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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-01

THE British Admiralty are going to
build during the forthcoming year
four first-class ironclads, two torpedo
rams of 3, 600 tons each, ten scouts of
400 or 300 tons, thirty first class
torpedo boats and FIVE belted cruisers
These latter-a new class of ship
Will have armOr belts of ten inches of
steel, with which their vitals will be
protected. They will have a displace-
ment Of s, 900 tons, and the weight eff
their armor will be I 900 tons. Their
water-line will be protected by side
armor from end to end. Each will be
armed with torpedoes and some of her
guns will be fred from protected
house. The ship itself will ais. be
capable of being directed as a ram.
Each will carry two eighteen ton guns
and twelve four-ton guns and her
speed will be seventeen knots. With
these additions to her navy, England
expects TO hold her own with other
naval powers. The cost of the new
vessels will be 93, 1OO,OO?.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-01

size. 1t has double walls, and the
! temperature can be regulated to per-
/ fiction. The transit and photo hell
| lograph buildings will contain the
best and most completely equipped
rooms for the study of these sciences
that have ever been constructed. Be-
tween the large and small domes are
the work rooms aud library. The
latter at present contains four thou
sand volumes on astronomical science
and works relating thereto. There
is double brick house of three
stories in height in front and two
stories In the rear near the observatory
on the side of the mountain. This
building has recently been completed,
to- gether with two large reservoirs on
the east peak. Water has been found
at depth of six hundred feet on the
side of the mountain. whence it will
be pumped up to the tanks. A suffi
Gent fall is thus obtained to send it
all through the observatory.
How about visitors2" was asked.
well, we have had a great many
there during the past year. There
has been little opportunity for enter
tanning them, as our accommodations
were SO poor. Now, however, it is the
intention of the board to have the
large frame building occupied by the
w0rkmen remodeled and fitted up as
sight-seers' resort, charging a mod
crate rate for acc01amod atioms thus
furnished. There will, no doubt, be
a constant stream of visitors to the
observatory next year, after the win
ter has passed and the weather, which
is severely unpleasant up there during
January and February, has mod
Grated"
''How much has been expended on
the observatory thus far?"
by the first of the year we will
have disbursed $250,O0O, which in
cludes all the advance payments made
on the large instruments. All the
smaller Instruments have been fully
paid for"
The reporter was shown a mass of
correspondence from nearly all the
astronomers and instrument-maker
of note throughout the world, num-
bering in all i, 491 pages. and which
contains letters from Prof. Simon
Newcomb, of the Nautical Almanac
Office at Washington; Prof. E. S.
Holden, Prof. D. P. Todd, Prof. S.
W. Burnham, and other astronomical
lights~of recognized authority. giving
their opinions on matters ora which
they have been consulted with refer
ence to the construction of the observ-
atory. This correspondence has been
completed by Capt. r. S. Flood, pres
ident of the board.
eff the glasses are turned out in
proper shape by the Clarks," said Mr..
Mastiok, in conclusion, land IN the
time they have calculated on finish
ing them, the observatory will be in
readiness for practical use in two
years, though the time may be much
shorter. The brick and other mater
ial for finishing the great dome are
on the ground and ready to be used
as soon as the exact focus distance
required by the refractor shall be as
certained.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-01
THE celebrated Sharon divorce cas-

THE celebrated Sharon divorce case
has been decided 10 faver of the
plaintiff. The suit, as brought by the
plaintiff, Miss Sarah Althea Hill,
claiming to be the wife of ex-senator
Sharon, was for divorce and division
Of the common property. Judge Sui
ivan's decision is very comprehen-
sive, containing $4,000 words. After
reviewing the testimony, he concludes
by declaring that under the laws of
California, the plaintiff is the legal
wife of Sharon, and as such entitled
to divorce on the ground of willful
desertion, and to a division of the
common property. The latter, it is
estimated, will be worth SO, 900, 900.
The verdict is a great surprise to the
public, it having been generally sup
posed from the contradictory charac-
ter of the testimony that the plaintiff
would have been non suited. It is be
Lieyed that Sharon will appeal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-01

Snow is of benefit to farmers in two
ways. 1t serves as a protection to
grass and the roots of all perennial
plants, and it has a manurial value of
great Importance. From its loose
texture and its containing about ten
times its bulk of air, snow is a very
bad conductor of heat, and thus forms
an admirable covering for the earth
from the effects of radiation. It not
unfrequently happens in times of great
cold that the soil is forty degrees
warmer than the surface of the over
lying snow. Snow being cold and
porous is one of the best absorbents of
ammonia, hence brings to the earth
the ammonia formed by the decom-
position Of organic substances and
constantly passing into the air. On
thawing, the snow carries its fertiliz
ing store into the soil. The flooding
of rivers from the melting of the snow
on mountains in summer carries fer
tillty into regions which otherwise
would remain barren wastes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-01

The chair in which all the English
sovereigns for the past FIVE hundred
years have sat to be crowned is
rough wooden affair, with a gothic
back. 1t stands on the backs of four
wooden lions and has underneath its
feet the famous ''Stone OF Stone" on
which the Scottish sovereigns, down
to the time when their were none,
knelt to be crowned. The stone is
said to be the same which Jacob used
for pillow when he had his we'll
known ladder dream, but this part of
the story need not necessarily be be-
believed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-01

II you should chance to meet we'll
dressed Chin csc woman, either walk
ing or in an open palanq uin. you may
assure yourself that she belongs to
the deml-monde. A mar darin's wife
must not show herself under risk of
being sullied by the gaze of the popu-
lace. She shares the honors of her
husband, gives parties in her own
house, visits her female friends, but
the street is forbidden to her. The
women of lower rank, who are usual
ly illy-dressed, go and come as they
nleaSe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-01

Pedestrians 9nd transfers at the
North turn to the right at meeting.
Drivers In England invariably turn to
the left. Ia France and S zerlaud
they turn to the right. La the south
ern states they have had no well set
tied custom, but now a crusade has
been begun by the newspapers there
to FIX the habit of turning
to the right. Oae of them re
marks that preachers should
talk it from their puIpits, teachers
should inculcate it upon the MINDS of
their pupils. and parents should teach
it to their children"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-01
ASHINGTON.

a COMPILATION made by the Bureau
of Statistics at Washington shows that
the United States would lose $50, 000,-
900 annually in duties if the Spanish
treaty were ratified.
w. B. THOMPSON, of Michigan, at
present the Superintendent OF the
Unite1 States Railway Mail Service, was
appointed Second Assistant Postmaster
General at W ashingten.
IN its supplementary report transmit
ted to the senate; by the Gun Foundry
Board. the opinion is expressed that
two gun-foundries should be established
one for the army and one for the
navy-at cosC of $1,000, 900 each. The
report also recommends an appropria-
ton of $15,000,000 for the purchase of
steel.
A COMPARISON of the list of names in
the next house with the revised list of
the present membership shows that
about 100 out Of the 3e5 members of the
present house are returned. Of the 1876
men not in the present congress who
are elected to the Eext, or about one
third of the next house. over 100 will be
without congressional experiences few
of those not in the present house having
served in other congresses. Three states
California, Colorado and Oregon
change the entire personnel of their
delegations, though in the case of
Oregon it was by the refusal of her one
member, Mr.. George, to be candidate
for reelection; while four states-Ar-
kansas, Delaware, Maine and West Vir-
ginia- make no changes in their mem
bership. The next house will then be
about one third new, while the senate
of the next con2ress will have probably
no more than 10 or 10 per cent. of its
membership new.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-01

THE st. Paul Pioneer-Press annual
review of the new work of railways
IN the Northwest of roads tributary
to st. Paul shows the new Northwest
mileage for 1884 is ], 033 miles. In
addition to this 327 miles have been
graded, and will certainly be ironed
next season. Compared with last
year, this is a decrease of only 286
miles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-01

''W here were you when the first
snot was fired In this rowe" the magis-
trate asked the policeman who made
the complaint, Right on the spot;
right in the crowd, replied the officer,
proudly. "And where were you when
the second shot was fired7" And with
blushing reserve the officer modestly
admitted: Three blocks down the
street, uader the stone bridge, at the
end of the culvert"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-01

A recent calculation sao US that a
man weighing 100 pounds and run
ming mile In SIX minutes, performs
work about equal to that of a half
horse engine, while a walker sustain
ing five miles an hour for long time
does work equal to that of a quarter
horse engine, and consumes only one
twentieth of the weight of food or
fuel.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-01

BEAUTIFUL CARDS. A set OF mag
nifcent Floral Cards, Al x 6 inches,
sent free to all persons who have used
Browns Iron Bitters. State disease
and effect. Write your address plain
ly. Brown Chemical Co., Baltimore,
Nd.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-01
FOREIGN.

OsMAN DIGMA is at D 4bbah awaiting
the British advance. He has been sent
reinforcements of "A 60 men.
In the recent engagement with the
Chinese near Chu the French lost
twenty killed and ninety-three wound
ed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-01

The governor of Massachusetts, has
approved set of rules to improve the
civil service of the state.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-01

THE total amount thus far con tribut-
ed to the Garfield National Monument
fund is $132, 399 81.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-27
The New York Tnterueut.

WASHINGTON, July 26.-Adjt Gen.
Drum, who was sent to Mt. McGreeor with
the presidents message to Mrs. Grant. re-
turned home to-day. In an interview with
a reporter regarding the selection of Cen
tral park, New York, as the burial place of
Gen. Grant, Gen. Drum said: ''Col. Fred
Grant, in a conversation which [ had
with him when l was at Mt McGregor. ex-
planned to me the reasons for the choice
and L am convinced they arc good and suffi-
cient reasons. just what they are | am
not at liberty to state as they were explained
to be me conddentially in private CONVEX
Sation."
but don't you think that national
funeral implies national choice OF burying
grOund?"
''NO, / don't. 1t is for the family to
name the place where the remains shall
rest and then say whether or not there are
to be military honOrs, and this is precisely
what has been done. The president has
not proposed to interfere in the selection of
site. He has merely undertaken. accord
ing to the wishes OF the family, to have the
general buried with national honors in the
grave which the family themselves have
chosen, and that, as | understand, is all
that is implied in a national funeraln
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-27
Outraged by a Sioux.

OMAHA, Neb., July 26.-Great excite
ment has been created in the vicinity of
Valentine, in Northern Nebraska, by the
outraging of young woman named Dick
ensOn by Sioux Indian from the Rosebud
agency. Miss Dickinson lives seven miles
from Valentine, on a homestead claim
which she had recently taken up. She is
school teacher, and was teaching school in the
vicinity of her home. The Indian
came to her house and knocked her down,
bit her thumb terribly, scratched her Sc
verely and otherwise injured her, and
threatened to kill her before accomplishing
his purpose, after which he fled back to the
agency. A party of men have gone from
Valentine to the agency in hope of having
the Indian arrested, but it will be trouble
some to identify him: Should the right In
dian be discovered he will probably be
lynched, and if anything of this kind occurs it
may create serious trouble, as the Rosebud
agency is only short distance in Dakota
from the Nebraska line. The military
force at Fort Niobrara, in Northern Ne
braSka, is quite small at present, and if
trouble occurs between the whites and In
dians more troops will have to be sent there.
Three Indians have been arrested at Rose
bud ON suspicion and are held to await iden-
tifcatiOn. The settlers are determined to
bring the criminals to justice.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-27

banquet, reception and speeches by both
visitors and guests forming the features of
the visit. That these occasions were en-
1oyed, not alone by the junketers, was
evinced last winter when the WatertOwn
merchants were in st. Paul. and the allu-
SlonS to the call OF the st. Paul men,
with countless nehearsings of incidents at
that time, were so thoroughly gone over.
Tracy, Marshall and other thriving towns
were visited, and on the way home Red
wood Falls, New Um, lie Sueur, Shake
pee and other points were made brief stop
ping places and took their turn at enterthin-
ing the wholesalers. the party pulling into
ST. Paul on the 2lst of June.
Hardly had the jobberS' ears ceased TO
echo with the strains from the band with
which they were greeted when another eX,
curSion was planned and carried out, thi
one of longer duration and fully up to tbs
first in its enjoyable features. For joure
ney of thousand miles. out and return
they were again made the recipients of gen
eral ovation by the places along both sides
of the James river valley. The party was
somewhat smaller than the one on the pre-
vious excursion. fact which pressed into
service the orators of the crowd with greater
frequency. July was the date of
the start and the trip lasted
week A special train was
accorded them, and at each stopping place
was demonstration. Pennington. Chaska.
Glencoe, Granite Falls, Monteyideo and
ATilbank did honor TO the jobbers on the
first day out. At the latter place an even
ing reception was held, and here the party
passed the night. 1t was limited at the
time that, beside gathering useful informa-
ton on the particular section of the coun-
try visited and making formal speeches of
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-27
Oklahoma TO Ese Opened.

Speclat 10 Che GIOOe.
WASHINGTON, July 26.-There is reason
to think that the administration has about
determined to reconsider its action in the
matter of Oklahoma, and that it will con-
clude that the territory should be opened to
settlement. At all events, it has been de-
cided to make report to the secretary of
the interior on the situation. Secretary
Lamar is slow in arriving at conclusions,
but he has given this question personal in
VeStigatiOn, and is believed to have de-
cided that the government has the right
to order Oklahoma open to settlement, even
without the action of congress. The latter
point is still an open one. The represent
ativeS and attorneys of the cattle kings
at first befOgged the ISSUE but
Lamar is believed to have now reached
the conclusion that the Indians do not have
the title to Oklahoma and that it may be
opened to settlement The subject is to be
considered at another cabinet meeting,
probably Tuesday next. One cabinet
officer, in speaking of this subject, has said
that he has heard of the aggressions of
communists, but that he has never before
witnessed such aggressiOnS of audacity as
that shown by the organized capital which
has controlled affairs in the Indian Territory
and laid claim to the public domain. The
city is full of the attorneys of these people,
but the proclamation as to the removal of
C attic is to be executed and it will be eX-
tended to the Cherokee strip.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-27
Mrs. Grant Frustrated,

Mt. MCGREGoR. N. Y, July 26.-Mrs.
Grant is great sufferer. She has not left
her room since the morning of the death,
and of course has not seen the body since.
She is so prostrated that the family will
make no attempt to get her to look at the
body until after Wednesday, when
it will be placed in the casket.
Mr.. Honore, the brother of Col. Grants
wife, is here. The Brooklyn detail in
cludes one OF Sheridan's scouts. and the
man who was sergeant of the guard that
carried President Lincoln from FOrd's thea
ter to the house in which he died.
Commander MacNair of Saratoga has
loaned to Comrade Downing of Wheeler
post, piece of Grape which was worn at
the funerals of Lincoln, Farragut and Gar
field. 1t has been put on MI. Downing's
sword. Saratoga people are still anxious
to have the body lie iR state there, but Gen.
Hancock telegraphed to-day that he could
not vary the order of the Journey already
announced and the body will go direct to
Albany.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-27
Chicago Statute to Grant.

special 10 Ine 6iODe-
CHICAGO, July GA movement is on
foot to Immediately raise funds with which
to pay for colossal statue of Gen. Grant
to be placed in Lincoln park. The start
has been made by MIR. Potter Palmer, who,
the very day the news of Gen. Grants
death was received, begnn to talk with in
dividual members of the Lincoln park board,
and finally pledged himself to give S5,
towards a Grant monument fund of $40, 900
the same amount that has been donated
to the park for a Lincoln mOnu-
ment by the late Eli Bates, pro-
vided the board would give a suit
able location and build the foundations.
In an informal way the offer of Mr.. Potter
Palmer has been accepted, and it is about
settled that the monument is to be placed
in the cOncOurse at the entrance of the lake
shore drive into the park proper. Gen.
Joseph Stockton, one of the park commits
sioners, has entered upon the plan with a
great deal of enthusiasm, and formed tenn
porary board of trustees for the proposed
fund, consisting of Messrs: Potter Palmer,
s. w. Nickerson and J. McGregor Adams.
1t is probable that before tomorrow noon
the plans for raising the fund will have
been matured. 1t is very fair to assume
that under the present state OF popular feel
ing it will not be very difficult to raise the
amount required. especially if the people at
large are appealed to.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-27
The st. PauI Jobbers.

In connection with the event of so gen.
eral an interest. not only to the wholesale
dealers who will enjoy the excursion, but
to the large number of traders scattered in
every city and village along their route
who will exchange compliments with them,
a few facts relative,to the jObbing trade of
st. Paul may not be minteresting. And
particularly so, as the eXcurSiOnists, while
not embracing all interested in the dis
tribution of supplies to these merchants,
constitute the larger portion of the Organi-
Zation, formed for the furtherance of all
plans and methods whereby the wants OF
the two classes may be best considered and
adjusted. 1t is the organization. too, that
has done much toward establishing and
maintaining the system of trade that has
brought St Paul to be the recog-
nized center of the Northwestern
wholesale trade. That such is
the fact goes without saying.
and that by the enterprise of the firms here
in soliciting trade and the unusual facilities
for transportation, st. Paul has within the
last two or three years encrOached upon
the claim of Chicago as the supply point for
| the Western and Northwestern dealers.
The organization. whose representatives
start for the excursion to-day, embraces
seventy-siX firms, handling thirty-fOur va
rieties OF goods. and including in its mem-
bership many names which are well known
aside from the particular line of business.
whereby they are entitled to membership in
the organization. The officers of the or
ganiZation are as follows: c. w. Hackett.
president; A. III. LihdelIe and c. Seabury.
vice presidents; Paul Ferguson. treasurer.
The organization is one of the most potent
in the city in its influence and the scope of
its action.
ST. PAUL's JoBBING TRADE.
In 1881 the wholesale trade of st. Paul
amounted to SAC. sos. .999. In 1882 this had
been increased to S66. .62s. 494, and the next
year it has risen to S72, ,04s.T71. while in
1884 ii was Ss1, 900, 900, including, however.
the commission sale of grain. There were.
at the beginning of 1855, 334 firms in St.
Paul doing wholesale business and en-
ploying upward of $500 hands.
OF these. the heaviest concerns are members
of the Jobbers' union. which itself keeps
pace with the trade in its growth. The
sales of groceries, as also the number of
firms handling them, within the association
at least. are the largest. In 1881 the ST.
Paul wholesale groceIs handled sc. $50. .OOO
worth of merchandise, and within
| four years the volume of this busineSs
had increased TO $40, AS. 900, an increase
of some 45 per cent. Dry goods TO the
value of 81. $50. 600 were sold in 1881, and
this figure ia 1884 had been swelled to So
500, 600, and that notwithstanding the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-27
rhe GRAND ARMY n1ovement.

WASHINGTON, July 26.-Gen. Burdett
to-day addressed the following letter to ex-
President Hayes, relative to the latter's
proposition regarding the national monu-
ment to the late Gen. Grant:
Headquarters of the Grand Army of the
Republic, Washington, D. -, July 25-Hon.
R B. Hayes, Fremont, o., Dear Sir and Com
rade: 1 have just read your letter to Gen.
r. b. Buckland aud others recommending
that the G. A. r. lead in raising a fund
by general subscription for the erection of q
national monument to Gen. Grant. beg to
suggest the national monument to be erected
to the memory of our departed comrade will
be of such proportions and cost as to be be-
yond the proper line of private contribution.
His fellow citizens will demand that it be
paid for out of the national treasury, for the
credit of the nation. The lesson of the
Washington monument in that regard
ought not to go unheeded. Movements ini-
tiated in cities and states to gather in
funds will result in their local ap-
plication to give proper expression to local
feeling. The Grand Army of the Republic
may, of right, claim the honor of erecting its
own monument to its leader and comrade.
believe it win do so. 1t should be the work
Of the individual comrades, posts, depart
ments and national headquarters, act
ing as agencies only for gathering