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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-02-21
Two Battle Field Scenes.

A sketch of a scene on the battlefield
may bring out the horrors of war more
wildly than tables of figures. Here, for
instance is a bit of realism for such as
have never seen battle which is furnish
ed by the historian of the Cpd Massachus
sets Regiment:
In a little shed door sat man, his leg
shot off and hanging by the skin. He
had partially sta1d the bleeding, and had
been propped against the wall, too weak
to sit up. Life and hope were strong
within him. He heard the ambulance at
distance. They come nearer, then re-
cede and the alternate hope and despair
were terrible. He offered fabulous
prices If we would carry him on our back,
anything to save his life. la the gray of
the morning his voice bad ceased. We
thought he slept; but his body, stiff and
lifeless, was still in the same position.
That long cold night of waiting and hop
ing and final despair had worn his life
away. A look of almost savage hope ess-
ness about the eyes and half closed mouth
in which his teeth were tig hIy set told of
his indomitable courage for the final
struggle with the unknown.
After a sleepless night our regiment
was aroused. The roll was called in
whispers, cartridges we're distributed and
we were prepared to move up to our line
of the previous afternoon. "Why don't
you get up and get your cartridges"
said Sergt. Knowles, as he touched with
his foot the blanketed form of a man
lying with u. The man made no move
ment. Cold and shivering and little
out of patience, the sergeant stopped,
lighted match, removed the blanket and
one of the II h Rhode Island dead was
exposed to view. The sergeant had been
trying to issue cartridges to a dead man,
and compel him to answer to roll call.
The soldier had answered hours before;
his duty to his country was done. And
who knows how that stranger in our
company died, or what were his thoughts
that cold, bitter night on the battlefield
OF FrederickRburgf
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-10-25
CIin JEWELLERS.

One Of the most attractive portions
of Colorado, if not in tho entire west,
is that part Of the state in which are
found the cliff dwellings, Of long OK
tinct race. The district in which
these ruins arc located covers IN area
Of nearly G,000 square miles, chiefly
In Colorado, but which Includes mar
row belts in tho adjacent territories OF
Now Mexico, Utah and .tri20naS
The ruins Of this region, like most
others of the extreme west and south,
orc tho remnants in Il great measure
Of stone structures. II is evident,
however, that Il great portion Of the
villages and dwellings of tic lOwlan;ai
which comprise this district lave been
of material other than stcuc, frc.
Gucntly, doubtless, Of rubb!c and
adobe combined.
The cliii' houses conform in shape tO
the floor of the niche or shelf on
which they arc Euilt. They are OF
firm. neat masonry. and tn" manucr
in which they are attached orcClnCntcd
to the clil'sis simply marvellous. ThCll
construction has cost mrv%t deal Oi
labor. the rock and mortar of which
they arc built having been brought
hundreds Of 'cct up tho most prccipi
tous places. They have Il Euch more
modern look than IL" valley and cave
remains, and Hrc probably in general
moro recent, belonging rather To the
close than TO The earlier parts Of n long
period Of OCCUPATION.
- ..I.s. Ssio ovii. my stcriO1rS
burial places of tho north But 1T
isTnitr improbable that, any certain
light will ever be thrown on the origin
Of this curious raco which, has Just
been described, or their history
Cincinnati Commercial 'G-t!cttc.
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Oriental Economy.

The old Mussulman justice, tho jus.
tico of tho Arabian Nights" was adj
ministercd by a cadi according to his
innate notion Of tho fitness Of things,
modified or confirmed by a moro or
less appropriate text from the Koran.
In criticising natives Justice wo must
bear in mind that this Nsystcm existed
in Egypt within tho memory of a mid
dlo aged man. In Bowring's report
upon Egypt, published in 1910, no
gives various instances Of this,
and eXcmplilics Oriental notions
of justice by conversation he
relates between Mohammedau
and an English traveller: Gov
crnor-Is it true that you in Eng
land send your thieves and rogues to
a distant countrya Traveler-Ycs.
Governor-And what may be tho cost
of sending each? Traveler-Pcrhaps
f1OO, or 10, 900 pastors. Governor
And what is the cost Of Il sabcr2 Tray
eler-About c10, or 1000 pastors.
Governo-And what is tho cost of a
hempcn ropc2 Travelcr-Almost moth
ing. Govcrnor-And you call your
selves civilized and an instructed pco-
pie, you who can get sabcr for ], 900
piasters and q rope for almost nothing
a sabcr that would bchcad many
rogucs and ropc that would hang
many thicvcs-and who pay 10000
piastcrs to get rid Of onol This is your
civilization. Tho Fortnightly Review.
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Digging for XIdd's Got:

The winter waves have laid bare an
old wreck on Seven milo Beach, which
tho imaginative people OF that charm
ing old island think may be ono of the
late Capt. Kidd's fleet Some san
guino souls arc devising n scheme to
dig about the old sand preserved skclc-
ton on the sly. in hopes they may un-
earth some of the long sought doub-
looms said to have been buried about
tho island by that we'll renowned
myth, the pirate Kidd There is evil
dcnce of some digging during the pre-
vailing moonlit nights. y heap Of
romance clusters about the old
weather beaten ccdars, sand hills and
valleys Of this famous beach.
From Cold Spring inlet to point
off the Sea Breezo hotel there are tho
remains OF seven scagoing vessels.
Some of them yet have their masts
standing, while the hulls that support
them arc buried in tho sand.-Cor.
Philadelphia Times.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-10-25
An Electric Accumulation.

Tho growth Of the electrical industry
in direction in which less has been
done, perhaps, than In some others, is
shown by tho formation of tho Anglo
American Electric Light Manufactur-
ing company of New York city, for
tho manufacture Of q storage battery
which they believe to have many
merits. 1t Is claimed that the accumu-
lator they arc making requires no
washing out from the time it is started
till 1t is ready to be thrown aside; that
it will last five years, which is guaran-
tccd by the company that it will yield
90 to 90 per cent. OF the current put
into it; that it will not buckle or break,
and that it requires no expert attend
ance.-Science.
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1t Was Il ,Jcllo.;

Saloon Keeper Michael McIIugr, OF
Cos Washington avenue, Brooklyn,
received n small package from boy,
who sad lie was asked to dclivrr, il 10
him by Il man who met him near tho
salcon. On opening tho package Mr..
McliuGh !li,covcrcd cigar !.oX with
Il 81 idinB id. s;usrcctiug that it was
an Internal machine, he laid the box
aside without attempting To move Tho
M. Francis stone u young customer,
however, picked up thc bnX and gent
ly moved the id. AS he did SO tlcro
was n sruttnriHc Of exploiting nlatchr,
in the interior. but nothing lnurct tor
"iblc than this uccnrrcd. There wcra
pieces OF broken %l">S, cotton waste
and what seemed To Ir powder in tho
box, and also Il a:M2ll vial filled with
some black substances. having q mys
teriouS wire attachment. Police Cap
tain Kenny became the custodian of
the mysterious box for the night. and
next morning it was placed in tho
hands OF Dr.. Kent, the chemist Of tho
board CT health. IN examination
showed that tic black stuff it the vial
was tincturn of iodine, and the sup.
posed powder Tie s2r@rin~S from
emery paper. The marlIinc Nas en-
tirCly harmless. y notr to Mr. Nc
liuGh, which accompanied the box,
was signed 'Jack rao Nipryr. New
EOrl: Sun
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Oriental Ericnntla.

Wo have before referred TO the cap
turo Of briGands in tho mountains of
tho Juchow Prefecture Kiangsi, and
their conveyance to the capital of tho
province, Non-ch'ang FIJI. OF these
prisoners, one was 4 brigand ''liou-
tenant" another a sham sergeant, "
whose evidence was very useful, as
from its strictly corresponding it was
certainly not made up by them. There
was also littlo silvcrsmith's appren-
tico only II years old; this boy was
employed in u shop at Hut-pu Shi,
and his master on joining tho Koloa
Secret society took him with him.
gavo him n letter and dagger and
sont him homo to dis father and
mother to tell them that now he had
joined the Hui, they need have no
further anxiety about their daily rice;
that soon thcro would be q great re-
bellion and they should lay their plans
and bo ready when it came.
Tho boy was intercepted by tho
agents of the government while on
this GRAND, md his father and mother
quickly hearing the news camo weep
ing TO Nan-ch'ang Flu. and saying
that Of four generations this lad was
tho last and only descendant and had
been invciClcd into tho conspiracy
through his ignorance. Another pris-
oncr was tailor who worked for
junk and sampan men, and against
whom no true evidence was forthoom-
ing. All of them declared that they
were not acquainted with one another.
-Shcn Pao.
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Tho NCMSpaprr of Jnnnn.

\ JarancS" newspaper is very
different thing from what we arc ac-
custoucd to find on our breakfast
tables. Our last page is its first; its
columns only run half the length of
tho page; it has no such thing as head
lines O" scare heads" and it's titles
run from top To bottom instead Of
across; it has but a few rough Eillus-
trations; it prints few advertisements,
but those arc paid for nt Il compare
lively high rate; its prico is low,
ranging from l 60 . cents u copy
and from % to 90 cents y month;
and it knows nothing yet Of scnsa.
tional advertisements or flaming
posters or deeds Of journalistic "dcrr.
ing do" IN general, its scale is much
moro that of tho French newspaper
than of the world moving monsters OF
London, New York and Philadelphia.
The only evidence of it that ono secs
IN the streets is tho ncwsman, trot-
ting along with bundle Of neatly
folded papers under his arm and an
nouncing his passage by the inccssant
tinkling of u little brass bell tied to
lis wastband behind. Henry Nor
man i'll Philadelphia Times.
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Lester WnllaCh's Great Memory.

Some time after my fathers death
] was requested to play Don Cesar,
n character he had made peculiarly
his own, and Of which he was tho
original in the English lumguagc. 1t
was fourteen or fifteen years since
lad played it, and said to Mrs. Wal
lack, Before look at This part again
/ want you TO sec if / remember any
thing Of it," l not only rccollccted
tho words, but did not miss q syl-
liable. She Ibid down the book in per
feet astonishmcnt. 1t seemed to come
upon me directly, rs though l. hau
performed it the night before. This
gift Of ncmory has been always Of in
cstmablc service TO me. Lester Wal
lack in ScribnCr's.
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II AK NO TT C E =.

I WILL open the Books at my Office, at
Union G. H., !. c., On the 10Th day Of
October, 1880, for the collection Of the
Taxes for the fiscal year, commencing No.
vember the lst, 1888, aud will remain there
until the 24th day Of October, after which
time will be at the following named places,
at the time designated below:
Union C. H., Tues lay, Oct. 10th to 24th.
wes. SPRING., Friday forenoon, Oct. 25th.
Co!eraiue, Friday afternoon, Oct. 18th.
Gibbs: Saturday forenoon, Oct. 2Gth.
Cedar Bluff, Monday afternoon, Oo,. 18th.
Cross Keys, Tuesday, Oct. 29th.
Miuter's Store, Wednesday forenoon, Oct.
Both.
Goshen Hill, Thursday forenoon, Oct.
3lst.
Fish Dam, Friday, Nov. lst.
Santuc, Saturday, Nov. I'd.
Union c. H.. Monday, (Salesday,) Nov.
4th.
Mt. Tabor, Moorhcafs Store, Tuesday.
Nov. 9th.
Kcltou, Wednesday, Nov. 9th, aud Thurs
day forenoon, Nov. 7lh.
Gowdcysvilc, Friday forenoon, Nov. S'h.
Hendricks Stole, Friday Afternoon, Nov.
| Sth.
wilkinsvi!lc, Saturday, Nov, 9th, and
Monday, Nov. llih.
Draytonviic, Tues lay, Nov. 18th
Timber Ridge, Wednesday forenoon, Nov.
| l3.
Asbury, Wednesday, afternoon, Nov. 18th,
and Thursday forenoon, Nov. 14th.
.Jonesvile, Friday and Saturday, Nov.
18th and 10Th.
Every male citizen between the ages Of
twcnty-one aud fifty years, except those in
capable of earning support from being
mnimed, or from other causes, nnl except
those who are mt exempt by law, shall be
deemed taxable p"lls.
Persons who wish to pay taxes on prop
erty in different Townships, will please SC
state when they come to Iay their taxes
and thereby save trouble.
| would fu, thcr state tha, on information
obtained frrm cur Honorable Reprcscn
tatives, there will not be any s&tcn
sion of time for the collection of the taxes
this Fall therefore, l beg that all of ou
citizens will come up promptly and ia,
their taxes before it is too late.
| TAN LEVY.
For State Purposes. 5l Mills
For Ordinary County Taxi. - Mills
For Past lndebtcduess,..... :. 4 Mills
For Interest on Il. r. Bonds, 3lMills
For Ret ring l Mill
For School Constitutional tax, Mills
Total Levy. ......... 15} Mills
Respectfully,
j. u. 7. SCOTT,
County Treasurer.
Sep 20 3S At
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-10-25
THE BLACKSMITH. AND THE o

Among the daisies she nestled down -
Aud pluckinG one tiny biid, -
She peepsri through her iashc. OF ~
AZ Its beautiful crimson hood a/fed
Then shaking the dew from VI
She lifted It up TO her iipss>
And whispered his name wv blond
As tho bloom on its f1- 1south;
'Tlovc. ! lovs," npa<6oS,h '"' "'.'
=, as .ne o1neze IxH1 the brown hand twincd
@ love ItoveI6f her sunny hair;
.yonS aid I6to," sang tho tet'sete wind.
rSyoTS6cks of the Whispering pair
"Thcy daisy was borne away
Tx iiuttrring girsh breast
through smith smiled as Il coyly lay
Ifhe crease of his open vest.
Though Il were I,,acing the lonei!cst place
~ In the forge where h" p,ayly tailed:
It smiled through the smoke with its sweet round
face.
Till its leaves were all smcarcd and sollcd
Up went his slcd;;c with right good will.
Then down with n merry clanS;
Louder, and louder and louder still.
As he whistlrd the tunes she sang.
He tossed his crisp locks as he f"n!ly cried:
:, "How happy this toiling will be-
When yon. love, arc tending our own inglesdc,
And waiting. my darling. for mol
Through the lights md shadows OF forty years
gee you with wrink!ed brow:
All lovclicr far: though your face appears
More grave and more thoughtful than now.
] steal to tho window. and softly tap.
While you smile in your low rash chair
In your modest kcrchef yo,r snow white cap
And your halo OF dear gray hair"
A rush Of wind, and tho daisy lay
Mild the dust on the smithy floor.
Never TO welcome the soft eyed day,
Or the song OF tho blackhlrd moro.
But the blacksmith lifted the faded thing.
Saying: Little Thought that this,
The most common flower Of the field could bring
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-10-25

Aman in New York who was badly
mussed up and disfigurcd in street
row had q photograph taken of him.
self.whilc in that plight to present as
ovidenco before tho court. There is
no moro vcracious witness than n pho
tograph, and after scanning the pict
llre OF q badly misuscd man it did not
take the jury long to decide the casa
in his favor. Photography is Il useful
art, and it is constantly realizing new
possibilities es.-Chicago Herald.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-10-25
Il Squirrel Hunting Cat,

Conwcll Whi;morc, u CoXsGcliio
farmer, las II remarkable cat which
s"""', to be an unusual and valuable
or"; 1t not only catshcs rats, mice,
Bird, ric., but slaughtcrs such gam"
a' chipmunEs, gray squirrels, rabbits
"Mi,:c." The othcr day Mike brought
u tho house a lui.;c live snake about
thrcoand dono-haIf icct long, handlingit
with apparent ease Albany journal.
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yutatlo Thunder was q Confederate
prison at Richmond during the civil
war, in which civilians who were sus-
pcctcd or known TO be in opposition TO
the insurgents were confined The
building was originally tobacco fac
tory, and was burned carly in Scptcm-
Der, 1879.
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PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY CON
POUNDED AT 4ILL UOURS
ANNUAL MEETING.
OFrICE or COTvTV CoMMISsInvpHS
NIn\ EnI,NTN - l. Dni LII 1870

OFFICE or CorNTv toMMISSInvrrS }
UNION CoUNTY, :. {. Oct. lSi.. 1889.
HNllE annual meeting Of the Board Of
L county Commissioners for the fiscal
year ending November lSt, will hc held at
their office Oh the first Tuesday after the first
Monday of said month, 1t being the 9th day
of November next.
All persons holding liils, accounts, cr de-
mnnds Of any kmm against the County, which
have not been before presented to the Eoard
of County Commissioners at special meetings
during the fiscal year, are hereby required
to deposit the same with the Clerk of the
Board, on or before tie first day Of Novem-
ber, 80 that they may be examined at their
annual meeting.
by order Of the Board of County Commis-
sioners.
CHARLES BOLT,
Clerk of Board.
Oct.4 4U 5t
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William G. Fiskc is to resign his scat
Ill the Stock Exchange aud sell the
Same to pay a claim of Sc, 900 which
w. G. Fish holds against him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-21
J. 1NGERsoLL nowDITcH.

Boston, Feb. 30 (speclaD.-J. Ingersoll Bowdltch,
eminent Bostonian, died yesterday at his homo in
jamaica Plain age eghty-three. His father was the
eminent mathematician, Dr. n. Bowditch, and his
eleder brother tho historical writer Nathaniel
1ngersoll Bowdtch. lie had received liberal
mercantile Instruction before he entered business life
on his account and therefore the several years
that he spent supercargo OF vessels in tho
Indian trade years Of success Retiring from the
sea- Mr. Bowdch accepted the position Of president
Of the American Insurance Company and that office ho
held for many years Later In life he took charge OF
a number Of large estates. From his father Mr..
Bowditch inherited the taste that led him always to
maintain deep interest in scientific Investigations,
and several editions Of Nathaniel Bowditchs Ameri-
can Navigator edited by the SON. He was also
fellow and for time treasurer Of the American
Academy Of Art and Sciences. In 1S40 Harvard
College gave him the honorary degree Of A. NJ, and
IN 1850 at the quartermillennla celebration added tho
st higher degree OF LII d. for his work as
patron OF science" Mr. Boydich with his brothers,
maintained the valuable library OF his father after the
latterS death public library Of reference until 10
added 10 the Boston Public Library. Since 1857 no
has made further yearly gift Of 500 TO enlarge the
collection.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-21
70 COMPLY wIrH THE rMnGRAg1oS LAWS.

The Hamburg American Packet company ana Inc
North GernanLoyd have issued circular 10 tnen
aconts IN F,iropc which shows a strong disposition to
comply with the present immigration laws. The
circular REQUESTS the agents to use the greatest caution
IN selling tickets and to refuse them to buyers whe
belong TO the following classes: Persons devoid Of
All means of subsistence; persons who arc schy,
IdIotc. blind deaf and dumb dccrept or crippled,
they are not accompanied by relatives able 10 support
them persons who before their departure for America
have entered into contract for the performance o.
labor in America; persons who have been IN the
noorhouse or who have obtsined the passage money
ont Of the poorhousc hihds from the Commune, or II
a similar manner; persons who during the last yesi
WIRE sentenced TO imprisonment in the penitenuay
or state prison and persons belonging 10 AnarcnS'"
or similar associafons.a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-21
WILL MR.. AMBERG HAVE TO PAY'
C. A. sPAULDING, OF ST. LOUIS, SUES HIM FOB
BREACH OF CONTRACT.

C. A. sPAULDISG, OF ST. LOUIS, SUES HIM FOB
BREACH OF CONTRACT.
Charles A. spauldlng, owner and manager OF tho
olympic Theatre In st. Louis, sued Gustav Amberg
for $4,000 for breach OF contract, alleging that
the defendant had faed to occupy the theatre with
his Thaa Theatre company for two weeks, beginning
March 81, 1887 in accordance with the terms OF an
agreement entered into July o, 1880. The plaintiff
was 10 have 80 per cent and the defendant
Go per cent OF the first 10000 OF the
gross receipts and Of all above that amount 20 per
cent TO TO the plaintiff and 40 per cent to the
defendant The case was tried in the Supreme Court
before Justice Andrews and jury yesterday and
verdict Of $4,000 was rendered for tho plaintiff
There IS an interesting legal question Involved In
this which has never been decided In this State
to what damages can DO shown 10 have occurred
by reason Of breach OF theatrical contract To test
this question Mr.. Ambergs counsel secured stay Of
proceedings from Justice Andrews to take the case to
the Court Of Appeals, that the theatrical managers
and theatre-owners Of this country will know Just
where they stand II either dlsappoint the other.
The trial of the suit in which Mr. Amberg seeks an
injunction to restrain Carl Muhe from singing at the
Metropolitan Opera House was ended yesterday be
fore Judge Van Oesen IN tho Court OF Common Pleas,
Equity Term. The decision reserved
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-21
WESTERN PRESIDENTS NOT AGREED. ,
REFUSAL OF FOUR OFFICIALS TO JOIN THE
INrERsrArE ASSOCIATION

INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION.
Chicago, Feb. 90 (specIaD.-It was disconsolate-
looking lot who met this afternoon in the Grand
Pacific Hotel and sim disconsolase looking lot
10 adjourn at 80, after hours session. Tho
three soliciting committees reported, and in each case
reported failure Not one of the five outside roads
had yielded, and IN at least three cases, answer
whatever sent TO the committees In the hope OF
making tho best Of bad Job, Charles Francis Adams
introduced tho following resolution:
Voted That the presidents OF the companies which hsve
signed the proposed agreement Of Interstate Commerce
Association proceed perfect the agreement and
organization Of that association without waiting for
tho assent Of any additional companies thereto
The motion passed by fourteen yeas and no
nays President Sticney, OF tho Chicago. ST. Paul and
Kansas CAY, being absent. On motion of President
Adams the following resolution also passed
Voted That tho plan OF agreement be referred TO Messr
Huehitt McMulen Stone, Truesdale. Newman and Howe,
as committee to report such changes Of detail therein as
may be necessary expedent view OF the failure to OBJ
tain the assent Of certain companies thereto and that such
committee be instructed report at II tomorrow
Tho vote on this resolution was not made public,
but at least majority favored It. The
roads refusing to sign are the Illinois
Central, Wisconsin Central, Chicago burlington
and Northern. Missouri. Kansas and Texas, and the
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis The burlington
and at least two others signed with the distinct under
standing that their signatures would only DO binding
II an the roads signed. THIS leaves thirteen, at the
most out Of the original twentyone to cooperate In
the proposed reorganization Those Of tho presidents
who would talk at all expressed their disgust IN I'M
measured prms. It the general opinion that the
REORGANIZATION Committee simply OF
smoothing over the failure OF the agreement