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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-14
FOREIGN.

A ST. PETERSBURG dispatch say s the
newspapers are annoyed at Russia's &C
cepting an arbitrator to settle the diff
ficulty with England, and consider it
a concession to DeGiers' pacific policy
The Post Wednesday morning con-
cluded that Sir Peter Lumsden, finding
his advice disregarded and the disputed
territory coded to Russia, has resigned.
The Post believes Gladstone is shrewd
enough to see that he will gain only a
brief respite to his self-abasement
The Posts Berlin correspondent learns
that Russia made it a condition of the
peace agreement that England shall not
occupy Port Hamilton.
A SPECIAL Lsndon cable says: I'm
less Russia should feel impelled to strike
the adversary, who SO meekIy kneels be-
fore her, there will be no war for the
present. Everything that the Russians
wanted, or were suspected of wanting,
has b cen conceded to them, and on no
harder conditions than their ascent to a
Pickwickian kind of il quiry which has
no other conceivable ob lect than to at
ford the ministry a pleasurable means
of escape. England has unreservedly
thrown up her hand and it only remains
to de seen whether the Muscovite ar
rogance, elated by this unexpected sub
mission, will not boldly grasp for more.
There appears to be no reason why the
Russians should not grasp for more, for
they have their forces ia position to do
it. and, after the recent craven surre1-
der, they would be justified in assum-
ing that no amount Of insult could force
Mr.. Gladstone into fight.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-14

burned to the Ground. SEINE of the
stock and household goods were saved.
Of the companies carrying insurance
the heaviest loser was the 'Phenix of
Brooklyn. The other heavy losers were
New York companies.
ON Sunday morning the CITY of
Stevens Point, Wis, experienced "a most
destructive condagration in the,
lumber district The fire broke
out in Herren & Wadleigh's lum-
ber-yard. Nearly all their best
lumber was piled on the north side
of the Wisconsin Central and east of
the Green Bay, st. Paul and Winona
railroad tracks, covering about two
blocks, in the center of which the fire
started. TIE one steamer and one hand
engine, which comprises all the appar-
atus IN the city, were insufficient to
cope with the fire, and the entire square
was burned out, with about 100000
feet of lumber, 100000 shingles. and
100000 lath, all owned by Herren &
Wadleigh, except 500,000 feet of lumber
owed by Robert Maine. on which there
was an insurance of SIS, 500, in the Home
of New York. The immense lumber
and shiugle sheds, sash and door build
ings of Herlen & Wadleigh were swept
away, The loss is estimated at $40, 600.
AS Maj. Rerren is in Chicago, and most
OF their insurance was placed with
agencies in that city. the details can
not be obtained as this time. Three
dwellings and two barns beloN ging to
other parties were destroyed, and sever
al others damaged. The fire issupposed
to have been the work of an Incen-
diary.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-14
CRIME.

GOVERNMENT clerks at Washington
invest $780, 900 every month in the
Oauphin Louisiana lottery swindle.
They aim for the 5000 prize and
don't get it.
The Red river has worked disastrous
results to the plantations in South
western Arkansas. The crops are des-
troyed, and the depression among the
owners, tenants and lahorers is great.
A SECOND attempt was made early
Monday morning to burn the Child
ren's Home at Covington, KY. The lit
Tie inmates were badly frightened by
the smoke, but none of them sustained
injury. There is no clue to the incen-
diary.
THE apprehended collision between
the striking quarrymen aud the militia,
at Joliet, did not occur, and there is a
prospect that the workmen will aban-
don the strike.
The prisoners in the Mitchell county,
Tex, Jail, attempted TO escape Sunday.
The iailor, Robinson, was knocked down
with sand bag by Middleton, horse
thief, who took Robinson's pistol Mrs.
Robinson gave the alarm and Wayne
Park came and shot Middleton dead.
the racket was recapGured.
The 7-year-old son Of one Lopez, a
wealthy resident OF Taratan Mexico
was recently kidnapped, the abductors
two days later killing the child and
placing the body in tho court yard of
| the Lopez mansion. A 12-year- old sis
ter of the murdered boy fell dead upon
seeing the corpse, and the father became
| a raving maniac.
By command Of Governor OgIesby
| four companies Of the Fourth Infantry,
/. n. G., with gatling-gun detach-
ment, left Joliet Monday morning fo1
| Lemont, where the striking quarry men
threatened trouble. Reaching Lemont
| the City Marshal informed Colonel Ben
nett, commanding the militia, that his
| force could not enter the town, but the
| command pushed ahead, being confront
ed by mob of several hundred excited
men, who refused to disperse, although
warned by deputy sheriff. The mill
tary then charged at quick step, with
fixed bayOnetS, the crowd in front re-
treating in sullen mood, many of them
| taking refuge in houses and side streets
After. three blocks had been passed
strikers from tx e rear assaulted the troops
with stones, company A, of Streator
suffering most by the fusillade. Another
attack by a body of strikers was also
made on the left flank, and the military
found themselves hcmmed in, when
some of the men of Company B, OF
Joliet, opened fire without orders and
charged the mob, driving them off
Major Hefferman narrowly escaped q
shot fired at hum from a window. Mrs
Smache, who seized soldiers musket
and attempted to brain him with stone
was wounded by being thrown to the
ground. Another woman who was sit
ting in her house was struck by a stray
bullet, but not seriously hurt. Clever
men are reported injured. One mar
was shot dead, another died of his
wounds, and two others are suffering
from bayOnet thrusts. The militia are
encamped near the town, prepared tC
meet an attack, which is expected to b
made during the night, and the streets
are patrolled by sentinels.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-14
The PheIan-Short Case.
MUNsELL, A JUROR ON THE SHORT TRIAL
ARRESTED

NEW YORK, May 8.-Harry M.
Munsell, insurance broker and
eleventh juror in the trial of Richard
Short for attempting TO kill Capt.
Phelan in O'DonOvan Rossa's office
last January, was arrested this after
noon by detective from the district
attorneys office, on an order issued
by Judge Van Brunt, who presided
over the trial, charging Munsel with
misdemeanor, perjury and contempt
OF court as a juror.
It has been discovered by District
Attorney Mortine that on several days
before the trial Munsell was IN con-,
sultation with Short in the tombs and
that during a recess of the court on
Wednesday, when the trial was pend
ing, he visited O'Donovan R3ssa's
Office and had a consultation with Pat
Joyce. Bail was fixed at $1,000.
Munsell will be indicted on Monday.
The district attorney had his own
detectives and Pinkerton7s men watch
ing the Jurors from the time they
were impaneled, neither party of
watchers knowing that it had a rive
in the case The warden and keeper
of the tombs, as well as the prisoner.
whom Munsell went to see, and two
tenants in R3ssa's lodgings, are wit
nesses. Each set of detectives made
similar report.
The district attorney is confident he
can convict Munsell. Munsell was
seen in town tonight. He said he
went to donovan Rossa'B office to
get better idea OF the surroundings
than the diagrams shown in court
gave, and renamed there only about
one minute and spoke to no one
while there. He saw Short once IN
town when he called to sec Orrin
Skinner, the alleged swindler who
had obtained money from him.
Skinner had promised to try and
get some of the money back for nm,
and had asked him to visit Mrs 0kln>
ner, who was dying in Quincy, LII.
On this occasion he did no. speak to
Short, and got only such q poor view
of him that he did not recognize him
when he took the witness chair.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-14

In order to make Roadway against the COM
mon enemy, Disease, it is necessary to oppose
him with persistence. 1t very frequently hap
necessities of the case, if persisted in, is con-
demned and thrown aside because a few doses Of
unjust would such judgment be regarding
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, one of the most
popular and highly sanctioned medicines Of the
day, potent invigorant, and the invariably sue
cessful remedy for constipation, dyspepsia, liver
complaint, incipient rheumatism. neuralgia and
govt. inactivity and weakness of the kidneys and
bladder, and for the inrmties incident to the de-
cline of life No fact is better established than
the above, yet in order to experience its truth,
those afflicted with obstinate forms of disease
trial If they do they may rely upon decisive cura
tive results.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-14
eautiful tint disappeared.

A gentleman who will join the
great army of movers on May 1, and
will give up his pew in a fashionable
church, was asked by lady whether
the pew was a desirable one. He
replied: ''WelI, there are two small
objections to it. One is that you can
not see the minister, the other that
you can not hear what he says. With
these exceptions, however, the pew is
all that is desirable"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-14

A CORRESPONDENT to The Boston
Journal, who recently visited Fred.
encksburg, Va, for the first time
since the memorable battle, says
'"The first sight that met my eye on
stepping from the cars was a rebel
fagl The stars and bars of the re
belfon! And this is the only banner
to be seen in the entire town, except
flag that marks the spot where lay
more than fifteen thousand union
dead
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-14

THERE is so little demand now for
the famous sea island cotton of South
Carolina that few planters have sold
their last years crop. 1t was former
ly used to adulterate silk, but the de-
mand has ceased without any appar-
ent reason, except that by means of
improved machinery ordinary cotton
may be used for thread and other pur
poses as well as the long staple.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-14

The attention of photographers has
lately been called to an ingenious de-
vice known as the air brush. A little
holder is charged with India ink, and
by bellows operates with a foot
pedal after the manner of q sewing>
machine, the fluid is blown upon a
faintly-outlined portrait, the result
giving a picture superior In many
respects to the best crayon drawing.
A life-size portrait may according to
this method, be produced "a a few
hours, whereas formerly by the stump
and pencil as many weeks were re-
Guired.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-14
AGRICULTURE STATISTICS.

WASHINGTON, May 8,-The May re-
port of the department of agriculture
relates To the progress of spring
planting, and of the cotton planting
and to the condition of winter grain
and meadows and pastures. L
also reports the prevailing wages of
farm labor. The report says, the
spring sowing in preparation for
planting is everywhere late, last year
at this date il was estimated TO be
two thirds done. This year it is
scarcely six-tenths.
Injury to the winter wheat crop
was greater than appearances ind
dictated on the first of April. Roots
were killed IN the central belt even
worse than supposed The average
condition in the principal wheat gro "
ipr Stotas iS aS follows.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-14

A HARVEST was reaped recently by
a peddler in Marietta, Ca, who paint
ed the plumage of a number of birds
and disposed of them like hot cakes
and at very fair prices to unsuspect-
ing buyers. The fraud was finally
discovered, however, by one of his
purchasers, who dipped one of the
birds feathers in water, when it's
beautiful tint disappeared.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-14
inc states Is as f

The general average is 20 instead of
II in April, reduction of z per cent,
reducing the indicated production of
winter wheat to about 24O, 900, 900
bushels. The condition of rye is also
lower than reported IN April. yet
much better than the wheat, the aver
age being Sc. The average condition
of winter barley is 80. Moving lands
promise nearly an average crop of
hay, the average condition being 90.
The pastures look well, the average
condition is 60
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-14

AN undertaken of Tucson, Arizona,
has held the embaImed body of a man
since 1882 as collateral for the cost
of the operation, which his relatives
refuse to pay.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-14

On the southern front of the white
house at Washington, quinine is the
principal food of those Ola night duty,
and the watchmen learn to like il as
a daily tonic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-14

A SIX STORY brick brewery collapsed
in Plttsburg, Sunday morning, and
ten thousand barrels of beer were
crushed. The liquid flowed down the
streets in torrents and the town had
a free drink.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-14

ONE Of the curiosities of the New
Orleans exposition is pair of trous-
ers which had been worn for more
than fifty years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-14

A NEW YORK tenement house fire
on Sunday morning burned to death
some eight persons and some fourteen
others were injured by jumping from
upper story windows.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-14

OF the eighty-one wholesale liquor
dealers in Nashville, Tenn, sixty
eight are church members. The rest
may be presumed to constitute thir-
teen club.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-14

A WRITER from FIJI asserts that
when focks of tern and other fowl
rest upon the sea the water becomes
smooth, an effect which he ascribes
to oil emitted by the birds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-14

A HARPooN of the pattern made
over forty years ago was taken from
a whale caught near Goes bay, On the
Pacific coast, recently.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-14

A tame squirrel, released from cap
tivity by a Cape May county, New
Jersey family while moving, came
back when the house hold returned
after an absence of SIX months.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-14

The female chImpanzee at the Phil
adelphia geological garden has begun
to shed her teeth exactly in the same
manner as the human child at the
same age.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-14

SKANoR, in Sweden, mad confag-
ration ia which eighty buildings were
destroyed, and hundred families
rendered homeless.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-14

Since the death of Lord Cairns,
there is not a single Law lord in Great
Britain in receipt of a pension as an
ex-Lord Chancellor, state of things
which is unprecedented for nearly 60
years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-14

In Jamaica collins are often
brought to the house before the sick
person is dead.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-05-14

RALEIGH, N. c., has fourteen white
churches and ten cOlored.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-27

SALT LAKE CITY, November %, 1885.
We have satisfied ourselves as to the
superior qualities of Hot Springs
mineral water, and cheer, ully recon-
mend the same.
A. C. SMITH & Co.
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Politics Too Mach for Him.
AladH on Fifth Avenue. New YOrl

Alady on Fifth Avenue, New York,
quickly summoned doctor.
"Oh, doctor, my husband = nearly
dead. He attended a caucus last
night. He made four speeches, and
promised to be with his fellow-citi-
Gems again to-day But oh, doctor,
he looks nearly dead!"
HAS he been in politics long
''No, only last year. He worked
hard for #James McCaulay's cleo
ton"
"He will get well, madam. He
has a stomach for any disease If he
worked for him !"
Political life, of short or long dura-
ton. is very exhausting, as is evident
from the great mortality which pre-
walls among public men. Elk .. S.
Senator B. K. Bruce, who has been
long in public life, says
"The other day, when stepping
into car at crossing, found DR..
within, who eyed me up and
down in a surprised way, remarking
Why, Senator, how well You
look"
Well, l feel pretty well, L an
swered."
The doctor uttered an incredulous
reply, when the Senator frankly told
him, in answer to an inquiry, that it
was Warmers Safe Cure which accom-
plished for him what the profe ion
had failed to do. Senator Bruce says
his friends ere very much astonished
at this revelation of poWer.-[The
Globe.
Overwhelmingly defeated,
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Overwhelmingly defeated.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-27
LITERATURE.
Atlantic Monthly.

The January number of the atlantic
opens with an unusually interesting
table of contents. It begins with the
first two chapters of Charles Egbert
Craddock's new serial, "In the Clouds. .
which shows the same strong touch and
remarkable descriptive power that have
distinguished her other novels OF ZEN
nessee life. This is followed by a paper
on 1.-The Free Negroes of North caro-
lima" (who were free during the slave
reRime), by Mr.. David Dodge, VINO
writes most entertainingly OF this niue
known GLASS. The editor OF the Attdntlc,
MIR. Aldrich, has a very bright snort
story called 1.-TWO Bites at a CneTry,
which only Mr.. Aldrich could have
written. DR.. Holmes has paper In the
New Portfolio series, "A Cry from the
Study" full of pleasant "reminiscences
and pungent humor. Inc folltlcaI
CONSEQUENCES in England OF Cornwall
lis's Surrender" forms the su6JecI OF
thoughtful article by Mr.. John flSKe.
Highly interesting installments OF Inc
Princess Casamassima, by henry
James, and Mrs. Oliphant's" a country
Gentleman" are also given IN this issue.
3GIancps !" an EXQUISITE poem by Edith
N, Thomas, lines by the late II. H, and
some verses by Julie K. Wetherill
furnish the poetry of the number. The
recent Life of William Lloyd Garrison,
Stedman's Poets of America. and the
last humber L'Art form the subject { f
able criticisms, while the Contributors
Club has four short discussions which
are full of the stimulating thought and
pleasant fancy that distinguish this
Recruitment. The number closes with
the usual resume of books OF the month.
Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-27
Harper's Magazine.

| Contents of the Jiu1ary number
Illustration for "She Stops to Con
quer," frontispiece, from a drawing by
E. a. Abbey; Winter in Devonshire, -
sketch, Lucy c. Lille, with thirteen
! illustrations; East Angels" a novel
part XIII, Constance Fenimore Wool
son; Lament" a poem, Harriet Pres.
colt SpoffUrd, Hunting a Mythical
Pall-bearer, Moncure D. Conway {;
Domestic and Court Customs of Per-
sia," ;. G. w. Benjamin, with sixteen
illustrations; Great American Indus
tries" ", "a Lamp Full of Oil, I"
George r. Gibson, with sixteen illustra-
trationS; isis, sketch, Mary Tucker
Magill, with three illustrations; "Christ-
mas with the Germans before Paris, ="
Archibald Forbes, with six Illustrations;
"She Stops to Conquer" Goldsmith;
with five illustrations, by E. A. Abbey;
In the Marshes" poem, Alice
Comyns Carr, with two illustrations;
Indian Summer" a novel, part vii,
w. D. Howells; "The Militia and the
Army" Major-General George B. Nc
Clellan; "Unc' Edinburg's Drownin',"
Thomas \. Page; Editors Easy Chair:
From the Easy Chair to the Study
The Andre Monument-"So American"
"A Delicate Question Answered-E
Plu1ibus Unum-Mr. Parnell; Editors
Study: An Invitation to the Reader
Some Recent Fiction-Literary Centres
"A Word about "Americanisms''-
Some recent Illustrated Books;
Monthly Record of Current Events:
Political Intelligence-Dis
airy; Editors Drawer: A Plea for the
Female-An Apology-An-
ecdote of Josh Billings-Humors of the
Bar-BeyOnd the Gate-Anecdotes of
Tayler Lewis-A Modern Bas Bleu-A
Hint-That Sausage-A
Child's Idea of Frontier Service.
New York: Harper & Brothers; Salt
Lake: James Dryer.
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SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 2Sth, 1885.
Mr.. John Beck, City.
Dear Sir: We have used a large
amount OF tine Hot Springs water dur
ing the past nine years. Has always
given entire satisfaction and consider
it the best mineral water known.
MOORE, ALLEN & Co.
The Hot Springs of Salt Lake City are
superior to the very best mineral waters
in the market.
]. NJ. BENEDICT, NJ. D.
SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 2SUh, 1885.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-27
MISCELLANEOUS.
SALT LAKE CITY
Brewing 90.

We notice that certain of our com
petitcvs advertise Beer of " Superior
Quality" Now, we do not wish to de
tract from the merits of that article,
nor do we claim that our manufacture
is the finest in the world; we do claim,
however, that we are selling as much
or more Beer than all the other Brew
cries in Utah combined, which fact Is
sufficient evidence that the public real
lie who makes the superior Quality
Beer.
We are prepared to deliver Holiday
Beer promptly. Orders can be left at
Bny of our depOts or teIephoned direct
to Brewery ONCE.
JACOB MORITZ.
Sec. and Treas.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-27

The FIRST volume of the Personal
Memoirs of U. S. Grant," which was
reviewedin these columns some months
ago, has been received, and is now being
delivered to subscribers in the city by
Mr.. F. L. Trip, the local agent. The
volume Is fully up to the promise given
in the prospectus. We are glad to
know it has had a large sale in Salt
Lake.