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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08
COULD WHIP AN ARMY.
Gotham Newsboys Put the YOniSers Police
Force and Others to Flight.


New YoRK.-Five hundred New York
newsboys went out on John Starin's
thirteenth annual excursion August 1st.
As they boarded the steamer Nelson
each was given piece of pie, the first
installment of the days rations. As
they were clambering on board the
steamer the tug Levy, which had the
Nielsen IN tow, kept up shrill whistle.
The boys did not like the noise. a
shower of pie rained down on the tug
and as the steamer headed up stream a
fusillade from the pie battery was fired
at the people on shore.
But the real warfare began when
Eben's band struck up We've All Been
There Before" This was too much for
the boys. They began a ham sandwich
assault upon the members Of the band.
The cornetist, while attempting to take
B fiat in ''Whlte Wings, was struck in
the eye with a slice of water soaked
bread. A rocky bit of ham silenced the
shrill notes of the iuter, and in a gen
eral bombardment the leader was COM
PEELED to seek safety IN flight Finally
Yonkers was reached
Not since the wild days of the Revo-
luton has the Town of Yonkers wit
messed such a battle as followed be-
tween the boys of New York on one
hand and the pc ice force of Yonkers on
the other At the first charge the New
Workers fed to the boat, picking up as
they went brickstones and other useful
missiles. Near the barge lay pile of
cutstone. Behind this the citizens Of
Yonkers, headed by the Chief of Police,
took up a position and began to storm
the floating arsenal. The fire was re-
turned with vigor, and before the latter
had been in progress three minutes two
Of the officers had been knocked end
ways and one boy on board the Nelson
had been laid up for repairs with cash
four inches long on his forehead.
The trip home was not an improve
ment on the voyage up the river. The
boys were SO elated over their victory
that they thrashed the hand unmerci-
fully, and when the last musician had
fled from the turbulent scene the boys
turned to and fought among them
selves.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08

THE business of the Eiffel tower turns
out to be immense. NJ. Eifel calcu-
lated that when everything was in
working order the gate money would
be So, 900 day. Since the lifts have
been in operation he is thought to have
averaged more than this. 1t costs a
franc to enter the tower, Two francs to
get up in the lift to the second floor,
and four francs to the top. On any ore
of the ordinary full price days more
than 90, 900 people have paid admission,
and with the increased prices for those
using the elevator, the entire receipts
exceed $4,000. The original cost of the
Eiffel tower, all included, was little
less than S1,000,0O0. The proprietor
has to keep it in repair aud hand over
one-fourth of his gate money to the ex-
hibition. Isis estimated that it will be
half paid for when the exhibition closes,
and then it Will remain certainly three
years more and perhaps ten.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08
Hanged a Brutal Negro.

Aug. 4th Mrs. Ben. MATHEWS, wife OF
a young farmer living three miles from
La Plata, Mo. was assaulted by negro,
who choked and maltreated her in bru-
tai manner. She revived sufficiently
to give an alarm shortly after the ne
groe's departure, and a pursuit was or
ganized. The man was captured and
taken before justice, where he admit
ed his guilt. He was bound over and
placed in the custody of three guards, to
be CONVINCED to Macon City and lodged
in jail. The guards proceeded about
three miles, when they were met by a
mob who took possession of the prisoner.
The negro was taken to the bridge over
East Fork, where rope was put around
his neck. He was then swung from the
bridge, and hung there at least day.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08
Confessions of a Dishonest Bank Teller

WHEELING, w. Va.-Harry Seybold,
the teller of the Bank of Wheeling, who
with George Hennig, another employee,
was arrested last night charged with
embezziing funds of the bank, made a
full confession at o'clock this morning.
He exonerated Hennig from all blame
and said he took the money last May.
The package contained S24, 900 in cash,
and was removed from the vault to Sey-
holds home. There he kept it until
June 6, when he deposited $4,000 in
various banks to the joint credit of him
self and Hennig, telling all who asked
about it that he had won the money in a
lottery. To Hennig he said that he had
borrowed the money and intended to buy
a gold mine with it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08
CHANCE FOR UNMARRIED WOMEN.
A Touching Appeal from the Loan Bach
eIors of Washington Territory.

BOSTON, Mass.-Mayor Hart has re-
ceived letter signed by w. A. Wheel
wrigh, Mayor of Tocoma, Washington
Territory, in which the writer states
that there are about ten men to one
woman in the Territory, and he announ-
ces that the Mayor ana Common Coun-
Gil of Tacoma appeal to the people of
Massachusetts, to send all the women of
manageable age that can be spared to
the Territory and city with a view to
making pleasant the homes of thousands
of young, able bodied, Industrious men
who would be glad to marry.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08

THE food consumed on one of the large
steamships from New York to Liverpool
was as follows: Nine thousand FIVE
hundred pounds of beef, 1000 pounds of
mutton, 900 pounds of lamb 256 pounds
of veal, $50 pounds of pork, 140 pounds
of picked legs of pork, 900 pounds of
corned tongues, 7G0 pounds of corned
beef, 1900 pounds of fresh fish, 20
pounds of calves feet, Is pounds of
calves heads, 400 fowls, 240 spring
chickens, 100 ducks, 90 turkeys, 80
geese, 900 squads, 800 tins sardines, 500
plovers, 175 pounds of sausage, 1900
pounds of ham, 800 pounds of bacon,
10000 eggs, 1900 quarts of milk, 700
pounds Of butter, 40 pounds of coffee,
81 pounds Of tea, 900 pounds of sugar,
100 pounds Of rice, 300 pounds of barley,
1G0 jars Of jam and jelly, so bottles of
pickles, 90 bottles of sauces, 20 barrels
Of apples, Il boxes of lemons, Is boxes
of oranges, 6 tons of potatoes, "A barrels
of flour.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08
DUN & CO.'SiWEEKLY REVIEW.
Good Crops Affecting All Branches OF
Trade-Prices Tending Upward.

TiceS lP"dTus
NEW YORK, Aug. 2-R G. Dun & 60. s
weekly review of trade says: The coaAtry
begins to feel the stimulus OF good crops.
New spring wheat began to arrive in Chicago
on the lst, ten days earlier than last year.
The st. Louis corn corner has no effect; an
abundant y1ld is expected, and business in
ali departments is gaining. The Northwest
eTn 1fIter estimates the wheat yield at &c.
eOOOO bushels, OF excellent quality, and the
mills at Minneapolis are active, with water
plenty St Paul naturally reports improve
nent IN trade, and Milwaukee also, in all
branches. At Omaha assurance of crops
above the average makes business excellent.
ment consequent upon a good yield has now
been steady for some weeks, though at
Kansas City business Is still rather quiet.
In the iron regions a distinct increase in de-
mand Is felt, and here orders FOR 100 new
locomotives have been placed during the
last week. The certainty OF large traffic
also has Its effect upon railroad negotiations,
winch nave made progress toward peace
The money markets of the interior continue
generally well supplied; at Chicago, while
active, the market is easy. but at Boston
rates varied in july from 3 TO and back to ?
per cent, and the movement is now active at
). The volume of trade continues to exceed
last years, at New York II per cent, and out
side 1873 per cent, according to clearingS
through banks. Exports for JTlly from New
York appear l4]5 per cent larger than last
year, with imports 81 per cent larger The
prospect is the better for a decline of 27s
cents in wheat during the week, though
corn, oats and cotton for Immediate delivery
are fractionally higher. Pork products have
all declined little, and hogs 20 cents per
100 pounds to 81 so. Coffee is q cent StrOn ger,
with sales of 1926 bags.
The business failures occurring throughout
the country during the last seven days mum
Der for the United States l9l and for Canada
10, total of 2l0, as compared with total Of
PIG last week, and POS the week previous to
the last. For the corresponding week of last
year the figures were 2l6, representing i9l
failures in the United States and % in the
Dominion of Canada.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08

A JUSTICE of Logan Township, Blair
County, Pennsylvania, has perplexing
case. A blacksmith built wagon for
another citizen, painted it brown, and
refused to change the color to green.
In the night the citizen entered the shop
and gave the vehicle a coat of paris
green. Early next morning the black
smiths COW, spying the verdurous tint,
licked it off and died. The blacksmith
now wants damages for his cow.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08

ACCORDING to the Persian custom, the
shah had his mutton killed in his own
palace. He wanted to do this while
staying in buckingham Palace, but the
queen would not permit it, though long
negotiations were carried on to obtain
her permission. In the end it was
settled that the royal butchering should
be performed at Prince Malcolm Kahn's
house In Holland Park.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08
A Dozen Done TO Death.

The village Of Walton, KY, eighteen
miles southwest of Cincinnati, was the
scene of frightful slaughter August
at a dance given by the colored people
of that neighborhood. A quarrel arose
between two women over a man whom
both claimed. The fight led to general
battle. During the melee pistols, knives
and razors were freely used. Nearly fifty
shots were fired, and dozen participants
in the row were doubtless fatally
wounded.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08

SOME men prospecting in the Rocky
Mountains near Crows Nest Pass for
coal oil deposits, struck one of the rich
est deposits ever found. Samples showed
81 per cent lubricating oil, per cent
heavy oil, and the remainder water and
foreign substances. This is declared to
be the best oil ever discovered-far
ahead of that of the Pennsylvania oil
fields
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08

If THE sailors on the steamship Saale
are as superstitious as sailors usually
are they will not sail in her again, after
being jammed against one iceberg on
one voyage, and sighting another, 'cof-
fn-like in FORM on the voyage to New
York just concluded. The vast quaint
ties of ice in latitude IA degrees, 45 de-
grees and As degrees just now are mat
tiers of great concern to sea captains.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08
AN EXODUS OF CoLoRED PEOPLE.
Fifty Thousand Prepared to Leave North
Carolina on Two Days Notice.

RALEIGH, N. C.-The committee APP
pointed by the Colored Emigration Con-
vention, which met here last April, to
go to the West and Southwest to exam
inc the country and learn what arrange
ments can be made for the movement of
large body of colored people from
North Carolina expects to leave here for
the Southwest in few days. The COM
mittee says that over $4,000 names of
those who will go have been enrolled,
and that they have agreed to be ready
to start in forty-eight hours after notice
has been given them, provided the COM
mission make favorable report.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08
Coded Millions of Acres.

The Chippewa commission have Sc
cured the signatures of large number
liz excess of that required. At White
Earth the signing was almost unani-
NOUS. Thus far the Indians have coded
between three and four million acres,
containing the most valuable as well as
the most extensive pine forest in the
Northwest. The commissioners also Sc
cured for the lumbernen the free use of
all streams running through the dimin-
ished reservation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08

THE production Of the ballet founded
on Shakespeare's Tempest" at the Paris
Academy of Music is said to be the
grandest scenic effect of modern times.
Purple grottoes, vast antique ships sur
rounded by naiads. enchanted islands,
alterations of storm and calm-all are
produced with wonderful skill and with
astonishing richness
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08

A GREENLAND expedition has been
planned for next summer. Seven men,
under the command of an officer of the
Danish royal navy, will leave Copen-
hagen in the spring, taking with them
provisions sufficient for two and half
years. Their destination will be the
east coast of Greenland, and they will
explore it between the degrees of &C
and 73
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08

The total production of Bessemer steel
ingots in the United States in the first
half of 1899 has been ascertained to be
1,26S, 946 tons of 2,240 pounds each,
against ], 235, 971 in the same period of
1888. The quantity of steel rails pro-
duced IN the first half of 1889 was 642,
475 tons, against 692, 1877 tons in the
same period of 1888.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08

FROM the Egyptian manuscripts
owned by the Austrian Archduke Rainier
it appears that printing with movable
types was practlced in Egypt in the
ninth century of our era, and that
paper factory existed in Bagdad as ear
ly as 794.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08
Sullivan in Jail at Mississippi.

John L. Sullivan, after being arrested
in New York, was taken to Mississippi
and locked up at Jackson August 4th.
On the way South at nearly every sta
ton, large crowds were present, cheer
ing and shouting for the champion
pugilist.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08

AN ARTISAN well in North City, a
suburb of ST. Augustine, Fla, is said to
have the largest flow of any artesian
well in the world. It is an eight-inch
well, and it's flow exceeds the highest
expectations. From a measurement
made the flow exceeds 5000 gallons per
minute, or over II, 500, 900 gallons every
twenty-four hours.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08

A correspondent of the Farm and
Home says that the COW that suits him
best is a cross between the Jersey and
Holstein. If pure on both sides at the
start and then kept as nearly half-and-
half as possible, this Will result in
cows that will retain the good qualities
Of both breeds: that is, rich milk and a
good quantity of it. The COWS will be
of medium size, very hardy, quiet and
good feeders, and III his opinion they
are better adapted for farms thar
thoroughbreds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08

MAHoN1NG COUNT, Ohio, claims to
have the LATEST man in the United
States residing there. He is too lazy to
chew his food, and has invented ma
chine to do it for him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08
Spokane Falls Reported in Flames.

Dispatches from Spokane Falls, w. I.
dated August 4th, say that the city is
burning. The wires have gone down,
and no particulars can be obtained.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08

1t is important that pasturage be
properly chosen, especially for growing
colts. If pasturage is On very rich land
or watery, the grass will be too rank
for the growth of fine, strong bones,
and firm, enduring muscle. Colts
grown up on such Will be pretty sure
to be wanting in spirit, slow of move
ment and deficient in wind, so much so
that when in harness if put up to a
moderately fast pace-which can only
be done by a repeated application of
the whip-they breathe painfully,
sweat intolerably and soon tire The
as is well-drained, or naturally rather
dry, and if it abounds with scattered
rocks foot or more in diameter, these
are not Objectionable, but small stones
are, for the colts in running about are
liable to strike on them to the injury of
their hoofs, while they avoid the
larger ones and rocks in their exercise.
The grass on such lands is sweet and
tender, highly relished by the colts,
and very nutritious. Growing up on
such, especially if limited to it, the
feet and legs and the bones of the
whole body become extra, strong, more
like ivory than common bone grown on
quite succulent pasture. For cattle
the pasture need not be so select in
quality, for they will do we'll on wet
meadows when the water is generally a
little below the surface of the soil, only
occasionally overlooking for a few
hours and drying off well.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08
Threshing Day.

A writer says on this subject: 'sThe
essential points to look after are: LIST.
The granary. 1t may need few strips
of TIN to make it rat and mouse proof
Recollect, also, that you have not only
to get the grain into it, but also to get
1T out agan-and it sometimes happens
that 1t is necessary to get it out sooner
than you expect. Should it get warm
it will be necessary Immediately to turn
it or spread it out on the barn floor, or
run it through a tanning mill. End
See that the machine threshes clean. If
not, lower the concave. See that no
grain is carried over with the chaff
Occasionally the threshers have Wis
itor who wants to feed the machine, and
he crowds in the sheaveS, and the sleeves
cannot properly clean the grain, and
more OR less of it passes over on to the
straw carrier. 3rd Look to the straw
stack. This is an important matter to
those of US who feed out the straw.
The great secret of making stack rain
proof is to keep the middle full and
well trodden down from the start, so
that when it settles. the outside will
sink down lower than the inside When
you begin to build the roof, the part
under the straw carrier. The chaff is
apt to accumulate there, and when the
machine is removed there will be de-
preston in the stack at this point that
will let in the rain. Take special pains
to put some layers of long straw under
the straw carrier. Many of our straw
carriers are not long enough, and if it
IS necessary for a man to throw che
straw up on to the roof of the stack,
drive some long poles into the stack and
place an old door on them for the man
to stand or. If this is not done, the
place where he stands will be hole
difficult to fill up so that it will shed
the water. The farmer, if he wise, will
frequently be on the straw stack during
the cay and help to tread it down in the
middle, but for his own safety and for
the good of the stack he will not ven
ture to near the outside. 4th. Look
out for fire from the engine, but in point
of fact there is more danger from to-
bacco smokers than from the engine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08

To keep bugs away from melons,
frost from tender plants, the sun from
caulifower, cut barrel hoops into
pieces sixteen inches long, crossing
them in the center and fastening to-
gether with small wire nail Then
cover this frame with light muslin,
leaving an inch at the end of each
stick exposed, so they may be pushed
into the ground, thus drawing the
cloth close to the ground at the edges.
This frame, being flexible, can be ad-
justed to greater or less spread, as de-
sired.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-08-08

THERE are 275 women preachers in the
United States.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-02-23
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Twenty-fifth Judicial District Court,
Parish of Vermilion.
No. 26O.
Cesaire Bourque

Widow and heirs of 8. Desormeaux
To Aureline Brasseux, widow and Sy-
phroyen Desormeaux, jr., Marie Des-
ormeaux and her husband Venance
Dronet, Gustave Desormeaux, ofsaid
parish and Marguerite Desormeaux
and her husband Desire Benoit of
the parish of Lafayette.
Take notice that Cesaire Bourque of
said parish has applied to our abevo
said court for a Judgment revfving, re-
Installing the evidence Of his title &C.
quired from Syphroyen Desormeaux by
act passed before John B. Thaall, then
Recorder of this parish, como time
about the 18th of April 1850, in and to
the n half of SW Or, Sec. q, Up u,
SRA East, containing Eighty 0-1e9
acres, and for which he paid the sun Of
two hundred dollars, cash, and that
the hearing of the evidence In said
case is fixed for Saturday, April Ii,
1889, at 10 O'clock a. M, in open court,
at the courthouse, in the town of
Abbevile.
You, and each Of you, are therefore
cited to appear in said court, on that
date, or file your answer thereto in the
office Of the clerk of said court within
the delay prescribed by law.
WHITE & BRoUssARD,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Abbeville, February l6, 1889.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-02-23
Our thanks are due to the manager

Our thanks are due to the manager
Of the Hotel Arthur, Mr.. z. L. Lee,
for q complimentary ticket to be
present ct the grand opening Of that
beautiful and magnificent establish
ment, which takes place on the 26th
instant, The entertainments of the
evening will commence with a dance,
and at - o'clock a supper will be
served. The hotel Is now complete
and ready for the reception of visit
ors to that beautiful and picturesque
country. 1t is a three.story building
and has fortJ%fve sleeping apart.
mens in addition to all other neccs.
sary rooms that 60 to constitute a
frstclass hotel.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-02-23
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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1889-02-23

We are Informed by circular letter
from Colonel George MoormaE and
Major 81. Fl. Baker that the annual
meeting Of the State Immigration
Association Of Louisiana will take
place at Grunewald Hall, in New
Orleans, On Friday and Saturday,
March l and 2, 1883. At that tisne
officers will be elected for the ensu.
ing year, and a full report will be
made Of al business transacted ug
to date, and steps will be taken for
the future management Of the Asse.
ciatios. So far, it is stated, every.
thing connected with the movement
has succeeded beyond expectations,
and it is hoped that the people will
coRtinee to interest themselves in
this patriotic movement, which is 60
surely beneG,ing onr State. Every
citizen is invited to attend who takes
any interest in the matter of immi.
grafton and the future welfare OF
Louisiana.