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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-01
land any popular sympathy.

PRINCE LIECHTENSTEIN and other
great land owners of Austria have re-
solved to attempt to restore the vast
forests of Syria with elks. The Prince
has ordered well-known Hamburg
dealer to provide him with tire herds,
which will be turned out IN the for
ests of his estate. The Emperor
Francis Joseph, who is an enthusias
tic sportsman of the genuine Tyrolean
type, heartily approves of the project.
An experiment of a somewhat similar
kind is being tried in Bohemia by
Count Czernin- Morzin, who has intro
duced chamols from Tyrol and Swift
zerland on the mountain range around
his hunting seat of Marschendorf.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-01
LATEST KILOGRAMS.
FOREIGN,

The London Daily News says that if
if Mr., Gladstone's scheme for home
rule fails the coercion act must again
be enforced.
The emigration from Ireland for the
year 1885 Was 62,642, against 76,045
during the year previous.
DURING the year 1885 the number of
Germans who emigrated to the Unitea
States was 1880; to Canada. 792; to
Brazil, 1000; to the Argentine Repu bic
1877; to Chill, 728; to Africa, TIA.
The Daily Telegraph says that Mr. /.
Gladstone proposes that a lieutenant
general, or governor, be appointed to
represent England at the Dublin Parli-
ament, such officer to be vested with
certain veto powers.
The governor general of Canada will
next month go to England for pro.
longed visit. Sir Charles Upper, the
Canadian high commissioner to London
has been given by the queen the grand
cross of the Bath.
THE census Of Alsace-Lorraine, which
has just been completed, shows popu-
lation of 1853, las. Despite the extern
sive German emigration into the state
for the past year, the census records a
decrease in population of 3,608.
IN the chamber of deputies Premier
Depretis announced that the Italian
ambassador at Paris has been instructed
to ascertain the best means of introduc.
ing in Italy M. Pasteur's treatment for
the prevention of hydrophobia.
all Berlin il al present discussing a
| report that Bismarck has finally decd
ed to revise the election laws. with a
view to strengthening the chances of
| the election of Bismarckians. It is also
stated that the chancellor is seeking to
concoct a scheme to avoid submitting
this revision of the election laws to the
reichstag.
= Sir William Vernon Harcourt, chan
cellor of exchequer replying to Mr..
Goschen, said the governor was not dis
posed to appoint special committee to
examine into the report upon the silver
question, because the special commits
sion which was now inquiring into the
cause of the depression of trade would
in all probabilities cover the silver
question in its work.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-01
WASHINGTON,

A SIGNAL service station has been
permanently located at Centralia, ILL.,,
which, it is stated, will result in much
benefit to fruit growers and others.
The senate committee on the District
of Columbia has decided to report ad-
versely on the nomination of j. c. Math-
ews, an Albany colorad man, to be re-
corder of deeds.
THE contract of the Pacific Mail
Steamship company with the transcen-
tinental roads having expired, the form
er will take freight from New York to
San Francisco for 81 per ton.
THE senate promptly passed the
house bill giving to the widow of Gen
eral Hancock pension of $4,000 per
annum.
The postmaster general has informed
the senate that during the first year of
the democratic administration 9,645
fourth. class postmasters were removed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-01
FIRES AND CASUALTIES,

The Desloge Lead Works, situated at
Bonne Terre, Mo, were burned Sunday
night. Loss, 500, 900; insured for about
$4,000.
AN explosion of natural gas at Pitts
burgh, Pa, Tuesday morning, wrecked
two frame houses, and seriously burned
William krodedtein, barber.
A FALL OF rock early Tuesday morn
ing in the Cleveland Iron Mine, near
Ishpeming, Mich, instantly killed two
men.
Fire at Pleasant Valley, Pa, destroy
ed the grocery store OF Remman &
Jennings and three private dwellings.
Loss, $4,000.
By an explosion in a saw mill near
Centralia, ILL.,. Wednesday morning
William @. Harvey, the owener. was
killed, another man was fatally wound
ed. and the structure was completely
destroyed.
NEAR Walker, Iowa, Wednesday
morning, a man named Walker rushed
in front of train, placed his head on
the rails, and was beheaded by the
wheels.
A FALL of rock occurred in the rail-
way tunnel near Potsville, Pa, Mon
day morning, killing two men instant
ly, and dangerously woupding four
others.
AT Charlevoix, Mich, Monday fore
noon, the Belvidere Hotel, bowling al
ley, out buildings, and cottage were
destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of
81 600, with $500 insurance.
In attempting to repair broken cleo
trio light wire at Philadelphia Sunday
night, Daniel Coyle, aged 81, received
| a shock aud fell dead to the street.
WHILE walking along the tracks of
his railroad near Caay Mills, Wis.,, S. II.
| Davis, wealthy lumberman, had his
coat blown against the wheels of a
passing locomotive. He was caught
under the wheels and his right ar N
crushed off close to the shoulder.
BIDDLE 6 ARIss' cotton mill near
Frankford, Pa, was destroyed by fire
Thursday afternoon, the loss reaching
| 100000. Several structures were con-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-01

THE supreme court of Indiana has
decided that not only is the state law
fixing the maximum of telephone
charges at So per month constitution
ally well based, but the Bell telephone
monopoly cannot take out its instru-
ments as threatened. It was held by
the court that the telephone company
is a common carrier, and as such is
subject to all the regulations which
the law imposes upon common carri-
ers. It cannot, therefore, refuse SER
vice to any person who demands it
and fulflls the legal requirements.
Indiana has set good example. The
telephone cormorants are the most ex-
acting and annoying monopolists of
the day, and neither deserve nor COM
mand any popular sympathy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-01
GENERAL NOTES,

The Milwaukee and st. Paul railway
shops at Milwaukee were flooded by an
inundation. and 1,700 men were forced
to quit work.
Louis blackman, a school-teacher, of
Ocean County, New Jersey, whipped
with birch rod a policeman and cram
berry raiser by the name of Emson,
whom he charged with slandering him.
The main vault of the sub treasury
at Chicago, resting upon a brick arch,
contains $50 tons of coin, and warn
ing has been issued against adding to
the pressure.
AN increase of from 7 to 20 per cent.
in wages has been conceded to four
thousand employees of the National tube
work at McKeesport, Pa, thus ending
the strike.
A CYCLoN Swept through the north
ern section of Allen county, Ind, Sun
day night, wrecking the Methodist and
United Brethren churches at Williams
port, and damaging number Of dwell
ings. Many barns were blown down,
and several head of cattle killed.
The incorporation articles Of the
Minnesota and Northwestern railway
were placed on file Thursday in the Cir
cult court as Freeport, Ill. The COM
papy proposes to build q line from Chi
cago to East Dubuque, ILL.,, but will
probably continue the line to st. Paul.
The capital stock is $4,000, 900.
THE internal revenue collectors in
Illinois can rest comparatively easy.
The senate finance committee has
agreed to report all of them favorably
to the senate, and it is not likely that
the senate will reject any of them after
such action by the committee, although
the action of the republican members
of the committee is not in entire har-
mony with the Edmund's resolutions,
which have already received the sane
ton of the republican caucus.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-01
Referred to Him
Detroit Free Pes.

A citizen rushed up stairs on the
Jefferson avenue side of Merrill Hall
so fast that man on the landing in
quired;
"Has any thing happened2"
I'm getting out of the way of a
man who wants to borrow money"
was the reply as he passed down the
Woodward avenue side.
In about five minutes second man
came rushing up and called to the
man on the landing:
ANY body gone up2"
Eyes"
Have on light overcoat and plug
hat9"
YES
wonder which way he went2"
Down the other stairs, l guess.
He said some dead beat was after BIN
to borrow money. If you hurry per-
haps you
ooh, it's DO usel" calmly observed
the other. ''I'm the dead-beat he re-
ferred to, and it's evident he has tum-
bled to the racket"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-01

Is one thing to invigorate and regulate the diges-
tive organs is another And yet mere appetizers
are constantly mistaken for and are even termed
tonIcs Hostetters Stomach Bitters is on far
higher plane in the category of medical prepara-
lions, than the so called tonics which impart a
relish to the food. These have their use, and are
estimabe, provided they be pure. But the
scope OF the remedial operation Of the Btters is
far wider. 1t reforms entirely an enfeebled con-
dition of the stomach, and purifies it's juices if
Wit ated, as well as promotes their secretion in
healthful abundance. The stomach having, in
conjunction with the liver and the bowels, been
regulated, and their natural tone restored through
ITS agency, appetite returns, a matter of
course. Fever and ague, poverty Of the blood,
and consequent debility, rheumatic ailments, and
a tendency to kidney and bladder troubles, are
also remedied by it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-01
CRIME.

FIRE was set Sunday evening to the
barn at Oakland, in which Johnson, the
| Nebraska desperate and murderer took
| shelter. The posse then fred volley
and Johnson fell dead among the
| flames.
The safes in the stores of two nner-
chants at Town Hill, ILL.,, Were broken
| Saturday night by burglars, who secur-
| ed large amount of cash and valuable
papers.
EX,SHERIFF HoYT, of Trumbull
County, Ohio, who recently went cut of
office, is short in his accounts $1,000,
and has disappeared.
AN investigation of the operations of
the absc0nding account Of TIE Bank
Rationale, Of Montreal shows that the
names of two depositors were forged
to checks for $14, COO.
AT Port Huron, Mich, Thursday
morning, Captain Duncan Nc Caig
went to the house Of his divorced wife
and abused her. The woman shot Nc
Caig, who died frem the effects of his
wound in few hours.
4 Mr.. SNYDER and his wife, living
near East Aurora, n. Y, were eholoro-
formed by burglars, who secured So, 500
in cash, which Mr.. Snyder had drawn
from the ban& to purchase land.
IN a quarrel on farm near Lyons,
Neb., Henry @. Steadman was shot
dead by John Anderson. The murder
er was pursued for twelve miles by
neighbors, upon whom he fred with
repeating rife, killing Charles Johnson
and fatally wounding his brother. An.
derson then took refuge in barn, upon
which 100 men kept up desultory firing
all Sunday forenoon.
n. S. Bates surrendered to the Mar
shall at Hagerstown, Ind, early Tues
day NOR ming, saying he had murdered
his wife, and the remains of the woman
with her throat cut. were found in
their dwelling. The officer brought his
prisoner to Richmond for safe keeping,
and but for stratagem Bates would
have been lynched by an excited mob
at the Hagerstown depot. The tragedy
grew out of domestic quarrel.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-01
MISSING LINKS.

At all fancy dress affairs In London
tne popular dress is the Margaret la
Ellen Terry.
Boston shoe shipments are 66, 900
cases ahead of what they at this date
last year
"Rucus" is new word lately added
to the Texan language, and signifies
live time of the Denny brook Fair vari-
| ETY..
Pennsylvania Anarchists and So
| cialists are preparing to celebrate the
anniversary of the rising of the Paris
Commune.
The coal craze ia Wheeler county,
Nebraska, has collapsed. The country
was sailed, but by whom il is not
known.
General Paine's new sloop, the May
flower which is to Guido the Puritan
will be ready for launching in April.
Rudolph Albrecht's university at
Vienna is the largest In Eurobe. 1t
| has 2S5 professors and 5 221 students.
1t is with show of gleefulness that
q Yale paper says: Harvard,s boat
| club is 81, 700 Ia debt; Yale's 81, 2OO."
A North Carolina editor puts on his
| free list every woman in the state who
becomes the mother of twin bows.
In Indianapolis there is concern
because the Hendricks monument
fund is but $4,000, and has stopped
growing.
It is said that about 10,OOO,0 900
crowns yearly are sent home to the
fatherland by Swedes dwelling in
America.
The gold bugs of New York are
represented ny 1, 165, 900 depositors in
savings banks having $500, 900, 900.
An evident attempt to suppress the
ground hogs is on foot in Kansas,
whose Senate has bill changing
Wood chuck Day" from Feb. 2 to
Feb. 1.
In the United States every 2OOth
man takes a college course; in Eng
land, every 500th; In Scotland, every
615th, and in Germany ever 213th.
Some Bostonians are enjoying them
selves in discussing the question,
'Who wrote the letters of Junius?"
Thus far the claims of Earl Temple
have been advanced with most abil-
ity.
The Mormons are still picking up
proselytes among the poor whites of
the South. Elder Morgan has inst
taken thirty tough-looking converts
from Tennessee and Alabama.
Anthony Canastnnk says it is diff
cult to trace persons conducting frau
dulent schemes because of their num-
erous aliases. One man whom he had
arrested had 145 different names and
addresses, another 1876, and a third
had So.
a bronze statuette of Victoria
standing upon an orb, and superb
gold locket set with rubies and gar
nets were unearthed short time ago
on the grounds formerly occupied by
the Roman castrum near Bum. The
statuette is declared by authorities to
be very valuable find"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-01

THE German cabinet is one Of old
men, grown gray with the emperor in
the public service. Wednesday, EN-
peror Wilhelm celebrated his SSth
birthday, and gave evidence of many
years of health and mental strength
to come. Bismarck will enter upon
his I'D year within a few days, and
the twenty-fifth year of his service at
the head of the cabinet. Won Moltke,
the head of the army, will be Sc next
October. yet is light of step AID firm
in council. All the others in the min-
lstry are men with silvered locks.
They seem to have tapped the foun-
tain of perpetual youth in Berlin. In
the United States, where we live high
and rapidly, and develope early, our
statesmen are not longlived, and the
presidents appear to die off with great
regularity within very few years at
ter the close of their terms. But the
average American man of public at
fairs sees as much of life In his sixty
or seventy years as the average Eu
ropean publicist would if he attained
he age of Meth useIah.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-01

arms. will write down the dates
and we will compure them.
At the end of three minu ties he had
twenty dates, and they put the coins
on the seat to make com parison.
The man had hit only two dates out
of the lot.
''I1l take that tenner," said the
Detroiter, as he rose up and looked
around.
But he never did. The stakeholder
had slid out. and the man with the
trick was bigger chap than he cared
to tackle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-01
Four Thousand Indian Braves
Ready to Follow the Rebel
Chief in Another Re-
beIliOn.
Great Damage Done to Railroad
and Private Property in Da-
kOta from Floods.

MILES CITY, Mont, March 25..-
Gabriel Dumont, who was connected
with the Rel revolution last spring,
in the northwest, is in Montana, and
it Is feared is inducing tribes of terri
torial Indians to join in the intended
insurrection OF their Canadian breth-
rem He has been visiting each Ia
dian camp making friends of the
chiefs of the Crees, the Cheyennes.
Grows and other tribes. 1t is under
stood that he has been visited by
chiefs of Canadian tribes, and every
thing is nearly ripe for action.
About two months ago the Domin-
ion government dispatched French
half-breed to Montana to spy Dumont's
movements. The two became init
mate friends in short time, and an
other detective in the employ of the
Dominion government has come out,
but Dun ont has succeeded in bribine
him, and another Canadian is expect
ed shortly. Dumont was in this sec
ton of country short time ago and
had conferences with the Indians.
From here he went to Fort Benton,
where he now is. He made the re-
mark while here that Crowfoot, of
Canada, was ready and willing to put
5000 warriors in the field at any time
and that time was not far distant
when he would be invited to get out
his forces. Things have a very war
like significance, and should Dumont
succeed in creating another disturb
ance in the Regina district any way
from 1000 to 4 900 Indian braves will
cross the border to assist him.
YANKToN, Oak. March, 25.-The
Ice gorge in the Missouri river near
Elk Point still continues to be solid,
and the entire district between Sioux
City and Elk Point is under water.
Nine miles of the Chicago, Milwa1ke e
q st. Paul railway track are sub
merged and in many places entirely
washed away. Trains east of Elk
Point have been abandoned here to-
day. The mail from Sioux City will
now arrive here via Alton, Ia. Su-
perintendent Underwood of the Mil
waukee & st. Paul road has large
force of bridge builders and track lay
ers waiting for the water to subsIde so
that the track can be repaised, but it
is not thought that trains can be run
over the track for several DAYS after
the gorge breaks away. No loss or
life has been reported, but great dam
age to live stock has been done. There
is heavy gorge above Fort Randall
which is momentarily expected to
break. The ice is heavier than during
the great flood of 1881, but as the ice
only broke up for a distance of rs
miles above Yankton it's damaging
force was much less than in 1881.
Should the Fort Randall gorge give
way before the Elk Point gorge goes
the entire territory as far up the river
as Yankton is likely to suffer from the
overflow.
Later intelligence from the over
flowed district states that the railroad
bridge across the Big Sioux river was
carried away this afternoon. The peo-
pie of Jefferson are moving to the
neighboring hills, and the water is
rauidlv rising
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-01
Looking For Green,

DoCrOI rec GreSS.
a traveller for a wholesale Detroit
house was waiting in the depot at
Pontiac the other day when stranger
approached him and asken:
isn't your name Green, of Grand
Rapids?'
"No, SIR"
"Ah! beg pardon I never saw him,
but expected to meet him here. Green
is going to travel with a circus this
year, and was to give me $25 to post
him up IA some new catches"
$50 you've got something new?"
quired the detroiter.
eyes few things. There is one
little trick l grve drummer a few
weeks ago, aud he's made $75 on it
already"
maybe you'd be kind enough to
give it away to me? I'm one Of the
boys. you knoW!'
Certainly. The trick is TO tell the
date OF any coin man may have in
his pocket without your looking at
it,
''But you can't 90 that"
'Oh yes I can. Have you got any
coins IN your pockets"
"Yes twenty of them"
"Wen I can write down the date of
each and every one of them
''Say I'll bet you so you can't!" ex-
claimed the drummer.
"Donel" said the other as he pulled
out bill.
A very respectable looking man was
standing by, and the money was
placed in his hands.
'Now said the sharper, you turn
your face to the wall and fold your
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-01

A st. Louis doctor is credited with
having cut off the tails of two lizards
and united the animals by sewing the
stumps together, thus making a
specials of Siamese twins. The object
of the experiment was to ascertain If
the blood could be transfused by this
method; and one writer maintains
that if, for example, weak and
bloodless invalid were attached in this
manner to a strong and healthy
animal, the result must be favorable
to the invalid. DR.. Roussel of Paris
is said to have met with encouraging
success in such an experiment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-01
A Negroes Sense Of Honor.
Norfolk Ledger.


Previous to the war colored man,
now living in this city, and then a
slave, purchased his freedom from his
owner, agreeing to give 81, 800 for the
chattel property. When President
Lincoln's emancipation proclamation
was issued the former slaves had paid
$500 of his Indebtedness, and since
that time, by his daily labor, he has
accumulated, dollar by dollar, and
paid over to his former owner the re-
naming $500, and now is a freeman
indeed. The sense of honor was
stronger in his mind than the law of
the United States by which he was
manumitted, and he set an example
followed by few. His name, which
deservet to be recorded everywhere, is
John Billups.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-01

SINCE Mr.. Edison's system of tele-
graphing from moving trains has been
demonstrated success claims Of pri.
ority are springing up from wOuld-be
noted indiviauals ia various parts OF
the country. A few days ago one OF
these fellows came out and declared
that last October he received a patent
on the SYSTEM, and now a Cincinnati
man comes to the front with claim
that he invented and patented the
system three years ago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-01

The two comets promised in April
or May are to be closely observed.
Their outlines in the northern sky are
now family visible. Febry's is about
13O,0OO,OOO miles off, and Barnard's
about 100000 miles. Both are
approaching the earth at the rate of
about twenty miles a second, and will
appear in their highest brilliancy
about May 1, It is unusual for two
comets to appear in the same month.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-01

The first locomotive in Illinois was
built in Paterson, n. j., in 1888,
brought up the Mississippi on steam
boat and landed at Meredosia, on the
Illinois river, September 6, of the
same year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-01

The course of California stream
mas changed lately, rendering entirely
useless an expensive bridge built
over it last year. The water now
rolls past each end of the bridge,
which cannot be approached, except
by boat, nearer than several hundred
wards.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-01

BIRMINGHAM, England, still makes
flint lock muskets for use in the inter
ior of Africa, where PERCUSSION caps
or any form of fixed ammunition
would often be impossible to obtain,
while powder can always be made
and flint picked up on the desert.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-01
CRANE RAPIDS

Iris now srated that the Detroit girl
who has kept senator Jones in that
city all winter, slipped away a month
ago and is now travelling in Europe.
Poor Jones where will he go now.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-01

A chinaman walked into a public
school at Ellensburg, Oregon, the
other day, with books and slate, and
wished to be enrolled as student. The
teacher permitted him to stay until
noon, and then the directors told him
that the Chinese must 60.
Fines to the amount of 5000 were
collected in Boston day or two ago
from the fishermen who violated the
law by catching Holsters less than ten
and half inches Id length.