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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-21
LATEST KILOGRAMS.
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

FIREat Newark, Ohio. late Saturd ay
night destroyed property valued ct
$125,000.:
A CONFEDERATION in the business
center of the city of Mobile, Saturday
evening destroyed several stores and
warehouses; loss 100000.
A PASSENGER train and snow sweep.
ing engine came in terrific collision near
Wilmington, Del, in binding SLOW
storm Sunday morning. Four men were
killed.
A LARGE granite trent storehouse in
Clinton street, Boston, was destroyed by
fire Tuesday forenoon, the total loss be-
ing in excess of 100000, with insur-
ance of over 5000, 900.
SEvEY & Co.'s stamped tin and IRON
ware mandatory at Cambridgeport,
Mass, was burned Tuesday night, caus-
ing loss of $4,000, with insurance of
$50, 600.
A FIRE at Montreal early Wednesday
merning, caused loss of $500, 000-
100000 of which falls upon the Hotel
Dieu duns, who owned the building de-
stroyed. The insurance Is placed at
$145,000.
Two barges were burned to the
water edge at Sorel, Quebec, Monday
night, and Eli Gill, a nephew of Judge
Gill, of the Supreme Court, who had
charge of them, was burned to death.
A FIRE at Great Jones street, N, Y,
Thursday morning, in building eccu-
pied by several small manufacturing
firms, involved net loss of about $780,
600.
AT Louisville, KY, Saturday evening,
the walls of an overloaded business
block gave way, wrecking the building,
and the wreck caught fire and burned,
including three stores and several Off
ces. TIVE lives were lost. Property loss
$4,000.
IN rear end collision OF accomno-
datien trains pear Pittsburg, Pa, Mon
day morning, a number of persons were
in jured, and school children who occu-
pied the collided train became panic
stricken, but serious results were avert
ed by the occupants of the teles COPIED
smoking car receiving timely warning,
and jumping for their lives.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-21
WA SHINGTON.

A CHECK for $4,000 will be paid
by the treasury department to Stephen
Merritt, the New York undertaken who
had charge of Gen. Grants fuaeraI.
About SO, 100 will be covered by special
appropriation,
SECRETARY LAMAR, in the matter of
the Bell telephone patent, asks the at
torney general to proceed with a thor
ough investigation, in the name and at
the expense Of government, In order to
ascertain if the patent has been obtained
by fraud or issued for an invention not
patentable.
THE commissioner of the general land
office has completed his report upon
the adjustment of the land grant of the
Kansas Pacific branch of the Union Pa
cific railway. and while it is withheld
from the public, yet sufficient is known
to warrant the statement that General
Sparks maintains that the road in ques-
tioa has received many thousand acres
of pubic lands in excess of what it is
entitled to.
THE aggregate congressional service
by members Of the present senate is 643
years, or an average of nearly nine years
apiece. The aggregate service of mem
bers of the new house is $50 years, an
average of little less than three years
apiece. The average congressional ex-
perience of the house and senate is about
| four years each. Their total terms of
service foot up 1855 years.
| A BILL has been introduced into the
house by Congressman Willis, of < en-
lucky, providing for national univer-
sity for the blind, to be supported by
the government; to be Incorporated by
and be under the care of the superin-
tendent of the various institutions for
the care of the blind. Students after
having completed their elementary
studies at the state institutions can
enter the proposed university and re-
ceive liberal education in the scienc es
and professions.
G. w. PAISLEY, General Land Inspec'
tor for the District Of Wisconsin, Mimi
esota. Dakota, and Montana, has made
a report on the condition of land ia
teresJs in the Duluth land district
which la of importance. Commissions
Sparks in his annual report recommend
ed that the timber OF Northern Mime
sofa be held in q reservation for its eli
matte efficacy. Mr.. Paisley urges shal
it be sold at public sales, and that the
homestead and presumption laws be re,
pealed in that district. Major Strait
has indorsed on Mr.. Paisley's report hi;
cordial approval of this recommends
ton, and report and Inducements have
been priced onRle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-21
Petroleum in Wisconsin.


LANCASTER, Wis, Jan. 19.-For
many years petroleum has been
known to exist near Animation, a little
village in the township of Clifton, In
eastern Grant county. The surface
of the stream in that locality having
indicated the presence of the illu-
mlnating fluid, companies have from
time to time been formed for the pur-
pose of prospecting for oil, but no
work In that direction has ever been
accomplished beyond the organiza-
ton of the interested parties. a
project is now ON foot among
the business men of the village
Of Fennimore, to form stock
company for the purpose of learning
what there Is in the rumor of extern
sive oil deposits in the place named.
Shares of stock 81 S25 each have been
taken to the number of 100, and with
the 81, 500 thus obtained, wells will be
sunk where the petroleum is supposed
to exist. Negotiations are pending
with the owners for leasing several
hundred acres of land, and the ground
will be thoroughly prospected. If the
expectations of the Spectators are re-
allied, the company will increase it's
capital stock, and operations will be
commenced on larger scale.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-21

AFTER mature reflection the faculty
of Harvard college have withdrawn
their Introduction of foot ball, and the
game will be resumed the coming sea-
son. The objections to it a year ago
were that it was brutal, demoralizing
to players and spectators, and exceed
idgly dangerous, but it Is SOW held
that the sport has been reformed, and
that, whether it educates the heads or
not, il does not necessarily develop
the feet abnormally.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-21

The Novoe Vremya gives the fol-
lowing summary of the territorial
losses of Turkey during the last two
centuries: Since the capture of Con-
stantlnople IN 1853 they had gradually
seized the whole of the Balkan PENN
sula excepting Montenegro, the Pele-
ponnesus, the northern shore of the
Black Sea, and the Sea of Azov. In
I'LL the Ottoman Empire possessed
m0re territory In Europe than any
other power except Russia, her pos
sessions extending westward to the
Adriatic and the Danube, and east
ward to the Dniester, the Dnieper, the
Don, and the Kuban. Thus Bessa-
rabia, the Crimea, and other Mongol-
ian regions were under the dominic
of the Turks, whose possessions on
the Continent of Europe covered
an area of Is, asa square miles. But
from this period the decadence of Tar-
KEY commenced, and, with the excep-
ton of her temporary success against
Austria in 1889, she went on losing
territory to such an extent that upon
the eve of the war with Russia she
had only 9,456 square miles of terri
tory, of which 2,94s miles were gov
erned by princes, who merely owed
uzerainty. The Berlin treaty depriv
ed her of 4, SIS miles, SO that from
100 to 1878 the Ottoman Empire los1
in Europe 10, 666 square miles, out Of
which $500 were conquered by the
Russians, who has annexed AISLE
square miles. After the war o.
1S77-79 Russia annexed 46S square
miles in Asia Minor and 167 in Europe
while Austria annexed 1,073 (Bosnif
and the Horzegovina), and Englane
ia (Cyyrus)..
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-21

The method pursued in removing
distractions from the pneumatic
tubes in Paris is that of simply firing
a pistol in the tube. The resulting
wave of compressed air, traversing
the tube at the rate of /, 1000 feet sec
ond, strikes the impeachment, and is
then DETECTED back to its origin, where
it strikes against delicate diaphragm
its arrival being recorded electrically
upon a very sensitive chronograph,
on which, also, the instant of firing
the pistol has been recorded previous
". The wave Of sound on reaching
the diaphragm is recorded, and theRce
reflected back, a second time striking
the obstacle and returning to the dia-
phragm. This operation being sever
al times repeated, several successive
measurements are thus made of the
line required by the sound wave to
traverse to and fro within the pneu-
matte tube. Other means have been
resorted to for the accomplishment of
the purpose in question, but none has
proved equal to this.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-21

Indiana, Friday night sessions were or
deIe for the consideration of the pen
sion bill. Adjourned.
FRIDAY, Jan. Is.
House. Bland introduced bill
repeating so much of the act of June
9th, 1862 as provides for the exchange
and redemption of subsidiary: com. Re.
ferred. The presidential succession bill
was then taken up by Dibble, who ar
gued that neither the president pro
tenn of tho senate nor the speaker of the
house, was United States officer and
IN support of his position, quoted
from the fourteenth amendment of the
constitution where distinction is made
between m embers of congress and Uni
ted Ststes officers. After considerable
debate Caldwell of Tennessee demanded
the previous question, which after a
little parliamentary fencing, was order
ed on the amendment offered by Adams
of Illinois, striking out the clause which
reports section of the revised statues
providing for special elections. It was
rejected; yeas 113, nays 155. A substi-
tute was offered by Mckinley, nf Ohio,
leaving in force the present law with
the addition of the provision for the
purpose of having the speaker of the
house of representatives. in Office con-
tlnuously. 1t was also rejected. On
these two votes the house was divided
by party lines. After q couple of fur
Their attempts to recommit and amend
the bill, it passed, yeas 1873, nays II,
precisely as it came from the senate.
The negative vote was cast by the re-
publicans, and by Bennett, and Green,
of New Jersey. Among the republicans
who voted with she democrats were:
Hill, La Toilette, Struble, Price and
Weaver, of Nebraska.
Al ia11~ra5 till Mopdor
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-21
Funny Compositions.
Boston Record.

A Maiden school-mistress thinks
that some of her pupils compositions
are funnier than anything of Mark
Twain's. From an essay on "Fash-
ion," written by boy of twelve, she
cites the following: Sensible people
wear sensible fashions, aud insensible
people wear lnsensible fashions"
Another hopeful of hers, writing on
the subject GA Rainy Afternoon"
evolved from an inner consciousness
deeper than that of Josh Billings, the
following sentence: SIT rained hard,
and I could not go owdoors. And SO
I went out in the shed ond sod some
wood" In little straw frame ON her
mantel is a sentence from the pen of
her youngest and brightest, given in
answer to the request: write in
twenty words definition of Man
1t reads thus: MAN is an animal that
stands up; he is not very big, and he
has to work for living"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-21
GENERAL NOTES.

The Iowa general assembly convened
Monday, Mr.. Mitchell, Of Jefferson be-
ing elected temporary speaker, and Mr..
Whaley temporary president of the
senate. An animated canvass of the
house offices is in progress.
HENRY WATERMAN, of Milton, Wis,
has been awarded Judgment for 1922, 600
against the Alton road for injuries re-
ceived near the Archer avenue cross
ing in Chicago. He attributed the col
lision to the negligence of fireman
and switchman.
AN infant who first saw the lightin a
snow-stalled train in the Van Horne
Qowa) district Monday, was christened
Blizzard" by his fellow travellers. He
weighed eight pounds.
The four children from Newark, New
Jersey, who were sent to Paris for
treatment by Nj. Pasteur for hydropho-
bia have reached home in safety and
good health.
THE coolest weather known fer years
is reported at Galveston, Texas, where
ice formed from three to five inches
in thickness Sunday night. Ia the
South Atlantic region, as far south as
Tampa Bay, Fla, freezing weather was
also reported.
GEO. L. VERMILLIoN, young farmer
living in the Decature, ILL.,, district, be-
came violently insane Wednesday
owing to his failure to secure new
lease of his 160-acre farm.
THE Northern Illinois Merino Sheep
breeders Association, at it's meeting
Wednesday asked that no further
changes or reductions be made in the
wool tariff, and resolved that silver
coinage was a necessity, and that its
suspension would be subversive of tbe
peoples interests.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-21

WHILE associated darying has its
advantage, says 7. W. Crrtis ia The
Rural New Yorker, among which the
educational are not the least-it also
has its disadvantages. It is difficult
10 make patrons conform to the nee
essary rules and regulations to secure
uniformity of product of the highest
quality. Diaries, farms, feed, care
and the quality of milk differ SO much
that it is next to an impossibility, to
say the least, to secure justice among
the patrons. The poor milk counts
for just as much, pound for pound, In
making dividends as the good milk.
Then, owing to the impossibility of
controlling all the conditions ia pro-
ducing and handling the milk deliv-
cred at the factory, neither butter nor
cheese of as good quality can be made
there as can be turned out by the
private dairyman who understands
his business and has every thing under
his immediate supervision.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-21
CRIME.

D. F. WADswoRTH, formerly bank
er of Ishpe ming, Mich, has been con-
victed of emsezzling 100000.
In Washington Louis Summerfield
was sentenced to be hanged in June for
the murder of his wife about Christmas.
Two other wife murderers are await
ing sentence, having been convicted last
week.
IT was discovered Tuesday that F. E i.
Stevens, cashier Of the First National
Bank of Paw Paw, Mich, was default
er for about $4,000. He made partial
restitution and was dismissed.
Two Indians from Wyoming one of
whom is an Arapahoe chief, were re-
ceived at the Joliet penitentiary Tues
day to serve terms for killing cattle not
belonging to them.
THE death sentence has oeen passed
upon William Baldwin for killing his
sister at Atchison, Kansas. In the
court room he remarke d that the real
murderer would some day be discover
ed, and he thanked God there was a
supreme court to grant him new trial
FRIDAY night, at Spring Place, Ga,
John Conner was called to his door and
shot dead by Adam McNabb, his rival
for the hand of Miss Jennie McNabb,
whom Conner married Christmas night.
GEORGE MCCABE, who, it is alleged,
poisoned two wives and another woman
in Canada, fell victim to bis fifth wife
in Dakota, whittier he had moved. The
woman detected McCabe in putting
some substance in her teacup, but slyIy
exchanged cups with her spouse, who
drank the contents and died in great
agony, after confessIng his various
poisonous schemeJ.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-21
A Mormon Outrage.
The POlygamists near Pima are
said to be Working with the
Apaches.
A Company Forming to Bore for
Petroleum i'm Grant
County.
The Indians and the Mormons.

The Indians and the Mormons.
1T is SAID THAT THEY ARE WORKING
TOGETHER.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, Jan. Concerning
the petition of the Mormon colony at
Pima, Ariz to the territorial govern
ment for arms and ammunition to de-
fend themselves against the Apaches,
dispatch from Tacson, Ariz, says:
''Jt is not known what action Gov.
Zulick will take in the matter, but
many suspicious circumstances are re-
Gently coming to light which indicate
that this Mormon colony has all along
been secretly encouraging the murder
Gus Apaches by supplying them with
powder and trading them guns IN ex-
change for stolen horses, which the
Mormons sell in Mexico. Some of
the Indian scouts recently employed
by Crook while here, told certain
friendly Indians who live in this
vicinity that the Mormons of Pima
were In league with Geronimo's band,
and that the hostiles were on the
most friendly terms with the Nor
mons. These IndiaI scouts, some of
whom have since proven that they
themselves were ia league with Ger
onimo's band, also privately told that
the Mormons were getting ready to
abandon their Pima colony and move
over into Sonora; that in view
of this they were buying all
the stolen horses and cat
tie that were brought there either by
renegade Indians or thieving white
men. 1t has been anticipated for sew
eral weeks that the Apaches were
running short of ammunition, and it
is almost certain that they are seeking
to obtain fresh supply through their
Mormon allies. This Pima colony
numbers some 5000 Mormons, most
of whom are polygamlsts. The Ed
munds law has not yet been enforced
upon them and they live IN great
dread of it's execution"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-21
A Gentle SfinuIHa

Ia impaired to the kidneys and bladder by Eos
overcoming torpidity Of these organs. Besides
infusing more activity into them, this excellent
tonic endows them with additional vigor, and en-
tear OF the discharging function imposed upon
them by nature. Moreover as they are the chan
mel for the escape of certain impurities from the
blood increasing their usefulness by strengthen
iag and BEAUTIFULLY stimulating them. In certain
morbid conditions Of these important organs,
they fall into a sluggish state, which Is the usual
precursor OF disease What then can be Of greater
service than medicine which impels them TO
greater activity when slothfulf No maladies are
more perilous than those which affect the kid
eeys and q medicine which averts the peril
should be highly esteemed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-21
He Was Only a Clerk.
Texas Siftings.

He was really clerk in 3 grocery
store, but on Sunday afternoon mount
ed on high horse, be looked as If he
might be a member of Congress. He
was putting on more than usual dig
nifty and grace, for there We're several
ladies on the sidewalk admiring him.
He was satisfied In his mind that he
was creating a great impression when
q small boy on the sidewalk called
out: "Heyr He looked around. So
did the ladiesi Il say, Mister" con-
tinued the boy, last night you only
gave nae five candles fer quarter
oughter got six"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-21
The Effects of Tight Lac1ng.

When I see a woman who looks as
if she had been melted and poured into
her dresses I know something is
wrong with her, She usually has
rheumatism and a bad complexion.
No woman whose laces can have a
good complexion. Ne woman should
try to make her waist unnaturally
small if she would keep well and
strong. Another bad thing is tie cor
set. A woman must breathe as well
as a man, and when she binds her
bust with a corset she can not use
more than the upper part of her lungs,
and suffers In consequence. Really
woman should not wear corsets at all.
Lille Devereux Blake.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-21
An Active Medicine.
New York Tribune

Young Physician Ito patienD-:'Did
you follow my directions in taking
the little pills-one every three
hours2" Observation-Disclosures
see, Doc" Young Physician
"Great heavensi You,didn't take them
oftener than that?" Patient--"I
didn't take any. My little boy got
hold of the bottle in the night and ate
them all up" Young Physician
(hastily)-"Where is the boy2" Pa
tient-''The last I heard of him he
was out in the back yard stoning
cats"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-21

The characteristic trait of mantels
this year, whatever their shape or
style, is their lining. 1t is now consid-
cred of great importance. 1t is not
only made of plain silk of color
wildly contrasting with that of the
outside, but more frequently still,
either of striped satin or brocaded
silk quite different from the material
of the mantle. Old silk dresses can
very well be employed for this pur-
nose
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-21
All She Knew About 1t.
Chicago News.

"There, if you haven't brought
home another dog"
Certainly, my dear. Don't you
like dogs2"
"Like them2 John Henry, you
know I hate dogs. If | had my way,
I'd have every one of EN- killed.
swell, if you did I'd like to know
where they'd get virus to cure hydro
phobia with. That's all a woman
knows about science"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-21

NEWS cones from various ports on
the Atlantic coast of marine disasters
which included the loss of lives as
we'll as property. The suferings of
nearly all the shipwrecked sailors
were such as TO tax human endurance
to its utmost,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-21
DOMESTIC HINTS.

Lard should go into tin.
Unsuned rooms cause unsound
health.
Hang up the brooms; they will last
longer.
Keep the hedsteads away FROM the
windows.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-21

Maay hospitals and curative nstitu-
tons u5e only Red Star Cough Cure, for
threat and lung troubles. 1t cures.
Price twenty-five cents. st. Jacobs Oil
cures rheumatism.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-01-21

Clogged wicks can be cleaned by
boiling them In soap suds.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-09-03
STIRRING THE GROUND.
Tho Many Advantages to He Secured b.
Keeping the Soil Loose.

The Many Advantages to He Secured b.
Keeping the Soil Loose.
There is something moro in stirring
the soil than keeping down grass and
weeds. Not blade of grass should be
allowed to grow out of place. it is true.
nor should weeds be given the slightest
chance, but while the loosening of the
soil assists in destroying such intruders
vet the real benefits are derived from
the air and rains. When the soil be-
comes hard and compact the air and
heat can not enter, and when q shower
falls, unless it lasts long enough to COM
pletely soften the upper crust, the water
required by the plants runs off and no
benefit is gained. By keeping the earth
loose the heat goes down and surplus
water evapOrates. Should q shower
fall the water sOaks in, and large
quantity is secured compared with the
soil that Is compact. The air is the
great agent that causes the chemical
decomposition of soils, audit also disin-
food. II the air can not enter the soil
the substance that should be appropri-
ated by plsnts remain inert, and but
slowly perform the work that should be
done quickly. There is another point
which is overlooked The roots of
plants have a large feeding surface
when the earth is loose. If it is COM
pact, and the roots are compelled to
push through the soil slowly, and with
effort IL is loss of so much energy.
that is in the one sense wasted. for the
physical force expended in one dircc-
ton is lost, instead of being applied
where the greatest benefit might have
been obtained. In stirring the soil.
therefore, many advantages are secur-
ed The roots have greater feeding
capacity, larger amount of moisture
is secured. and the air penetrates deep
er. and the heat is more readily con-
verted into force. Keep the soil loose
at all times, and cultivate always after
each rain.-FdTn, Field and StocEaan.