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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-21
WHITE CAPS IN VIRGINIA.
Two Young Men Living Near Richmond Way.
laid and Beaten.


laid and Beaten.
RICHMOND, Va.-C. G. Christian and J.
Hail Moore, who had been attending
meeting of the young mems Christian
association in this city, were driving to
their home in Henry county Saturday
night, and when about mile from the
CITY limits were at lacked and severely
beaten by q party of white caps. The
latter wore white gowns and white caps.
They sprang from the bushes aud seized
the horse the young men were driving.
The youths jumped out and grappied
with two OF the white caps and des pc
rate struggle took place. Moore and
Christian we're thrown to the ground, pis-
tols we're pointed at their heads, and after
being tied the : were severely beaten with
sticks. The white caps then left the two
men still bound and fired pistols at them
as they departed. The. following notice
received by one of the victims gives the
alleged object of the desperacoes. "Your
conduct has OF late been such that the
laws of our organization compel as to
take some steps towards correcting your
morals. Our order is one that extendo
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from
Maine tG Mexico. Our principal object
is 20 thoroughly purify the morals of the
young men throug hout the country, there.
by benefting and raising society to
higher standard. 1t is useless for Us to
u axe any charge as your own conscience
is sufficient, 1t is enough TO say that if
yoa are caught out of your room after 10
O'Clock at night you vii. be severely dealt
nit
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-21
Warming Food for Mich Cows.

It is not occidental that the best dairy
regions in the world have been located in
moist and warm climates, where extremes
of heat and cold do not prevail. Hol-
land and the adjacent regions along the
North Sea, are in Europe the centers
where the best mixers have bred. Des-
pite the poverty of the Irish people,
their COWS are generally excellent, and
with less care in breeding than is OBJ
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-21
A St. Patrick's Festival.

New YORK, March 1S.-The st. Patrick
society, of Brooklyn, observed the great
festival of Ireland tonight by a grand
bar quet ia the Academy of Music in that
city, and by making additional contribu-
tions TO the Parnell fund. Speeches
were made by Hon. Amos j. Cummings,
OF the New York Sun, and by the Very
Rev. Wm. Kesgap, vicar general of the
diocese of Brooklyn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-21
GIGANTIC TWINE TRUST.
The National COrdage Company Said to Own
the Earth and the FulIuess Thereof

Inc NdGioudl OOTudSe company Salu TO OWn
the Earth and the FulIuesS Thereof
ST.. LOUIS. Mo.-A st. Louis jobber in
tFine and cordage stated in an interview
that the national cordage COMPANY of New
York WAS in reality Gigantic trust, rep
resenting thirty-two manufactures, with
a capital of $40, 600 600, and that it Owned
all the manila and sisal fibre in the coun-
Try. and even all the crops not growing,
and that it was due 10 this trust that the
price of Irvine bad advanced from cents
last year to So cents, the present price.
Manila from tue Philippine islands and
slsal from YGcatan are the raw materials
for the manufacture of binders Irvine.
used In harvesting wheat in this country,
ard If is said that by shis advance in the
price of Irvine the trust is levying Is cents
an acre on aIl the wheat fields of the
country,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-21
Good Move.

WASHINGTON, March 81. - Chairman
Britton, of the inaugural committee, to-
day, handed to the commissioners of the
district, a check for $4,000, this being
the amount received from the Inaugural
ton over and above all expenses. Tbs
fund is to be invested and the interest
devoted to relieving the distress of the
poor in the city.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-21
A POstmaster's Deficiency.

CHICAGO, March 18.-The postofice
department. at Washington is after Rich
ard j. Hanna, ex-postmaster of Kanka-
kee, ILL.,, for an alleged deficiency in his
accounts Of So, 305. The United States
district attorney filed an information of
Of debt in the circuit court this afternoon
and began suit against Hanna and his
tOndsmen.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-21
Loss by Fire.

CRY OF MEXICO, (via Galveston, March
18.-The roundhouse of the Culeacan &
Atlanta railroad, at Culeacan, burned
today, together with a locomotive and
passenger car. Many shops were also
destroyed. Loss 100000.
The conservative press is attacking
President Harrison and Secretary Blaine,
claiming they are ambitious to have the
United States possess Mexico.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-21

ga Digger Indian who came down
from the tin mines last Friday had his
hand tied up in sling, ana it was swell
ed very big. He had been bitten by a
tarantula, and was suffering great pain.
A Pomona doctor fixed him ont, however,
and he is getting along all right.
"People in the tarantula section are
fighting shy of them now, as they are of
such reptiles generally"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-21

for the present, to the committee on
territories, the nature of these charges,
if they exist, cannot be learned. But it
is expected thst at the next meeting of
the COMMITTEES favorable report will be
ordered in favor of his nomip alton.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-21
PROHIBITION A SUCCESS.
Judge Guthrie Comments on the Improvement
in Morals Under Temperance Law.


TOPEKA, Kan.-1he grand jury was en-
psnelled Monday, and Instructed by
Judge Guthrie to inquire into violations
of the law. The judge took occasion to
declare that the prohibitory law was an
unqualified success. In the course of his
remarks upon this subject he said: ave
have learned that the saloon destroys
human industry, breeds crime, beggars
society, degrades public morals, and is
the enemy Of the family, the school, and
the church. We have learned that wherl
we banished the saloon, our wage workers
were able to earn more money for their
families, that all degrees OF society were
better fed, clothed and housed, and that
they pay their coal, butcher, and grocery
bills with greater prom ptitude. We
could N aintain better schools aud give
children better educatiOn; the morals of
society were improved, vice aud crime
decreased, and 1t is thought now worth
observing that there are now hundreds of
boys in this state 10 or II years of age,
who have never seen a saloon. There has
been, 1t IS true, an occasional attem pit by
persons TO evade the prohibitory Law by
ciandestine or secret methods, brit all
such persons have been speedily arrested,
tried, and punished by fine and i'm prison
ment and their unlawful goods dertroy ed.
The great diligence of the County At
torney, Sheriff and other officers charged
with the daty of enforcing the laws Of
the state against public offenders, and
the honor and interity of grand and petit
jurors in the discharge of their duties
have so crystalized public sentiment in
the direction of law and order that this
court has almost been relieved from the
trial of cases arising under she prohibi-
tory law, as we'll as the other criminal
laws of the state.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-21
To Continue Work on the Panama Canal

PARIS, March 18.-The Panama Canal
company announces that further ex
tension Of the provisional contract has
been arranged with the contractors, which
secures the maintenance Of the works
and material. The official liquidator
does not despair Of the forming of new
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-21
Died From Nervous Exhaustion.

MT. CARMEL, Pa, March 1S.-Peter
Nearshalsky, who was liberated Saturday.
after being Imprisoned 81 hours at the
Bla Diamond colliery, died today from
nervous exhaustion and internal in
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-21

Thursday afternoon while Fred Cary
of Racine, a lad of Is years, was romping
with his play mates, he ran against an
iron hitching post with much force, his
stomach coming in contact with the post.
He fell to the ground, and was taken up
unconscious, and died the following
night.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-21
SHERMAN FAILED TOPAY TAXES
And the County Treasurer Sued Him For the
Same.


Same.
PIrTsBURG, Pa, March 1S.-A special
from Mansfield, Ohio, says Senator Sher-
man was made defendant this afternoon,
when the county treasurer began two
actions against him for unpaid railroad
stock taxes. The first case is for S1,74S,
due on personal stock since 1885, on
stock held by him as trustee. The pro-
perty is Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne d Chicago
railroad stock, which by recent aicision
Of the supreme court is made taxable the
sane as any other stock. The senator
agreed to pay should the test case be de-
cided against him, and faie ed to do SO.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-21
Milwaukee Market.

MILWAUKEE, March S.-Wneat-steady; $685.
for seller cash. 875s for seller May. Corn
Easier; No 3, 31Gt32. Oats Firm; No. 2. white,
271aa2S. Rye-Steady; No, /, Az. Barley Steady.
Provisions-Easy. Pork-11.75.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-21

Photo1yiine, which is used in photo
graphy, has been substituted for colo
dion In surgical operations with good eff
feet. 1t adheres more closely to the skin
than collodion, is absolutely 1mpermea-
bles and Is Lot deteriorated by washing
or By contact with other fluids.
Gov. Ames, of MASSACHUSETTS, wants t
revive rpff1ed shirt bosoms.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-21
Senator Edmunds sick,

WASHINGTON, March Ex-senator Ed
munds being troubled with cold ON his
lungs, became somewhat alarmed and has
gone to Georgia, hoping that the warmer
climate will relieve him of his trouble.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-21
Charges Against Wolfiy.

Washington, March 18.-Considerable
opposition is manifested TO the contirma-
tion of the nomination of Lewis Wolhy
to be governor of Arizona, and it Is
said that the charge made against him
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-21
IMPRISONED IN THE EARTH.
Rescue Of Five Men Confined in a Mine by
Cave-In.

Cave-In.
MOUNT CARMEL, Ps.-Five miners were
rescued from what seemed certain death.
They were imprisoned in the Black Dia-
mond mine by an extensive cave-in. The
men were engaged in driving new shutes
in breast No. S in the south slope of the
mine about noon yesterday when they
heard a terrific roar, and the next minute
experienced fearful shook caused by The
slope caviug in. One of them, ReveIs.
descended to the gapgway, and twelve feet
from him found their egress to the slope
cut off by huge rocks. He called to the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-21
chorus.

Listen to the mockng bird,
The hooking bird still singing DER her grave;
Listen to the knocking bird Listen to the knocking
bird.
Still sleeping where the weeping willows wave.
When the charms of spring awaken,
And the mocking bird is singing on the bough,
feel like one forSakeu.
Since my Hally is no longer with me now.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-21
An:AppOintment.

SPRINaFIELD, Ill.,, March 1S.-Governor
Fifer today appointed Henry S. Speuld-
ing, of Chicago, as commissioner TO the
Paris exposition from Illinois.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-21

Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe remains
in good health, and her mind is brighte
than for some years past.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-21
Farm and Home.
OUR OLD SONG.
Listen To The Mocking Bird.

I'm dreaming now of Hally,
For the thought of her is one that never dies;
She is sleeping in the valley,
And the knocking bird is singing where she lies
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-03-21

Listen 10 me mOcklng bird,
The knocking bird is singing DER her grave;
Listen to the knocking bird, Listen to the mocking
bird,
Still singing where the weeping willows wave.
ALI well yet remember,
When we gather'd in the cotton side by side:
Twas in the mild September,
And the knocking bird was singing far and vide.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-04-10
Much Firing.

ROANOKE, April 3.-Detective Bald
win. Of Charleston, W. Vo accompa.
MED BY Joseph Wsllac, and Eugene
Robinson, went yesterday 10 the house
Of Bill Moran, q notorious moonshiner
and desperate residing at Falls Mills,
Tszewell county, in thisStsts. to arrest
him. They entered the house aud
found hin sitting up in bed with q
loaded pistol in hand. As soon as
Baldwin made knows the object Of
bis visit Moran opened ere, shooting
Wallace in the head. Baldwin twice
in the right arm and Robinson twice
In the right hand. Moran continued
firing until he had emptied both Of
his pistols, and then fell dead With
eleven holes 10 his body, six bullets
having passed entirely through it, A
woman in the room emptied q iveshot
revolver Of the detective and then
threw the pistol at him. wsllsoevill
die. The wounds OF the others an
not considered necessarily fatal ::
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-04-10

In this cause recently before the
Farmers Legislature, the farmers
oil seemed to be on the side of the
worthless dogs, and against the
valuable sheep. Dogs are almost
wholly articles Of luxury, while
sheep ale articles Of prime necessity.
The poor sheep seemed to have no
friends among the farmers. This
Is wonderfully surprising IN a far
mers' Legislature. Sheep husbandry
is, BY all odds, the most promising
Of any agricultural enterprise. No
thing pays better. But it cannot
be pursued while the lazzaroni are
allowed to keep all the dogs they
want TO prey upon the flocks like
wolves. Our ance tors used to pay
bounties for the scalps Of Wolves.
II would be well for US to pay for
scalps of worthless dogs. But no
thing can be done until farmers get
backbone enough to stand up to the
interests of themselves.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-04-10

protection to sugar; and the Senate
bill travels in the same tracks
though differing some in the meth
cd. While the Senate bill lowers
considerably the tariff on sugar, yet
leaving protection to that article, it
gives a bow-shot beyond, and offers
a bounty Of one cent. a pound to
the farmer for raising it.
The operation Of the Mills bill
would be to surely yet gradually
bring forward the sugar industry to
immense proportions, while the
bounty offered by the Senate bill as
we'll as protection, would bring 1t
forward very quickly.
There are very serious objections
to the government paying a farmer
one cent. for every pound Of sugar
he may raise. Not the least is,
when will it stop if once begun?
Like pensions bounties will soon
absorb everything. However. one
thing is very plain-that both poll
tical parties intend to give sugar
raising ample protection. They do
not differ in principle; but in the
mode of applying that principle.
II behooves the farmers, then, Of
North Carolina to give attention to
this new industry, as it promises
much to them as a money crop. W
must diversity our farming oper-
atoms as much so as our manufac-
turing enterprises.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-04-10

Winston Sentinel About forty
Of the hands who work or the rail,
road near Rural Hill, after resolving
their wages last Saturday evening
came down 10 " inston 10 celebrate.
Too much bug juice and pistol got
some Of them in trouble, and four
we're run into the calaboose.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-04-10
COMMISSIONERS LAND SALE.

By virtue Of 40 order Of the su-
periJr Court Of Durham County, the
undersigned will, Oh Saturday Mar
9Th, 1889 Of IL o'clock NJ, at the
Court House door In Durham. N. G.,
cell 70 the highest bidder, about [
one quarter Of sn acre Of land be-
longing " the estate Of Cad Webb,
situated in Hsyti, adjoining Alex.
Day, John Smith and others There
are two houses on said lot formerly
occupied By said Cad Webb, 90 hfs
real dence.
TERMS, one. third cash, balance on
sir months credit with interest from
date Of ssle at 8 per cent. Tit'e rec
tanned 10 secure purchase money,
N. A. Angler,
Commissioner.
Durham. N. G. April let, 1889.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-04-10
THE SUGAR INDUSTRY.

our SIabc OOmfulSslOnef III MS
report, says that the manufacture Of
syrup from sorghum cane as an in
dustry, has come to stay. II came
here in the stresses Of civil war and
the consequent blockade of our
ports, by which the South was isolat-
ed from the world, and suffered
privations similar TO those in city
during Q siege.
But q greater industry from
sorghum cane, is coming to stay.
than that Of syrup, we allude TO
sorghum sugar. The United States
has long been encouraging and aid
ing experiments TO test the new
methods Of making sugar. The
Kansas experiments show that su-
gar making from sorghum cane is
quite a. successful as that Of ribbon
cane on the Gulf coast. While the
sugar beet in somesections promises
TO excel either. This sugar beet in
dustry was the especial and peculiar
pei Of the great Napoleon, BY which
hs hoped to make France independ-
emit Of England's West India islands.
A cartoon of the times represented
Napoleon standing on the cliffs Of
France with q huge sugar beet in
his hand, in the act Of throwing at
KIng George on the bluffs Of the
English channel, who wastrying TO
throw q hammer at Nspoleon-the
hammer representing English me.
ehsnical supremacy. Napoleon very
largely succeeded.
The difficulty has hitherto been,
10 obtain cheap labor in order to gel
cheap sugar, and under the old pro-
eesses of extracting the sugar, cheap
labor was necessity for cheap su-
gar. But the recent discoveries in
methods will revolutionize all that.
The Senators from Louisiana in the
debates on the tariff, stated that I'M
der the new processes, the ribbon
cane Of our Gulf coast would yield
two or three times as much sugar as
formerly; but yet our Gulf coast can
never produce sugar enough for the
people of the United States owing 10
the limited area IN which the ribbon
cane can be cultivated. But The
cultivation Of the sorghum cane Is
only limited BY our extreme north
srn ATTITUDES. II is adopted 10 the
entire South, and most Of the mid
die and Western States. So we may
expect our own people in the near
future 10 raise all the sugar needed
in the United States.
Nearly the whole, il not quite the
whole Of North Carolina, is well
adapted 10 sorghum cane, and as our
people become acquainted with the
use Of the machinery, We may er-
pect 10 see sugar making q general
pursuit Of our farmers.
Attic recent meeting 1.-THE State
Agricultural Board Of Pennsylranis.
ID was stated BY Coz. Beaver and
Prof. Cutler that sugar could be
now made from sorghum at one
cent. Q pound, end leave . handsome
profit 10 the farmer.
The Importance Of the sugar
making industry that il just coming.
was fully revealed in the tariff dis
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-04-10

There was great talk about high
wsges for labor when the Republican
party got into power; but there 10 no
pr spect Cor an increase except in the
wages ofCOngrsssmen.-Paa Record,
Dem.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-04-10

Charlotte Nepg Fifteen new iron
bridges are being built between Char
lotte and Richmond. The Richmond
and Dsnville yet have O few wooden
bridges on its line, but all Of these
have To 20, and iron bridges have
been ordered TO take their place.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-04-10

BY virtue Of . mortgage executed
10 n. M. johnson, by Ben Otom and
vile and duly recorded, I will sell for
cash 1t the Court House door 10 Dur.
ham ct IL O'Clock d., On the 4th day
Of May 1889, q tract Of land CON.
tanning Two acres lying near The
Wooden Mills in Durham county.
For particulars apply 70 me,
X. B. BOONE,
Attorney for Mortgage.
April 3. 80
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-04-10

We certainly have grown beyond
tie time when q juror must be either
. simpleton or an ignoramous. or. Q
combination Of both.-Pitti5ayo
Commercial, Rep.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-04-10

The universal opinions OF the, PHI.
grims TO Washington: This admins
ton 10 too slov."-PhI Times Iad.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-04-10

Perhaps Wsnsmsker 10 not the sine
QUAY non, he has been considered
N. T. World.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-11-27
Mrs. MacKay's Wonderful Parrot.

London is marvellously empty, but
entertainments are still given at Mrs.
Maekay's. 1t is true that the hostess
herself is not vet at home. but a grand
green parrot has sat at thcopen window
since last Sunday, looking out to Buck
ingham Gate, and attracting hundreds
BY its humorous conduct. l have seen
and heard many parrots, but never one
like this. l was returning from hear
ing Burns and Trilett il the Park on
Sunday when | first saw it. The pave
ment in front of the window was
thronged. and everybody was roaring
with laughter, for the bird itself was
laughing so heartily that its example
was contagious. At last it said, with
intense emphasis. well, l declare"
and then burst into convulsions of
laughter again in a manner really too
ludicrous. 1t exchanged remarks with
the spectators, it hailed passing ham
SONS, and on being asked what o'clock
it was, it replied: ''Haif-past four"
which was. in fact. correct. Incredible
as it may seem, the bird, on Monday
afternoon. was asked the same question,
and replied. accurately: IA quarter to
five" So great has been the attraction
of this gay green bird that the police
have had to keep moving the people ON
to prevent obstruction of the traffic.
60 on" cries the bird.-St. Stephens
Gazette.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1889-11-27
Remarkable rimepiece.

On the desk of Edison B. Brace, in
the navy department, is a little rose
wood case writes Washington corre-
spondent. 1t is in the form of a cube.
and contains chronometer such as is
used on all naval vessels. This little
instrument has quite a tragic history
and is held of considerable value. 1t
was the ships chronometer of the un.
fortunate POlaris that WAS sent oat on
an Arctic expedition in 1871. When the
Polaris was nipped in the ice Captain
Hall saved this instrument and some
other things from the vessel. As long
as Captain Hall survived he kept the
chronometer with him. When he
perished it was buried in the Arctic
SHOWS and abandoned. This was some
time in 1872. For fear winters it lay
buried in the snow and ice.
In 1876 Captain Mares, of the British
navy, now Sir George Mares, dis
covered this chronometer at Newman's
Bay. He dag it out of the SNOW and
took it TO England with him on his re.
turn. 1t had then been buried M the
snow for four years in region where
the mercury sinks to 104 degrees below
freezing point. it was found to be in
perfect order, and was wound and ran
all right as soon as taken from its cod
bed. On returning to England Cap
! tain Mares turned the instrument uvcl
to the British admiralty Office, from
whence it was sent 20 this eo"ern ;-.;t.
With all this experience it loses ol;y q
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