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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-12
TELEGRAPHIC.
GENERAL NOTES.

The German Empress has given to
the society Of the Red Cross 5000 marks
and gold medal for the maker OF the
best transportas Gle lazarettO.
The snow and ice have all disappear
ed from the strawberry fields in South
ern Illinois. The plants are in good
condition, and were in no way dam
aged by the severe cold spell Of Fcbru-
airy.
THE Indiana Legislature Inns passed
the bill recognizing the militia, and ap-
propriaiing $4,000 annually for uni
forms and equipment.
THE Ohio College of Dental Surgery
issued diplomas Wednesday mig BIT the
gold medal being awarded to Carrie
Lloyd, the only woman in the class.
IT being expected that the National
Encampment, G. A. R., will be held at
Sacramento in 1886. the California
Legislature has appropriated $4,000 to
defray the expenses.
THE Egyptian garrison at Kassala, in
the SUudan, made sorsie against FL
Mahdi's forces, and were d1sastrously
repulsed, losing twenty eight officers
and $50 privates.
THE floor of a tenement house in Co
senza,. Italy, gave away at an early hour
Sunday morning, Carrying every thing
with 1T to the cellar. Sixty of the oc-
cupants of the building were injured
twenty Of them dangerously and eight
fatally.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR has signed an exc
cutive order, throwing open to settle
ment the greater paI Of the WinnebagG
and Crow reservation, in Dakota, EN-.
bracing some 100000 acres. The rush
to the reservation has already begun,
and the land will soon be teken up by
settlers.
THE remains of the late George L.
Davenport, for whom the City of
Davenport, Iowa, was named, who died
in Florida, will reach the city to day fol
final interment He was born in the
island of Rock Island, in the Mississippi
in 1917.
?. P. LEsPENASSE, of Harvers traw
n. Y, who is paying an election wager
by carrying a pig and a rooster to
Washington, reached Baltimore Mon
day, and expresses himself as being
greatly pleased at the manner in which
the people have treated him along the
IOuGt' 1uO IOWl olO pSlhGA sOSStAS1
weigh so pounds.
AN alternative writ of injunction was
issued at st. Louis Monday in a suit to
restrain Jay Gould and other directors
from voting $22,000,000 stock of the Iron
Mountain Road at the annual election
of officers of that line on the 10th inst
It is claimed that Gould ct al. obtained
the stock by conspiracy, and besides
that they operate tie Missouri Pacific
a road paralleling the Iron Mountain
route, and, under TIE law, parallel lines
can not be operated by the same man
agement. 1t the injunction is made
permanent, the men who are endeavOr
ing to GUST Gould from control of the
Iron Mountain and Wabash will score a
victory.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-12
FROM THE CAPITAL.

THE first official act OF President
Cleveland was the nomination of his
cabinet; his second, to affix his signature
t., the comm Isl ion of =. S. Grant as an
officer on the retired list of the army
with the rank Of general.
The president sent to the senate the
following named persons as his cabi-
net:
Secretary of State-Thos. f. Bayard, of Della:
Secretary of the Treasury-Danel Manning, of
New York.
Secretary Of War-Wm c. Endicott, of Massa-
Secretary of the Navy-Wm. c. Whitney, of
New York.
Secretary OF the lnterl0r-L. y. e.. Lamar of
Mississippi.
Postmaster General-Wm. F. Villas, of Wiscon-
sin.
Attorney General-A. H. Garland, of Arkansas.
ONE of Clevelan.' first acts La con-
nection with his official household was
the retention of 0 L. Pruden as assist
ant to Private Secretary Lamont Pru-
den was appointed by Grant to bear
presidential messages, and has become a
familiar figure to all connected with the
capitol.
WHEN the cabinet nominations we're
taken up 10 executive session, Riddle
berger objected TO the immediate con-
sideration Of the nomination of Bayard,
and stated briefly that he did so because
of Bay ard's attitude upon the Irish ques-
ton. Rtddieberger thought him more
English than American. Bayara being
the first on the list, consideration of all
went over, under the rules of the ssnste,
for day.
THERE were short senatorial caucuscs
by both parties after adjournment. The
democrats effected an organization by
selecting Beck chairman, and Keana
secretary. The chairman authorized
the appointment OF a committee Of nine
to arrange the minority membership Of
committees. The republicans are reti-
cent about their proceedings. It is un-
derstooG some discussion took p ace re-
garding the liability Of the caucus
secrets to become public, and that the
organization of the committee was re-
ferred to the preliminary caucus COM
nittee, but the action was RENTED to
| a future caucus to be called when the
preferences of the senators shall have
become better known.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-12
The Great Butterfly Collector.

Baltimore Sun: An interesting &C
count is given at John Hopkins Uni
versity of Herman Strecker, naturalist.
Of Reading, Pa. He is stone cutter,
a day laborer, but knowt all over the
world as an authority on butterflies.
His scientific labors, it is said, are
done at night after his days work is
over, and on Sundays. He makes his
own drawings on stone, writes his
own descriptive matter, sets the type
and does the printing himself. He
has the largest collection of butterflies
Ia the world. Two years ago he pub
Eshed catalogue of North American
species of butterflies which is the
most complete ever issued, since it
contains all the synonyms. In this
publication he gives long lists of
names of foreign countries where he
has collectors working for him. He
has collectors in every known island.
In his collections are hundreds of
specimens which no other museum
possesses.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-12
4 Wonderful Clock.

Probably the most wonderful tine,
piece ever heard OF is a clock described
by Hindoo rajah as belonging to a
native princess of Upper India. In
front OF the clocks disk was a gong,
swung upon poles, and near it was a
pile of artificial linobs. The pile was
made up of the full number of parts
for twelve perfect bodies, but all lay
heaped together in seeming confusion.
Whenever the hands OF the clock ia
dicate the hour of 1, ovt from the pile
era wled just the number of parts to
form the frame of one man, part join
ing itself TO part with quick metallic
click; AID, when completed, the figure
sprang up, seized small mallet, and,
walking up to the gong, struck one,
the first hour. When 2 o'clock came,
two men rose and did likewise; and so
through all the hours Of the day, the
number of figures being the same as
the number of hours, TIL at noon and
midnight the entire heap sprang up,
and marching to the gong, struck one
after another, each his blow, making
twelve IN all, and then fell 10 pieces
again.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-12
CRIME.

FOUR prisoners escaped from the par
ish prison at New Orleans early Thurs
day morning. Three others got out
last Tuesday morning, ami the public is
beginning to doubt the efficiency of the
offisers in charge.
CHAs. A. KING, teller of the Orleans
County National Bank, shot himself ia
tally in doctors office at LockperU,
N. Y, Thursday morning. His accounts
were found to be all right. He inform
ed the coroner that he committed the
act because de didn't want to live any
longer.
GEORGE BERNHART, prominent far
mer of the Logansport Qnd section,
who secured the Indictment Of two per-
sons for horse stealing, confessed at the
trial Monday that he had perjured
himself for the purpose of revenge, and
that the men were innocent. Barnhart
was Immediately placed under arrest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-12
Mysterious GoingS On.

LAMoURE, OAK, March 7.-Joseph
Hall, wife and three children, living
six miles south of here, retired at the
usual hour last night in good health.
A neIghbor called at the house this
morning, and found all unconscious
but the woman. One child, aged five,
was dead. Mrs. Hall was barely able
to speak, and could give no explana-
tlen. They had apparently been poi
soned Halls face is terribly swollen
and discolored The doctor thinks
the entire family will die
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-12
FOREIGN.

PUNCH cartoons Gladstone as JOSEF
Surface, and John Bull as Sir Peter
Teazle, addressing the Premier with
Oh your sentiment"
BARON MoHRENHEIM. Russian Ambas,
sad@r, had an interview with Premier
Gladstone, ard communicated the con-
tents of a number of important dis
patches received from his government
regarding the Russo-Afghan frontier
question.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR, says a London
paper, is coming to Europe early in July
for several months. He intends to stay
for some weeks in England before pro-
ceeding to the continent for length
ened tour.
HENRI ROCHEFORT announces that
Oliver Paine is taking no part in the
Soudon campaign. Rochefort adds that
Ell Mahdi intrusts no command to 3
European. Paine is in Egypt for the
purpose of ransoming the French pris-
oners in possession of the Prophet. The
French residents of Cairo have sub
scribed 100000 for that purpose.
THE British Steamer Lake Winnipeg,
from New York, has arried at Liver
pool. She landed six of the crew OF the
French snip Surry, which was abandon
ed in a completely disabled condition.
The rest of the Surveys crew, including
the master and officers, were either
drowned or had died from exhaustion.
DISPATCHES from Assab Bay received
state that the garrison of Kassala, who
have been defending tho place for a
year, recently made sortie, but were
repulsed by the rebels with 4 loss of
% officers and $50 privates.
IN the House of Commons the Marquis
Of Harrington announced that the Gov
eminent had received official advices
confirming the report that another
sortie against the Mahdi's men had been
made by the garrison at Kassala, result
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-12
India boarding Gold.

A fact which comes from across the
sea would.intGrest and instruct mem
bers Of Congress just now, if they
would take the trouble to understand
it. The consumption Of gold in India,
where gold is not used for money, but
only for ornament and for boarding,
appears to be SO large and SO rapidly
increasing that it can not fail to at
feet the monetary interests of the
Western world. In eight months,
ending November 80, there were i'm
ported into India, in excess of all
exports, gold bullion and coin amount
ing to $50, 1876, $50, Or at the rate of
about $50, 600, 900 year. The English
authorities, 10 noticing this item in
official reports, suggest that it implies
a great increase IN the boarding of
gold as well as in its use for ornament.
But it does not occur to them to remark
that gold would naturally be boarded
and becomes more uncertain in value.
The refusal of Great Britain to con-
slider praeti cal measures FOR the use o
silver as money by international
agreement, having defeated such
agreements for years, has been the
chief cause of the depression in the
price Of silver, and the consequence
has been a disturbance of British
trade with India, a prostration of
British industries generally, and a
greatly increased absorption of gold
by India. Reckoning the consump-
ton by Inaia at $50, 900, 900. and that
of United States at SIS, 900, 900, more
than half the entire yield of gold is
taken from the market, not for
monentary purposes, but for use in
the arts and manufactures in two
countries, and by boarding in India.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-12
IOWans Of the New Orleans EXPOSE
ton.


a New Orleans dispatch dated Feb
ruary ~ says: GA large party of
lava school teachers reached here
Wednesday from Davenport, headed
by Professor Young, and, under the
special chaperonage of Mrs. NeWber-
Y, now of New Orleans, but formerly
g. teacher at Davenport, made COM
plete round of the city and paid the
exposition a visit. A reception was
given this evening to this party and
visitors now'in the city from Iowa.
Invitations were issued to all Iowans
whose addresses could be had, and a
general one to the others. The recep-
ton was given by Herbert S. Fairall,
commissioner from Iowa. Mrs. Fair
all was assisted IN receiving the guests
Y Mrs. Colonel John Scott and Miss
colt, Mrs. f. n. Chase, Mrs. Sena-
tor Larrabee and Miss Larabee, Mrs.
S. T. Dunham, Mrs. n. P. Fawcett,
all of Iowa, and Mrs. Commissioner
Bacon, of Kansas. Nearly 1000 per
sons attended the reception, the great
majority Of whom were from Iowa.
Iowa claims the distinction of having
sent the greatest number of visitors
to the exposition of any northern
state, one excursion party of $500
having arrived, and hardly day
passes without one or more parties
from Iowa reaching this city"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-12

THOSE returning from New Orleans
express surprise that they found the
trees in that region leafIess, the gar
dens and fields bare, and a general
ASPECT of wintry dreariness. When
ever visitors go IN the South they
hear the remark that ct is the coolest
season we have known here for
years" The seasons snow-belt ex-
tends southwark into Tennessee, and
frost to the Gulf of Mexico.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-12
AGCIDEN

DURING February the fire loss reach
ed $10,000,000, and since Jan. the
property destroyed aggregates in value
SIS, 100000.
TIE steamer Waves boiler exploded
Thursday afternoon at Wilmington.
blowing into the river three persons.
who were drowned, and badly injuring
several others. The boat was complete
~ wrecked.
DR.. T. N. WILSON, of Washington,
Pa, received a telegram from Kansas
announcing the death Of a brother and
sister by drowning Monday nigh. They
were aged respectively II and 10 years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-12

THE joint resolution to submit a
prohibition amendment to the people
was defeated in the Michigan senate,
Is Republicans voting yea, and IL
Fusionists voting nay. It required a
two thirds vote to pass the resolution.
In the house a bill was passed res
toring the death penalty for murder
in the first degree. 1t is expected
that this measure will become a law.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-12

Mr.. GLADSTONE had narrow es-
cape from being censured from mis-
Egyptian policy by the House of
Commons. Had the motion been
adopted, Mr.. Gladstone and his Min
istry would, as required in such a
case, have resigned at one-and, In
view of the narrow margin by which
the motion failed to pass, they may
feel constrained to do SO In any
event.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-12
Agreeable to Everybody.

Col. Robert G. King, for ten years
Deputy Collector Internal Revenue,
Baltimore, Maryland, writes: II en-
dorse the Bed Star Cough Cure. I have
used it in my family for violent cough
and found It excellent. It's use was
entirely free from the depressing effects
Of othsr cough remedies. It can read
lily be taken, and agrees with and bene-
frs everybody suffering from throat
and lung troubles The relief is per
maaent, and there is 40 reaction.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-12

of business was transacted but the ONLY
bills passed were: To amend the char
ter of the city of Berlin, To provide
for an aanual report of the state board
of health, and for its distribution. All
members voting in the affirm ative. To
amend the charter of the city of Sparta.
To authorize a dam on Sand creek in
B IRON county. To amend the charter
Of the city Of Sheboygan.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-12
Oklahoma.

WICHITA, Kan, March Capt.
Couch and Gen. Hatch have both
gone to the border from this city, the
former to confer with colonists assem-
bling there, and the latter to station
his troops SO as to prevent the con-
templated movement toward Okla
homa. It is said that boomers will
start for Oklahoma on Wednesday
next.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-12

A GAS war at Savannah, Ca, has
resulted in reduction of the price of
the article to SO cents per thousand
feet.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-12
THE OLD AND NEW.

The president to day accepted the
designations OF the members of Mr..
Arthur's cabinet and signed commits
sions Of the new cabinet officers, who
will probably enter upon the dis
charge Of their official duties to-mor-
row
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-12

THE total loss of the desert column
of English troops since 1t left Kortl IN
killed and disabled is thirty officers
and $50 men.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-12
Washing ton.
CONFIRMED.

WASHINGTON, March 6.--The new
cabinet officers were all confirmed to-
daV
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-12

70 amend section 4U96, OF chapter 49,
of the revised statutes, entitled of evil
dence, as amended by chapter 1914, of
the laws of 1882.
THURSDAY, MARCH 5.
Sendte-In the senate bills were pass
ed: Relating to extra terms of circuit
courts; to provide for writs of error and
appeals in criminal cases; to legalz3 the
official acts OF John Leatherman and
John Meredith, justices Of the peace in
Columbia county; to amend section sos,
chapter So, revised statutes, entitled of
the county board; to amend chapter IA,
private and local laws of 1865, incor-
poratiDg the Stiles company.
Bills were cOnCurred in: To inCOrpOr-
ate the city of Augusta; to appropriate
$4,000 to the Wisconsin dairymen's as
sociatioa; TO change the name and legal
designation of certain state Institutions;
to authorize and provide for covering
certain moneys into the state treasury.
TIE senate bills were indefinitely
postponed: To divide the Eleventh
ward of the city of Milwaukee: to
amend section 1908, revised statutes,
relating to the conveyance of lands.
House-In the assembly bills passed:
To prevent the sale of immoral or OBJ
scene literature; Relating to liens for
service on logs and lumber; to amend
the charter Of the city of Waupaca; to
amend the charter of the city of Hart
ford; to appropriate to the sheep breed
ers' association 5000; to amend the
statutes entitled of garnishment; Re
Iating to the termination and continu-
ance of leases; TO amend the statutes re-
Iating TO hawkers and peddlers; to
amend the statutes entitled of court
commissioners; to amend the statutes
entitled of the place of trial Of civil
actions; to create inspection district
No. Is, and to appoint inspectors there
for. More than twenty bills were in
definitely POSTPONED
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-12
FIRST AND SECOND ACT.

The first official act of President
Cleveland was to nominate his cab
met. His second, to affix his sigma
ture to the commission of Z. S. Grant
as an officer on the retired list with
rank as general.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-12
The Great Railroad Strike

PARsoN,. KS, March 7.-All the en-
pIoyes Of the Missouri Pacific shops
here struck this afternoon. There are
800 of them. The strikers at Sedalia
number 400.
FORT WORTH, Tex, March AT
a meeting called by Mayor Smith to-
night, FIVE leading citizens were ap-
pointed TO join with a similar commit
tee Of the railroad strikers IN united
effort to induce the managers Of the
Gould system to restore wages to the
figures before the recent cut.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-12

4 Nebraska girl and another from
Arizona have made arrangements for
competing at throwing the lasso.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-12

ing in the defeat of the garrison and
the loss of twenty eight officers and $50
men.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-03-12
THE CALLERS.

The crowd of callers af the white
house, to-day, was even greater than
yesterday. They began TO arrive be-
fore the doors were opened, and con
tinued crowding In large numbers all
day. The president received some OF
them in the library, and others in the
east room, just as it happened to be
convenient. A majority of the callers
consisted Of delegations from differ
ent states.
Among the later callers were rep
resentatives Randall, Hancock, Fled
Ter and Curtin. Senators Push and
Mcclure, postmaster-general Hatton,
and Mrs. Tyler, widow of ex-presi-
dent Tyler.
THE PACIFIC ROADS.
WASHINGTON, March ga letter
from Charles Franc Adams. Pres
ident of the Union Pacific railroad, to
Senator Hoar, mentioned IN the
senate report to-day, is devoted to the
discussion of the policy of congress
towards tie Pacific roads and regards
that pursued of late years as economi-
cally faulty enc Mr.. Adams thinks
1t is not to the interests of the govern
ment or the people to force the Union
Pacific to take annually these large
sums out of its quick capital and lock
them up in the Overlooking treasury,
while the six states and four terrltor-
les are demanding additional rail
road facilities which would add to the
income of the company. This policy,
he suggests, takes from the company
and community just SO much fructi-
flying capital that is greatly needed to
promote the interests of both. In
view Of tie previous action Of congress
he regards his views as dissented
from, and reviews the course the bill
has taken since its introduction. He
thinks its present status the best of
the plans proposed to carry out the
apparent wishes of congress, and &C
cepts the senate Judiciary bill, and
says that the company will 10y ally
live up TO it to the best of lis ability.