's steamer
Maine, from New York to Bremen, col
lided with the Russian bark Ralaia $50
nailes off Halifax, on midnight Monday.
The bark was cut clean in two, but all
the crew were saved, except one. The
bark sank. The steamer had two big
holes stove IN her bow. She leaked
badly, and bore I'D for Halifax.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30
w ARLINGTON.

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND Will soon re-
move to cottage on che grounds of the
soldiers home, near Washington, where
he will pass the summer.
| g Mr.. BLAINE announces his intention
TO vacate the Window mansion. in
Washington, in June, and return to his
home at Augusta, Me.
| RECEIVER hewlett, of Yakima
Washington Territory land office. a
| former well-known correspondent here,
writes that when the Northern Pacific
Railroad makes its selection" in that
section, which will be in few weeks.
the country will boom and his office
reach maximum grade.
A. y. sWYMAN, the Treasurer of the
United States, Wednesday resigned his
Office ia order to accept Vice Presi-
dency Of National bank at Omaha. O..
n. Jordan, formerly Cashier of the
Third National Bank of New York, has
been appointed as his successor.
The government of the United States
is about to have new great seal.
Strange az it may seem, it has been dis.
covered that the seal in use since the
foundation of the government is not
designed IN accordance with the law
which directed its construction. 1t is
faulty in several respects, notably in
the number of arrows in the claw of the
eagle, also in the shield, and in other
respects. The new seal is to cores
pond in every particular with the
statute.
A COMMITTEE of three will be appoint-
ed by the secretary off the treasury in a
few days to supervise the count of all
the cash and other securities in the
treasury OF the United States, incident
to the transfer of the Office of treasurer
from Mr.. Wyman to Mr.. Gordon. The
committee will be composed of rep
resentative of the secretary who
will be selected from public moneys
division, representative of Mr.. Wyman,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30

over the muscles of his face, was the
only person IN the cathedral who pre-
served an unmoved gravity Of deport-
ment.
A very common form of religious
craze is desire to argue out privately
with clergyman some question he
has touched upon IN preaching. We
once heard clergyman preach on the
text: "All scripture IS given by Inspir-
alton of God" and he CHANGED to
make some remarks upon the occa>
! slonaI value of apparently unimport-
ant portions of the scriptures. For
some time afterward he was Sorely
beslegcd by a nearer who wished to
INSIST on having proved to him the
Importance of verse 8. chapter is
Song of Solomon, King SoloA-~
made himself chariot of the wood
CT Lebanon" Fortunately, the cler-
gy man in question had only been Off
ciating for a friend. Had he been
vicar of the parish, liable to be button.
holed as he walked about the streets.
his fate would have been pitiable.
Worst of all, aud often absolutely
dangerous to the clergy, is the craze
of a mission, either to insist upon or
prevent the promulgation of some
particular doctrine. We remember.
sorne years since, seeing the vicar of
large London parish officiating for
several Sundays under the protection
of the police. One Of these crazy en-
thusiasts had taken it into his head
that he was to prevent some part of
the service being performed, and had
chosen that particular church as the
field of his operations. His threats
against the vicar were sufficiently
vehement as to cause it to be deemed
advisable, pending measures forgsome
restraint. being placed upon the man,
that a policeman in plain clothes
should be on duty in the chancel DUR
ing the services. The possibility that
the church might become at any mo-
ment the scene of sudden struggle
between stalwart policeman and an
excited lunatic could not be held one
likely to aid q calm devotional spirit
on the part of either the vicar or those
of the congregation who were aware
OF the circumstances.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30

There is still living in the north of
Scotland an old lady who can give the
curious visitors who drop in on her an
interesting glimpse sof Lord Byron.
When the century was young she &C.
companied two or three holiday max
ers to CLAIMS Castle, then thrown open
TO visitors, and at the entrance, fear
fell upon them. By and by hand
some cavalier with a club foot, evil
IDENTIFY guest at the castle, sauntered
up the walk, and took in the situation
at a glance. He put his arm around
the prettlest girls waist, and drove
the others giggling up the steps and
into the hall, where he even signed
their names IN the visitors book for
them. Gray are now the locks Through
which the poets fingers wandered !;
but the only survivor of the little in
cident loves 10 recall how George,
Lord Byron, looked on that sunny
May morning,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30
Alternately Shaken and Scorch 4

By the paroxysms of chills and fever the wretch
ed sufferer for whom quinine has been prescribed
with that hurtful palliative which at best only
mtigates the violence of the fits, and eventually
proves highly injurious to the system. In order
to effect thorough cure of malarial fever wheth-
intermittent or remittent. or to render the sys-
tem impregnable to its attacks, Hostetters Stom-
ach Bitters should be used daily. That this medi-
by miasma, and a reliable safeguard against
them, is a fact so widely recognized in this and
other countries that to adduce evidence in support
or desirable to do so, it may well be supposed
that from the testimony corroborative of its
claims, which has been accommodating during the
last twenty-five years and over, sufficient proofs
might be gathered to convince the most inveter-
ate skeptic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30
SCOTTISH CLERICAL LIFE.
Some eft the Annoyances to Which
Ministers are Subjected fn the
SRraxy LanG.ss
Scotch Review

bSOISA
4 not uncommon and perhaps little
suspected cause Of clerical worry and
annoyance, sometimes even of peril,
lies IN the vagaries of people who are
mentally unsound. Religious mania
is a very frequent form of such I'M
soundness, and this often leads to the
clergy being objects of attention far
more marked than agreeable. Ex-
travagant devotion of, SEINE special
clergyman, is very common. The
former once in our own experience,
gave rise to what, considering all the
accidental circumstances and sur
roundings, was probably the most
IudlcrOus sscene ever witnessed In a
church. In city boasting the pos
session of one OF the finest cathedl ais
In England there lived spinster lady
somewhat weak ia intellect, one whose
state, however, did not render any
further supervision necessary than the
constant attendance of trustworthy
companion. The rector of the parish
In which she lived was the object of
her most ardent devotion. To her
great despair he resigned his living
and went abroad. Some few years
later, on returning to England, he
happened to be in the neighborhood,
and having been intimately acquaint-
ed with many of the chapter, he went
one afternoon to the cathedral in
order to see some of them. ThesserS
vice was just over, and he was stand
ing in the nave, to which there were
always many visitors IN the after
noon, waiting to greet lis old friends
when they should have dlsrobed.
Just at the moment when choristers
and clergy were coming in procession
down the nave, the poor little woman
entered at the west door. She instant
ly espied her former rector, and be-
fore her companion could interfere,
rushed toward him. She was extreme
ly small; he very tail man. Fearing
that in her excitement her greeting
would be rather more noisy than was
seenaly under the circumstances, he
bent down, as she drew near, to speak
to her in a whisper, Rash mani In
a moment she clasped him round the
neck with both arms and bestowed
upon him painfully audible apostolic
salutatlon. The magnificent cathedral
nave echoed to strange sounds that
afternoon. Not even the portentous
soleEnity of cathedral verger, In
the very presence of the cannons in
residence, was proof against the trial
and the white-robed procession dis.
appeared from the sacred precincts
with most indecorous rapidity. The
victim of this astounding reception, a
man possessed of remarkable power
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30
Foreign,
MEETING OF LAND OWNERS.

LONDON, April PA great meeting
of rich and influential land owners
was held in this city to-day, and was
attended by such persons as the Duke
of Argyle. the Earl of Carnarvon
and the Marquis of Ripon. 1t was
resolved to take steps for the immedi-
ate formation of large corporation
to be called the National Land Com
pany" for the purpose of securing a
gradual breaking up of the large par
eel system Of land ownership
now injuriously prevalent in Great
Britain. The present plan of the
new organization is to buy land at
wholesale and sell it out in lots not to
exceed 40 acres, under conditions
likely to cause further subdivision
and prevent aggregation Of title. The
company will in all likelihood buy
for cash and sell on deferred pay
ments covering at least 10 years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30
PerryViIIe EnnihilateG

NASHVILLE, April 22.-The intelIi-
gence was received tonight that
Perryviile, q Tennessee river town,
in Decatur county, was annihIlated
last night by an incendiary fire, start
ed by a person seeking revenge on
one of the inhabitants. The property
lost embraced a large hotel, river
warehouse full of valuable freight,
and many fine residences. Nothing
remains of the thriving little town
but the debris of the fallen buildings.
The loss cannot now be estimated,
Perryville has no telegraph connec<
tons.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30

a good story is told of farmer in
Georgia who rented some land last
year to colored man for a third of
the crop. When the drought came
on his corn and cotton were affected
by it. He gathered two bales of cot
ton and two wagonloads of corn. The
latter was penned up for his own use
and the cotton was sold. When his
landlord called for his share he was
told there was none for him. He was
thunderstruck and asked: Didn't I
rent you the land for third the
crop2" ''Yes, boss" said the man,
''but you see dere was no third. Dere
was only two bales of cotton and two
loads of corn; all mine and muffin
for you by the contract" And the
landlord could not make Cuffee be~
lieve any other way.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-04-30

which had been sent to the Admirably
for examination. Noon.-The expIos-
ion occurred in the secretary's depart
ment. Mr.. Edwin n. Swanson, assist
ant secretary and principal clerk, re-
ceived a severe scalp wound. It is said
that other officials were also injured,
but none so seriously as Mr.. Swanson.
It is now believed that the explosion
was not accidental, but that it was
caused by dynamite. 2 large force Of
detectives under Inspector O'Hagan
has been posted around the Admiralty
building, and no one is allowed to leave
until after Identification.