Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-21
RRIEF MENTION.
Jugated.

RRIEF MENTION.
Vaccination is carried out so strictly
In the Prussian army that not a SOL
der has died of small pox since 1875.
A few days ago a man and sled~
load Of maple sugar went through the
ice on Mo0sehead lake. The man got
out, but the sugar is at the bottom Of
the lake in so feet of water.
Washington is a remarkably re-
ligious city. Statistics show $50
churches with 49 351 members. OF
this total membership, however, 81,
900 are IN the colored churches.
| One of the most remarkable facts
brought out by the oceanic researches
made by the British ship Challenger,
is the probability that all oceanic Is
lands are of volcanic origin; in all the
researches made no indications were
found OF submerged land over these
areas.
Georgia has 143, All colored voters,
the largest number of any Of the south
ern states Mississippi comes next.
with 130, ,279; then Virginia. 1875 257 ;
South Carolina, 1883; Alabama,
118, 423; louisiana, 107, ,977; North
Carolina, 1O5, ,016; Tennessee, SO, $50;
Texas, 1859; Kentucky, So, 8,642;
Arkansas, 46, 827, and Mississippi, 80,
042.
The Indian Medical Gazette records
the deaths of seven shepherds i'll the
Belgaum district from being struck by
hallstOnes of the size of cocoanuts. A
large number of animals were killed
by the storm, which, from the ac-
counts, produced missiles quite as
dangerous as the Russian cannon
balls.
The average strength of the Euro
pean troops in India in 1888 was 55,
525, among whom the death rate was
out 10. 88 per 1000. The native army
showed an average strength of la,
$50, with death rate of 1431. The
most fatal diseases for the Indian
troops were those of the respiratory
organs.
The farmer king of Alabama is
Bragg B. Conner, Of Barbour County.
He raised $3.50 bales of cotton last
year, besides large amount of corn.
He has from 5000 to 1O,OOO acres in
cotton and corn this year, and says
crop prospects were never better.
Oatmeal, long considered good
article of diet in dyspepsia, is believed
by many physicians to be prolific
cause of that affection. Mr.. Bar
tholomew says that @ 4rlyle suffered
greatly from dyspeptic symptoms.
which were invariably aggravated
after eating oatmeal.
} The population of London by the
census of 1851 was 1862, $50, 1861, g..
S03 571. 1t is customary now to refer
to London as a city of 4,000,0 900 peo-
pie. The average annual increase
: from 1871 to 1881 was between Sc, 00(
, and $1,000.
Thirteen must be lucky mum ber
John Bennett, of West Fairfield, Pa.
, died Of consumption at the age ol
sixty, leaving a family of thirteen
! children. ALI are alive and well to-
day, the Oldest being eighty-sever
anu the youngest sixty. Sickness ha;
never troubled the family.
One of the most splendid collections
of armor is that of Mr.. Siittert, az
Englishman, at Florence. 1t is
mounted with great taste in vast
hall. He estimates that for twenty.
seven years he has spent at the rate oi
$4,000 a year on it He means to
leave it to the city of Florence.
The old notion of combating
with medicines such diseases as lung
Inflammation has given place to more
enlightened views. The system of the
late DR.. Hughes Bennett is described
as treatment by restoratives directed
to further the natural progress Of the
disease and supporting the vital
strength" The Lancet states that
the Doctor had 105 cases of uncompli-
Gated Inflammation of the lungs which
he treated on this principle without q
single death.
Marlaia is not confined to low lying
districts. 1t climbs to the high altl
tudes, following the course of the val,
leys. In Italy it rises to the height OF
400 to 500 feet. In California !, 900 feet,
along the Appalachian chain 5000
feet, in the West Indies L 400 to 1900
!. feet feet, in India 1000 feet. On the
Andes it is sometimes found at the
height of II, 900 feet. Under ordinary
circumstances a mod crate altitude
Will be found comparatively free
from malaria.