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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-30
Gen. Grants First Order.
St. Paul Globe.

A pleasant looking man of military
bearing, with an iron-gray moustache
walked into the Office yesterday morning
and sinking into chair conveniently
near the EDITORS desk, said:
"I'm from Chicago. Ny name is Lieut.
Dawson-Lieut. T. e. Dawson"
This announcement didn't stagger the
editor, and reaching down into his pocket
Lieut.. L. E. Dawson drew out small
frame IN which was a piece of dingy pa.
per covered with glass, saying as he did
SO:
GIVE got something I want to show you
It's the first order ever written by Gen. y
S. Grant. 1t is not fac simile or a COPY
but the genuine order ITSELF" He point,
ed to the paper in the frame, on which
were written the following words:
"CAMP YATES, July 2, '61.-On the de,
parture of this regiment from this camp
Lieut.. t. E. Dawson, of the artillery
company, state troops, will assume the
duties of acting assistant quartermastel
and acting assistant commissary for all
the troops left. He will receipt to the
regiment quartermaster and commissary
J. E. Jones, for such commissary stores
as are left, and will take charge of such
property as may be left behind for ship
ment with the sick.
For instructions in his duties or any
information he may want he will apply
to Col. John Williams, commissary gen
eral state troops.
gu. S. GRANT,
Colonel Commanding Regiment
CHATS the order, and it's Order No
L." said Lieut.. Dawson, proudly; 4'rve
been offered $4,000 for it, but it would
take a great deal more money than that
to get it."
Lieut.. Dawson claims also that he fired
the first salute that was ever fred in
honor of Gen. Grant. He was then an
artillery officer. now he is N, ar1ntio., oo,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-30
One of the Cooks at the White House.
Lippincott's Magazine.

President Wasington's cook was char
acter of the time. He was a handy leg
ged negro named Hercules, who made
$500 year out of his perquisistes of the
slops of the presidents kitchen. every
afternoon he would strut forth from the
front door," says Mr.. Custis, "dressed as
as extravantly as any dandy of the time,
and would take promenade on the fash
lonable thoroughfare of colonial Phila
delphia. He wore a blue coat with vel
vet collar, a pair of fancy knee breeches
and shoes with extravagant silver buckles.
Thus attired, with cooked hat upon his
head and gold-headed cane in his hand,
he strutted up and among the beaux and
bellies until the stroke of the clockromind-
ed him that he must hurry off TO the
kitchen and prepare the evening meal"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-30
Didn't Want a Train.
Detroit Free Press.

Yesterday, after Officer Button of the
Third street station, had called train
and most everybody had left the waiting
room, he approached a middIe-aged man
who had been sitting there for three or
four hours and inquired:
rs this your tramp
"Guess not.n
"What train are you waiting for?"
''None."
ooh! [ supposed you were going outH'
mo, sir. My son expects his wife is
going to run away from him, and me and
the old woman and Sam are kinder scat
tered around the depots to head her off
in case she tries to alope. If she don't
come purity soon I'll think she's started
out afoot, for she was terrible mad and
is a great walker"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-30
He Had His " ish
DA r.

Il wish this were chestnut bell," he
said, as he took her hand in his.
"Wny sol" she bIushingly asked.
Because 1 would ring it," he answer
ed.
You may consider it &c. she said, and
the day is named.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-30

E5@ T or notices III reference to Special Excur-
sions, changes Of time, and other items of inter-
est in connection with the CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE
columns of this paper
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-30
gu, S, GRAN
Colonel Commanding Regiment
SAYINGS OF OLD WOMEN

If on going out of the house you forget
somethingsyoug must not under any cir
cumstances turn back if you can possibly
avoid it; if you do, you must at any rate
sit down q moment before going out
again.
If the first person you meet is an old
woman it is sign of coming misfor-
tune; while, on the contrary, a funeral
procession denotes good fortune.
Pigs to your left bring you luck, to
your right the opposite; to avert grasp
something made of steel and the spell
will be broken.
If on setting out on journey you meet
SOW with pigs your enterprise will be
sure to be successful.
To meet two magpies portends mar
riage; three, successful journey; four,
unexpected good news.
To see one magpie and then more is
unlucky; to kill one of these birds is ir-
retrieyable misfortune. It is unIucky to
kill a swallow.
If your left hand itches you will take in
money; If your right, you will pay it out.
wrlnging in your right ear means
that some one is speaking well of you; in
your left, you may be sure that evil
tongues are busy with you,
If yoEr right eye itches you will see
some beautiful sight; if the left, you will
have cause to shed tears.
If your nose itches you will hear some
news or-will fall into the mire.
1t was Old Fashioned.
Detroit Free Press
II wish you'd make me an old fashioned
cup of Coffee he said as he sat down in
a Detroit restaurant the other day.
II will sir. Want it after fashion of
about thirty years ago, I suppose?"
eyes"
La a few minutes cup was placed be-
fore him and he surveyed it, snuffed at it
and turned up his nose and asked:
'What do you call it,"
IAN old-fashioned cup of coffee, sir,
such as our mothers used to make. I
got some Rio, burned it on the shovel,
pounded it in a rag, and it is sweetened
with molasses and dosed with skinned
milk. Those good old times are gone,
sir, but the good old-fashioned coffee can
be made yet"
Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-01

the expense of special appropriation from
the Bache fund of the National Academy of
Sciences, the object in view being a deter
mination of the mass of Saturn from meas
uIes of Titan. He has secured 40 complete
sets 16 pointings, and 10 half sets e point
ings) of such measures. He has also OBJ
served various stars from an independent
determination of the instrumental constants,
and has investigated the division errors of
part of the scale used in the observations of
Titan
The work of the Theological bureau has
been carried on under the charge of DR.. Wal
do, as in years past. The State legislature
not having made an appropriation for the
signals, the whole support of the bureau has
been generously undertaken the past year by
several of the watch and clock and railroad
companies.
In the thermometric bureau under the
charge of Mr.. Sherman six thousand three
hundred and fifty five instruments have been
examined, against five thousand seven hum
dred and seventeen the previous year.
It is with great satisfaction that the bu-
reau notes a decided improvement since the
first year of its operation in the clinical Their
mometers of the better grades sent to 1t by
American makers. It is believed that SER
| vice of great value is thus rendered to the
community by the institution.
| A comparison of the rainfall at the obser-
| vatory with that of the signal service station
| upon the Insurance building in New Haven
has been undertaken at the request of the
chief signal officer. There has been about
twenty-five per cent. more rain aG the obser-
vatory than at the station.
Mr.. Sherman has been engaged also in
spectroscopic observations and has made an
nouncements during the year of several pc
culiarities in the spectra of certain stars. For
this work the Reed telescope has been pro
vided with Rowland grating with proper
attachments.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-01
THE YALE OBSERVATORY.
DIR. EIkin,s TriangulatIOns of tn
PIeiades-The Series complete.
from yale College in 1885, ~

DIR. EIkfn's TriangulatIOns of the
Plefades-The Series complete.
From Yale College in 1861
During the past year DIR. Elkin has secured
with the heliometer some further observa-
lions of the Pleiades, which complete the
series obtained in the previous year. All
the stars visible in the instrument have now
been observed on from ten to twelve nights,
lance and 700 of position angle are available
for discussion. The essential and heavy
parts of the reductions are completed, and
there remain only one or two points of detail
to be disposed of before the definite results
may be arranged for publication.
The estimation in which this triangulation
of the Pleiades is held is shown by the fact
that Prof. Hall is using the large equatorial
of the Washington observatory in extending
the measurements to faint stars which lie in
the immediate vicinity of those measured by
DR. Elkins and which cannot be seen in our
heliometer.
The principal observing work on his part,
however, has been in connection with a
scheme for determining the average parallax
of the first magnitude stars as a first step
towards the most comprehensive plan out
lined by Dr. Gill and himself What is pro-
posed at present is to take the ten brightest
stars in the northern hemisphere and observe
them each from sixteen to twenty times at
epochs of maximum parallactic displacement,
using favorably situated pair of compari-
son stars, in some cases a double pair of
four stars It will be understood that it
is not expected that each individual result
ing parallax will be of very great accuracy
from SO limited series, but that the mean
of the ten parallaxes will give, it is hoped,
fairly reliable value for the average dis
lance of the most brilliant stars. Arctu-
rus, however, with its large proper motion,
presents an object of especial interest, and
it has been taken up in a more exhaustive
manner with six pairs of comparison stars,
FIVE of which have been successfully follow
ed up 80 far. The whole work is progress
ing satisfactorily, over two hundred sets of
measures having been made, and is rather
more than half completed, the working plan
extending until February, 1887.
Since September, 1885, Asaph Hall, jr.,
has also been engaged in observing with the
heliometer, under DR.. Elkin's directions, at
Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-01
TROUBLE AMONG THE JOINERS.

TROUBLE AMONG THE JOHNERS.
The Builders Can Ell Their Nine Hour
Arrangement with The Journey
men.
Some two months ago the leading boss
joiners, or most of them, agreed to the de-
mands of the journeymen carpenters to give
ten hours pay for nine hours work, the I'M
derstanding being that the Journeymen Car
penters' union should bring the bosses who
had refused to accede to their demands at
that time to the terms that the others had
agreed to. This they have failed to do and
in fact one of the firms who came into the
arrangement has since notified the builders
with whom they had agreed to adopt the
nine hour system that they should go back
to the old plan of ten hours pay for ten hours
work or nine hours pay for nine hours work.
The nine hour builders, finding that they
could not compete with the ten hour builders,
have given notice to the Journeymen's union
that they will have to cancel their agreement
and GO back to the ten hour system. While
doing this they say that they not op.
posed to the nine hour plan provided all
would come into the arrangement, but the
manifest unfairness of the two systems
compels them to revoke their agreement with
the journeymen. What the outcome of the
matter will be it is yet difficult to determine.
The Journeymen's union held meeting last
evening to consider the position of affairs
and their future action in the premises.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-01
LOCAL ME WIS.
Brief Mention.


Order your blank books at Dorman's.
The Century for July is for sale by T. Il.
Pease & Son.
The Gilbert Clock Co. of Winsted shut
down yesterday for three weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. G. Hotchkiss, of Ansonia,
ere expected home from Europe July 9Th.
The decisive game of ball between Yale
and Harvard will be played Saturday after
noon in Hartford.
The Stone property of the late F. D. Jack
son, of Birmingham, has been sold to Sidney
A. Downs for 81 500.
Mr. John Lewis, of Naugatuck, and Miss
Eva Perkins were married in New Britain
yesterday at the brides mothers.
Mallory, Wheeler & Cos. factory shut
down last night for about a week, repairs
being necessary to the machinery.
The boss blacksmiths held a meeting last
evening and agreed to charge one dollar and
fifty cents for shoeing horses hereafter with
machine shoes. There will be no discount
and no rebate from this price and no fees
will hereafter be paid to coachmen.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-01

The boys branch is doing good work at
present despite the warm weather and the
many interests that engross the attention of
boys. The branch has now one hundred and
ten members. Last Friday night they held
a festival and cleared about thirty six dol
lars. Meetings of the branch will be held
every Saturday afternoon during the sum-
mer.
The "Outing club is reality. 1t has
started with membership of about fifty.
Saturday, July Sd, the opening outing will
be taken to Center vile and return, leaving
the Y NJ. G. A. rooms at 2 p. m. The fol-
lowing is the programme for Monday, July
9th:
Rendezvous, association rooms at 9:15 a. m.
walk to Belle Dock; roll call on barge Juno" at
9:45 m. sail to Pawson Park, reaching the park
at 10:45 a. m; play match game of base ball be-
tween two picked mines from the Outing club;
lunch at 1870 p. ; afternoon to be given to
swimming, rowing and sailing: leave park at $50
p. m. Each man should wear his flannel shirt and
carry one big meal. All members OF the associa-
tfOn O
Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-01
0 Chief Marshal.
fha Chnriff oftha County


Aids, Chief Marshal. Aids
The Sheriff of the County.
The President and the President-elect.
His Fxcellency the Governor, His Honor the
Lieutenant Governor, and other members of
the Reverend and Honorable the Corporation
The Secretary and the Treasurer.
Former Governors and other former members of
the Corporation s..o...s,
School.
The Trustees of the Peabody Museum
The Council of the School of the Fine Arts.
The Board of Managers of the Observatory.
The Faculty and Instructors
Former members OF the Faculty
Presidents d Professors of other Colleges.
Judges of the United States and State Courts.
Senators and Members of Congress:
The Mayor and Court of Common Council Of the
City of New Haven, and Other City
Official Boards.
Mayors of other Cities of the State
Guests specially invited.
Graduates, in the order OF classes:
United States Marshal Kinney, of Hart
ford, will be the grand marshal, with the
following assistants: Messrs. G. b. Farnam,
E. R. Sargent, Colonel Frank Bigelow, Henry
G. White, and Messrs. Hunt, Lambert and
Goodrich of 'S6 and Hare of 'S5. President
Robinson of Brown, President McCook of
Princeton, President Northrop of Minnesota
college and many other distinguished men
are expected to attend.
President Dwight will hold reception from
to p. IN. in the Art school for invited guests
and alumni without ladies.
CLASS OF '66.
Fifty nine members of this class were
present at the class reunion and supper held
at Brothers hall Tuesday evening. The
reunion was a very enthusiastic one and
pleasant evening spent in talking over
old times at Yale. De lmonico, of New
York, furnished the supper.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-01
The Second Regiment.

Colonel Leavenworth has issued general
orders No. 8, announcing the following ap-
pointments:
Quartermaster Sergeant Francis J. Duffy OF
New Haven promoted to be quarUermaster, with
rank first lieutenant from June IL, 1886, vice
Hill resigned
Quartermaster Sergeant Charles L. Ball, Com
pany E, New Haven, promoted to be Quartermaster
sergeant the regiment. 10, 1886, vice Duffy
promoted.
hospital steward. June 12, 1886, vice Freeman re-
signed.
They will be obeyed and respected accordingly.
By order Of
COLONEL WALTER ]. LEAvENwoRTH.
THOMAS 7 WELLS,
Captain and Adjutant
Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-01
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.

Bids for Sewers to be Called FOr-Also
West River Strengthening.
At a meeting of the Board of Public
Works held last evening the city engineer
was instructed to advertise for bids for
building sewers in Foster street, between
Edwards and Lawrence streets; Gregory
street, between Dixwell avenue and Canal
street; on Webster, from Ashmun street to
point 440 feet west; Prince street, between
Lafayette and Liberty streets, and in Palmer
stI eet, between Rose and Broad streets.
Michael J. Murrays license to make sewer
and water connections renewed.
Felix Chillingworth was heard concerning
proposed layout of Ellsworth avenue.
The city engineer instructed to make
a layout of Ellsworth avenue sixty feet in
width
Solomon Mead stated that by the straight
ening of West river below Derby avenue
several property holders had been cut off
from access to meadow lands, and that by
building a short bridge over gaping in the
causeway the difficulty could be remedied.
No action was taken in the matter.
The city engineer was instructed to adver-
tise for bids for the continued Strengthening
of West river to Columbus avenue, dis
tance of 900 feet.
Bills were approved as follows: General,
$11 ,650.08; sewer account, $40, 461.73.
Tine Board voted to rebuild the Grand av-
enue sewer by day work
Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-01
Warning to Boys-Toy Pistols.

A young lad, Albert Sternberg, son of Mr..
Richard Sternberg of Roessler's store, Church
street. and a young companion were playing
with toy pistol on Tuesday and in firing it
AIbert's left hand was badly laeerated. DR..
Russell has twice attended the little sufferer
and there are hopes of saving the hand. Mr..
Sternberg thinks from investigation that the
barrel of the pistol was smallest at the outer
end and that the barrel exploded. The toy
pistol is prolific in causing accidents to
Youngsters,
Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-01

Sergeant Andrew Allen of Company E,
Second regiment, was married last evening
to Miss Edna L. Sherwood at the residence
of the bride, No. AZ Daggett street, Rev. DR..
Goodsell officiating. The wedding was pri-
vate. only the members of the families being
invited. Mr.. and Mrs. Allen will reside in a
house prepared for them in Woodward ave-
nue. (Anrex). Sergeant Allen has for a
long time been popular member of his
company, the Light Guards. Many friends
will wish the young couple much happiness
Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-01
Personal.

DIR. Robert J. Gibson of San Francisco,
Cal, and S. S. S. '76, is visiting relatives in
this city and remains in this city for short
time. DIR. Gibson, who is also Yale Med
ical school graduate, is stationed near San
Francisco with section of the artillery.
D. R. Gale of Red Bluff, California, has
been awarded the prize of Smiths Leading
Cases for the best essay on the subject 'tThe
Requisites for a Good Law School Text
book" The prize was open to the Yale
Law school and was offered by johnson &
Co. of Philadelphia.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-01

Messrs Charles Baldwin and William
Forbes start to day for Florida, to be absent
about a month.
Cottagers are continually arriving and
taking possession of their shore doniciles.
The warmer weather has given an impetus
to shore travel.
The little bluefsh are being caught in the
rivers and out on the Sound, and their ar
rival is being looked for by denizens of the
ahore
Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-01
New Haven Col ny Historical Society.

New Haven Col ny Historical Society.
The reception this evening, for which sew
eral hundred invitations have been issued,
will be very enjoyable. The rooms have
lately been reprinted and cleaned and the
relics paintings, etc., more systematically
arranged. The reception last June was SO
largely attended that the society feel encour-
aged to repeat it this evening Over two
hundred and eighty volumes have been added
during the past season and more than three
hundred relics, portraits, guns, etc. The re-
ception lasts from eight till ten O'Clock.
Refreshments will be served in the portrait
hal
Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-01
FOR NEW LONDON.

Excursion To New London Friday
A good chance for those wishing days
pleasure, and also to witness the Yale-Har-
ward boat race, will be to take trip the
large and beautiful steamer Elm City, which
will leave this city for New London at a.
m. Friday morning. The steamer will pro-
coed as far up the river as possible SO that
all on board can obtain a good view Of the
race which will come off between eleven and
twelve o'clock. The boat will then land at
New London and will leave the latter place
for this city at p. M, arriving in this city
about z p. m. Refreshments will be served
on board, and Purser E. S. Barber, who has
charge of the steamer for the summer, will
do all in his power to make the trip pleas
ant one for all. The fare for this trip will
be $1.75.
Another way to see the race will be to take
the special train for New London, which
leaves this city at S:45 a. NJ, returning i'm
mediately after the race.
Several yachting parties from this city
will also sail to the eastward to-day so as to
arrive in New London in time for the boat
race. Selectman Isaac E. Brown, the Fair
Haven oyster dealer, will take party to
New London in one of his tugboats, and
among them will be several of the selectmen.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-01
Admitted to the Bar Yesterday.

At special session of the Superior court
yesterday the following were sworn in as at
torneys:
Charles Kingsbury Billings, B. "A, Clement
Stevens Bissell, Lucius Boltwood, B. A,
Charles Francis Davies, Ralph, James Chuck
Ter, Raymond Hoagland, John Mexican, jr.,
William Carl Mueller, Frederick Adriance
Osborn, Frank Dunlap Pavey B. A, Henry
Jacob Ryder B. A, Tweedy Shelton, jr., B.
A, Sherman Day Thatcher, B. A., Henry
Raup, Warner, B. A., Benjamin Streeter
Warren, Edward Livingston Wells, James
Clark Work, B. A.
Judge Sanford was on the bench. While
the oath was being administered to the
young men Judge Granger came into court
and took seat on the bench. Messrs. Ryder,
Mueller, Boltwood, Barnum, Mexican, Chuck
Ter. Billings, Shelton, and Robinson, the
latter son of Professor Robinson of the Law
school faculty, were appointed commissioners
of the Superior court.
Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-01
CHURCH PICNIC.

Picnic OF the Calvary Baptist Church
Sunday school at High Rock Grove
To-Day.
To-day at High Rock Grove will take
place the annual picnic of the Calvary Bap-
fist church Sunday school, of which Mr.. H.
w. Stowe is superb ntendent. The train
which will carry the party will leave this city
at S:15 a. N. At the grove during the day
the following prizes will be competed for by
members of the Sunday school:
No. double scull race. Prize. two handsome
crystal sculls.
No. ansingle ,scull race Prize. elegant edition
No: 800 yards dash, Prizes, list. silver napkin
No 4-Running high jump. Prizes, list, four
bladed pearlhandled knife; I'd. silver mounted ink
No. --Hopstep,and- jump. Prizes. list, stereopti-
con with views; I'd, base ball.
No. 6-Tug-of war between Bro. Harmount jr.,
and 81 o. s. C. Johnson classes Prize, five gents
dress hats.
INTERMIssIoN.
No 7-one mile race on skates. Prizes, 1st, one
half dozen silver spoons; I'd, nice edition Scottish
Chiefs
No 8-Orange contest for the oranges
No. 9-Best lady skater. pair of handsome gilt
vases Best gent skater, bronze bric-a brac orna-
ment. Best couple skaters, pair beautiful vases
with rose spray. Poorest skater, a toothsome NOR
No. 1920 yard race Prizes, list, statuary en-
titled Papa and Mamma" I'd, gilt inkstand and
penholder.
11-Standing broad jump. Prize. brass mounted
harmonca.
No. drumming broad jump. Prizes, list, pair
No 13-Threelegged race. Prize package of
No. 14-Hitch- and kick. Prizes list, brass easel;
I'd, boys dark lantern.
No. 15-Wheebarrow race "blindfolded' Prize
1.-THE Model Baby"
No. 16-sack race Prizes, 1st silvermounted