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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-26
NnMEQ from the diary OF tcurista
I'm commercial travellers. busL
ness men and othars ~

NAnEN from the diary Of tcurisAa
MI TN commercial travellers, busE
ness men and others ~
revealed:
That the Wisconsin Centrri has tA1
unqualified endorsement Of all;
That the Wisconsin Central has today
the most popular line between Chicago
and Milwaukee, and ST. Paul Mime
apolis and the Northwest; i
That the Wisconsin Central is daily
adding to its admirers as the recoH.
nized Pullman line between ChicaQo
snd Milwaukee and Ashland, Duluth
and Lake Superior;
That the Wisconsin Central touches
he most prominent points IL Wiscon-
sin, and that it his more important
business centers on its through line
than any other railway to and from
the Northwest; !
That the Wisconsin Central has made
an enviable reputation with its peer
less Dining Car Service; i
That the Wisconsin Central runs taA
trains on which all classes of passen-
gers are carried with commodious and
distinct accommodation for all; I
That the Wisconsin Central has repre-
sentatives distributed throughout ths
country, who will cheerfully give any
information that may be desired and
that its terminal agents are specially
instructed to look after the comfort OF
passengers who may be routed via its
line.
For detailed information apply to youe
nnarlSf TInlat Arvar%. Nv r. ra,-o,o->
tives of the Wisconsin Central. /.
VIM. }. MELLEN, JAMES BARKER
General Manager. GenI Passr. & Tiki Az
LOUIS ECKSTEIN, s.
Asst Gen1 PasSr. & Tkt. Agk :
MILWAUKEE, WIS. =
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-26

THR Minneapolis Tribune, speaking of
dangers to which railroad employees are
subjected. says: I'VE know that railway
employees are exposed to great and extra
ordinary dangers; but probably only a few
Of us have ever stopped to reflect that APP
piled to this class of fellow citizens the
term fighting the battle of life" is not
only an appropriate figure of speech, but
literally a true statement of cold hard
fact. Railroad accidents resulting in the
death or manning of employees are of such
Sommon occurrence that we may grow
sallous and indifferent. But when the
casualties of the year are summed up and
the record shows a list of 1000 killed and
more than 20, 700 wounded, even the dull
est mind must stagger at the ~fearfully
large number of victims sacrificed to the
i%uggernaut of the iron horse. The risk
assumed by yardmen and brakemen is
really as great as that of a soldier engaged
in a bloody battle. The literary gem of
IltS1uCUb 1ldIi1lSOuS nlSSSdSc IL lit
truly eloquent sentence in which he en-
phasizes this very point. Everybody must
admit that 1T is a reproach to u civil
ization that any class of American work
men should be subjected to peril of life
and limb as great as that of a soldier in
time of war This sentence will live
l. H. -o-4 &c Al l.--,o-4 =
buried in dusty archives, and 1t will not
give the national conscience a rest until
the proper reforms shall have been adopted.
Railroad accidents need not be more fire.
quent in this country than in Europe.
Uniformity in construction of cars, auto
matte brakes and couplers on freight cars,
proved safety appliances in general, would
have the effect Of reducing accidents to a
minimum, and greatly lessening the perils
to which employees are subjected. The
President is of the opinion that congress
should take action in the matter, and that
a beginning should be made at once. The
President is right, eminently right. We
have seen how exceedingly slow the rail
roads are to move in this matter. One
road Is waiting for another to make a be-
ginning, and meanwhile employees are
MANNED by the thousands. Prompt and
judicious action by congress would have a
wonderful effect in q~uickening their sense
of duty.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-26

Straight against a mufied, toiling figure
he stumbled, recoiled with an imprecation,
and then stood rooted to the spot. staring
vaguely at a face that to him was the face
of the dead.
Great heavens" he gasped, under his
breath. Leslie Fentoni"
Pardon me, spoke the other. 4 fear
| have lost my way. Can you direct me TO
The Cedars?"
Gurdon Aylmer's breath came hotly, a
demoniac hatred flashed in his eyes. His
accents were hoarse and strined as he
pointed down a path unbroken and barely
discernible.
Yes, that way"
Of all dark deeds the weird night shut
In to its bleak bosom of gloom, that was
the most hideous.
Aylmer stood watching the reeeding
form. It toiled along the narrow path.
Suddenly it CROPPED, slid fell.
A cry of horror rent the air far down
the snowy cliff-side, as the guilty mis-
creant, Gurdon Aylmer, fed, like one pur-
sued by ~phantons.
A cry vain, despairing, lost:
Help
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-26

HENRY A. SCoMP closes an article IN the
Forum with the remark: President
Grant eagerness to purchase San Domin-
go as a kind of asylum for the negroes and
as affording a safety-valve for ourselves
was undoubtedly based on the true politi-
cal wisdom and on the sound statesman
ship of humanity. Shall we not renew the
effort?" Most certainly not. Mr.. Scomp
would solve the race difficulty by IN ex-
%pulsion of one of the races. Lord Sails
bury would solve the ~workingmen's dis
ress in England by sending laborers out
of the country. This is neither statesman
ship nor humanity. The deportation OF
negroes would be a confession that the
black man is too much for our republican
institutions. The South needs black
labor. An economy of nature fits the ne
gro for toll under a southern sun; even a
small negro exodus from one southern
state to another. North Carolina to Mis-
sissippi for instance, causes great alarm
among the white planters. The read just
ment of race relations from those of mas
Der and slave to the political equality de-
creed by the constitution is progressing
quite as rapidly as could be expected under
the circumstances. A South Carolina
negro cannot sit beside a white passenger
ON a railroad train without creating a
sommotion, and yet he sits beside white
senator's and representatives in the state
legislature. The South Is not asked to
fraternize, but %civilize on the race issue.
San Domingo under an American flag at
AL events would settle nothing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-26
.JustifabIe Homicide.

JEFFERSON CRY, Mo-, Dec. 1.-THE
%cornor's jury returned a verdict of %justii-
able homicide in the case of Miss Epper-
san who yesterday shot and killed Julius
Hoffer, a farm hand. 1t developed
the inquest today that Hoffer had endeav-
ored to criminally assault the girl, and
only desisted when the other hands came
to dinner. Then it was that Miss Epper-
son got a revolver and killed him. .z-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-26

SENATOR BLAIR has introduced a bill
ito c to the people the privileges of
rest and religious worship, free from dis
turbance by Others" The u of re-
ligion can never materially advance in this
country until Senator Blair retires from
public life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-26
IT

CHAPTER II.
Spirits of evil and good were abroad that
snowy Christmas eve-spirits of fancy and
unrest, too.
One hour after Gurdon Aylmer had
dashed from The Cedars an embittered
revengeful mortal, asilent figure stole from
the frort poptais noiselessly, Grandfather
Denslow.
Christmas eve" he piped; Christmas
eye-an old-time story-an old-time cele-
bration. All! how the days agone, when |
lived In the rugged cabin ON the cliff,
poor but happy, come back to me tonight.
Who needs the snow, the storm? Ali this
is royal. Only half a mile and the Christ
mas lights shall glow like fre-fies."
Whatever the thought or purpose of the
old man, they buoyed the enfeebled frame
to breast the storm with a stanch disdain.
Whatever the delusion his clouded mind
entertained, it made him chuckle and glow
and thrill as if he were back in his for
ties.
Where the road turned he uttered a cry
OF dlsmay, for some one was coming down
the path, and ere the old wanderer could
dodge aside he had reached him.
well, I Observation-Disclosures Den
slow!' calculated the stranger. And
abroad such a night as this. have a let
ter for you"
For me?"
Yes, the postmaster gave it to me and l
thought I'd bring it."
Put it in my pocket-outside coat
pocket-that's it. I'll open it by and
by"
An hour later, exhausted, he reached a
diladieated hut at the very summit of the
cliff.
"Home!' re piped, 'the old home. All!
what jolly Christmas as when my gun
brought down the game and we crowded
around the great fireplace. Heap it on!
heap it on! I'll wake the ghosts of the old
day with fire and light and cheer!'.
He ran in, he ran out of the cabin. He
cast vast armfuls of wood into the fire.
place. He undid his bundle-tallow-dips
and pine-knots.
Then snap, flash, a %lucifer, and the sum-
NIT of White Cliff began to glow and
glisten, aureoled with red-lit windows and
dancing, rollicking flames, as they swept
up the chimney.
An old mans fancy "a vagary that
thrilled dumb despair with the intoxica-
ton of action.
Waiting for Christmas" old Grand
father Denslow chirped, and chuckled and
out his thin, trembling hands to
the grateful heat.
And Christmas was coming, sure; adj
vancing irresistible as the trail of destiny
that marked the snowy whiteness of the
bleak cliff that weird December night.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-26
Influenza i'm Kansas City.

KANSAS CITY, Dec. ia local paper
says that a number of cases of influenza
are distinct enough in type to be readily
recognizable, having attracted the obser-
walton of physicians in this city.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-26


The Milwaukee, Lake Shore h Western
Railway has been well named the Fishing
and Hunting Line of Wisconsin, passing,
as it does, through thousands of acres Of
but partially explore woods and within
easy reaching distance of lakes and
streams that have never been fshed by,
white men, all well stocked with the game
fish for which Northern Wisconsin waters
are noted The woods ABOUND with games
deer, bear, wolf, mink, beaver, pheasant
and other game are quite plentiful.
THE ONLY LINE
From Milwaukee to the new Iron MininA
District in Wisconsin and Michigan that
reaches ALL of the developed Mining
towns; GOGEBIC, WAKEFIELD, BES1
SEMER, IRONWOOD AND HURLEY.
Direct line to ASHLAND and DULUTH
Sleeping cars between L1HLAND and
CHICAGO.
The GUIDE Book, and other DESCRIPTIVE
matter, containing full information, maps
and engravings of the country traversed
by the line, will be sent TO any address or
application to the General Passenger
Agent.
e vLIET. City P. & T. Agt.f CHICAGO
Milwaukee Office. 95 Wisconsin 81.
t. p wHITCOMB. GEO. s. MARSH.
GenI BBnager. Gen1 Pass. & TkI Agt
MILWAUKEE. WIS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-26

Fast NAH Line with vestibuIed Trains -
tween Chicago, Milwaukee, st. Paul ana
Minneapolis.
Trans-Contfnenta1 Route between Chicago
Council Bluffs, Omaha and the Pacific Coast
Great National Route between Chicago. Kan
gas City and ST. Joseph, No.
800 Miles of Road reaching all principal
points IN II inois. Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa,
Missouri and Dakota
For maps, time tables, rates OF passage ana
freight. ETC., apply T. The ne Arrest station agent OF
the CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAnwAxs
or TO any Railroad Agent any where ID the Wor~,
ROSWELL MILLER, A V. q. CARPENTER,
General Manager. Genl Pass. and Tkt Agt.
For information in reference to Lands ana
Towps owned by the CHICAGO, MUwAuKKH q 81.
PAUL RAILwAY CoxPANY, write TO II. q. HAuaANs
Land Commissions. Milwaukee WiscoKIn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-26

MASSACHUSETTS has a sensible local OPP
lion system under which the cities and
towns not the counties vote each year
whether they will have license or prohibit
ton. In this manner the sentiment Is
obtained of the precise community IN
which and by which prohibition is to be
snforced-if that is the will of the major
ity. Public sentiment seems to vary on
tile subject from one year to another. Last
year, of the nineteen cities in the state,
even voted for prohibition and twelve for
license. This year ten voted for prohibit
ton and only nine for license. The most
remarkable change was in Fall River,
where there was a majority of 1920 for
license in 1888 and 1900 for prohibition
this year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-26

Gov. TAYLOR, of Tennessee has just par
doned the three Barnards who were re-
Gently sentenced to death. The outside
public knows nothing about the merits of
the case, but it certainly seems singular
that escapes from the gallows in the South
are about as certain as taxes Five
men were tried and condemned to death
and the decree confirmed on appeal. Then
the jury and several of the judges recon-
mend that their sentence be committed to
Imprisonment. The governor, who was
agreeable. pardoned two and sent the rest
o pr ison for short terms-10 and 5 years.
Finally on second thought the governor
decided to set the three remaining Bar
nards free.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-26
JOB DEPARTMENT

We have in this department a complete line
Of job Material and Type for doing first-class
Job work on short notice and at the lowest
living prices. We do all kinds of Pamphlet
and Law Brief work known to the trade. !.
Call in and get prices.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-12-26

Tablets of white paper for pencils.
" pen, all sizes kept
in stock.
We propose to keep all blanks used in Circuit
Court, Justices Court and those of miscella-
peous character as noted above. ;
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-06-30
Knocked Out Again.

The Tribune the other day, asserted that
the street railroad had been or was about
to be sold out to an eastern company. THE
HERALD asserted that it had not been and
would not be. In the minds of most PEG
pie this settled the matter, but IS the
Tribune still holds on to it's former absurd
story, THE HERALD feels again called on to
say that there is absolutely nothing in it,
and as a final disposition OF the matter,
submits the following:
A HERALD reporter met Mayor Arm
strong on the street and thus accosted him
''Mayor, has the street railroad company
sold out yet 90
mo, sir, and it does not intend to-"
HAS it ever intended to %
Never
''Do you and Mr.. McCune still retain the
control of the stock -
Eyes"
"Have you ever had proposition to sell
out:"
Yes. The Jarvis Conklin people who
were here a short time ago wanted to buy
the whole thing. We told them it was not
for sale. They seemed to want it badly,
and we told them they could have one-third
of our stock at certain figure, provided
the smaller stockholders WoIld sell one
third of theirs, too. The small stockholders
all agreed except one man, who was not
present"
''Whon will the Jarvis Conklin people de-
cide!"
They expect to be here by July IS or 49,"
'And that's all there is to the selling
outH"
That's all"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-06-30

which The HERALD was glad to get and
publish for nothing The working
meu rightly refused to pay the charge
and the consequence was that
like many another item of news
itappeared in TIE HERALD that morning,
exclusively. Next the Workingmen ap-
pointed delegation to wait on both The
HERALD and Tribune and request that both
papers discontinue publication on the morn
ing of July 5th, as the printers were
pledged to march in the labor procession,
and if they worked all night of the Bird, as
they would have to do, marched on the 4th
and worked again that night, the &c would
be very little left of them. THE HERALD
management returned a prompt answer
that they would close up on the Fourth
willingly, if they could be assured that the
Tribune would do the same; the Tribune
management said they would ''think about
it." They did think about it, took two
days in fact to turn the matter over in their
intensely American minds-and then de-
cided that the workingmen could go
to-.
All this has naturally increased the ad-
riration Of ''LiberaF' Workingmen for
their very Liberal organ; taken in con-
nection with toe fact that the paper wanted
to charge for its paltry five-inch advertise
ment of the JohnstOwn sufferers benefit,
and that it sent in bill of 537 the other
light to badly disguised Liberal cenven-
uion for publishing the Liberal committee
calls-it may mean that the creditors Of the
pure unauthorized double dyed in the
wool out and out Washingtonian Jeffer-
sonian Americans who preside over the
ueStinieS of the paper are about to be pre-
scented with a dividend on their much ad-
vertised and deprecated glut of l. o. US.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-06-30
Brief Business Bits.

The Deseret Savings bank viii be ready
for business tomorrow morning; pending
the completion of the extensive alterations
being made in the building at present,
Cashier Smith will be located in the main
bank AS has already been announced,
John Sharp, president of the Deseret, viii
be the president of the new savings bank,
and the board of directors of the two insti-
tutions will be also identical. The bank
announces that it will pay4 per cent.
interest on savings deposits, compounded
quarterly-a big desideratum Tor the
Jyorkingman-andl loan money on approved
real estate security.
That popular resort, Calder's farm, was
well doomed on the street yesterday by
an oil color representation on wheels show
ing the beauties of the place The hand
some painting was by the artist Charles
Peterson, ard showed The elaborate new
bridge which spans the lake. Calder's is a
place where one can always find beautiful
scenery, entire quiet, no intoxicants and
thorough enjoyment.
The Utah Commercial and Savings bank
has rented the west half of Heesch & Eller-
beck's building, and will open business
there about July Is, pending the compile
ton of their building across the way. NJ
z. Cummings is TO be cashier.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-06-30
Another List of Cures by DR.. Darrin.

Geo. Fl. Papenberg, Taulitan, Oregon-Deaf
ness 10 years so he could scarcely hear u sound
cured il 20 minutes.
Mrs. John McGinnis. Vancouver, w. T.-Par
alyzed arm cured 16 years ago by DR.. Darrin
While in San Francisco.
Ex-Mayor C. II. Hill son, of Albina, Oregon
Cured of an offensive discharge of both ears since
years old.
John B. Dougherty, Roche Harbor. w t.
Hydrocele entirely cured and removed by one
operation of minutes.
Mrs. S. Wooden's girl, 81 Fifth street, Port,
land-Nervous debility and malarial fever and
discharging ear, restored.
VIM. Altnow, Drewsey, Grant county, Oregon
-Catarral deafness and ringing in the ears for2U
years, perfectly cured.
Mrs. S. Metzger, Gresham, Oregon-Dyspep-
STA, liver complaint and pain in the stomach %
years, restored.
Mrs. G. Magenson, Merchants hotel Portland
rheumatism neuralgia and female troubles,
cured permanently one year ago.
w. f. Ogle, Seatco w. T.-Liver and kidney
complaint and dyspupsia, slso deafness and
whole system run down, cured.
William Little, Seattle w. T.-Pain in the
chest of over eight years standing, entirely cured
by electro magnetic treatment.
j. W. ZumWalt Albany, Or formerly of Moro,
WaScO county, Or. Cured OF an aggravated case
of rheumatism and spinal complaint.
f. p. Sawtell, Indepence w. T.-Dyspepsia
and kidney complaint, pronounced Bright's dis
ease by some physicians restored.
A. r. SchOep's daughter, proprietor North
western hotel, corner Front and Clay streets,
Portland-Loss of appetite, liver complaint and
rheumatic neuralgia for six months, cured.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-06-30
IN BUSINESS HAUNTS.
a Scheme for1 a Brewers Trust
That Didn't Work.
THE STREET RAILWAY SALEFAKE
The Real Estate Market Recent Transfers
The New Savings Bank-Utah CONNER
cial and Savings Bank.

Although carried on with the utmost
secrecy, it has at last leaked out that an
agent of one of the Denver brewing com
panies has been i'll the city during the week
endeavoring to effect an agreement by
which his company could obtain control of
the three breweries in this city, with the
idea, it is limited, of forming a spe-
cies of trust, among the western brew
ers. 1t is said the scheme included ali the
breweries between the Missouri river and
California. He was unsuccessful in his
mission, however, and left for home with
tone million dollars" ringing in his ears,
the price asked for one of our malt liquor
establishments.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-06-30
Raal Estatn Sains

4. r. Carter to Mrs. A. J. Daft. one
siv-+L ;,,+o,.os+ j., Ir+bol mine. $500
''1 VA iii'eI1sC III i1'lioi liiiile So'o
EStGOe "IIIani 'eHh!nss " o''iU Lac
Mill and Elevator company, part section
-, township l, north of range l west; $500
Emma Persons of al toW Fl WestfaI
80 49, ~ -,.t 70 On
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join feHser 10 w; II: r. oCaIio rli loI'
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ter section ct N, Is, township l. south of range
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san Uhe-tGn id Ln.erGsC ~ 2-' lO"9' loIS
ana q, Dioch 40, pte I'D Si'o ,,ro,4,, H.,
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EorG ni Hail u IoC u p4OcA 10 PIa'
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ton; $50; , o..
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anu 81, D Ioea - CoateS I" Cor uli suO'ul
VISION; 5000. y,
Joseph pa M watson anC VIE VI 10 AleS; h4
MarI, .V acres sectioH t,5 o. o"HanlP l.
south OF range west; 80: e,l-,,
Cohn .; oiStU 10 JaLes AnoSa q. oih o72 ~
roqS' 5oG D ploch n, plaI n, t3,V "
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-06-30
Electric Power .

Development of electric power is still in its
infancy. But it has made progress enough TO in
dictate very clearly that it is destined to produce
more changes in the industrial affairs and econ
omic conditions of civilized life than have been
produced hitherto by any agency of force that has
been brought under control of man. The pro
gress that has been made so far in turning cleo
trical energy to the service of man made it GER
tain that its use will become practically illimit
able. Its possibilities are yet and probably will
remain for a long period beyond human forecast.
-OregonidH.
The application of electricity to the arts and
sciences is no less marked than to the human
system. Drs. Darrin and Quinlan has made the
subject OF electric treatment study for years,
and has 'sharnessed and driven it to the great
benefit of suffering humanity, until his name has
become household word. That he does cure,
is attested by the many cards handed US for pub
LEGATION i few OF which we here submit.