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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04
EUROPEANS IN AFRICA,
Eng1ishmen Exploring Inland North Of
Sierra Leone-Needs of Travellers.

A British expedition left England
last week for Sierra Leone, where
they will be joined by about 800 ma
tives. The party will meet French
expedition and will go far inland for
the purpose of determining the FROM
tier between the French and English
colonies in the region north Of Sierra
Leone. They will take about year
to perform the task and it is expected
they will march inland 700 miles.
The work before them is of an ardu-
Gus and dangerous nature, as not a
few of the tribes are known to be I'M
friendly and also cannibals. While
carrying out the survey the party will
have to keep an eye on the natives
and devote considerable tine to the
question of food supply.
IL. II. johnson, the explorer, who
has been in Africa most of the time
since he left school, said in a lecture
at Liverpool the other day that men
who 60 to Africa should not be young
er than tweuty-one nor older than
thirty. If they are middle sized and
They must abstain from alcohol, must
be temperate in their eating also, and
in general must lead very orderly
lives if they wish to live there. He
said a great many men who go to the
dark continent indulge in all manner
OF excuses. which they would not be
guilty of at home, and then when
they are stricken down they solemnly
ask what can be expected from such a
beastly climate.
The British are trying hard to raise
$50, 900 to place a small steamer on
Victoria Nyanza for missionaries.
traders, and other white people.
They have not raised quite half the
sum required, and the work seems to
be at standstill. Stanley has made
another appeal for funds, and has
called attention to the fact that the
Germans succeeded IN a short time in
raising money enough to build two
steamers, which are to be launch ed
on the same lake. If this appeal
does not bring the money needed the
British committee will return the fund
to the subscribers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04
FOREIGN.

The British ship Subbourne sunk in a
collision off Dupgeness. Eleven of the
crew are missing.
By an explosion in a colliery near
Balton on the Goth eight miners lost their
lives.
HEAVY gales prevail in the south and
west of England. Many vessels are seek
ing shelter.
The official acceptance by the duke Of
Nassau of the crown OF Luxembourg has been
published.
A LONDON Catholic priest who spoke
against Parnell was assaulted by his con-
gregation after mass.
THE condition of Rev. Mr.. Spurgeon,
who is suffering from an attack of acute
govt, is improving.
A DISPATCH from Buenos Ayres says
Tuesday forenoon gold was unofficially
quoted at 20 per cent. premium.
THE police on Tuesday secretly examin-
ed a young woman who is believed to lie
NJ lie Bromburg who was acquitted at the
recent Nihilist trial at Paris.
Mr.. GLADSTONE says that Mr.. Parnell
must retire but the latter refuses to do so,
and the unionists are pleased over the
prospect of disruption in the liberal ranks.
The British steamship Uppingham
from Cardiff for Port Said, which went
ashore at Hartland, is breaking up. Her
missing boat has been found with one
survivor in it. The other four were lost
DISPATCHES from EIberfeld say thai
the Wupper river has risen and five per
sons were drowned. Great damage il
done in the vicinity of Barmen. At Bo
stock and other points the timber yards
and other streets are submerged.
THE Prince of Wales has already drawn
over SIC, 900. 600 from England's treasury
but it has in no way interfered with th'
extent of his debts.
THE recent snowstorm in England is tn
severest since the Crimean war, sheep ar
dying by thousands, it being impossible t.
give them food and shelter.
THE Austrian government will be aske'
to grant redress in the case of a American
citizen named Charles Pitzale, native 0
Galicia, who was arrested while visitin.
that province, on the charge of havin.
evaded army service, and releases
through the intervention of the American
minister.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04

Well write it down till
everybody sees it
Till everybody is sick of
seeing it
Till everybody knows it
without seeing it
that DR.. Sage's Catarrh Rem
edy cures the worst cases of
chronic catarrh in the head,
catarrhal headache, and "cold
In the head"
In perfect faith, its makers,
the Worlds Dispensary Med
zeal Association of Buffalo,
N. Y, offers to pay $500 to
any one suffering from chronic
catarrh in the head whom
they cannot cure.
Now if the conditions we're
feVerSed-1 they asked you to
pay $500 for positive cure
you might hesitate. Here are
reputable men, with years of
honorable dealing; thousands
of dollars and a great name
back of them and they say
ave can cure you because
we've cured thousands like
you-if we can't we'll pay
you $500 for the knowledge
that there's one whom we
can't cure"
They believe in themselves.
Isn't it worth a trial? Isn't
any trial preferable to catarrh?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04
ONE WAY TO STEAL DIAMONDS.
A Trick That Admits of the Thief SUBJ
hitting to Be Searched.

A Trick That Admits of the Thief SUBJ
hitting to Be Searched.
1t is natural that articles of great
value are objects of temptation. We
are prepared to understand that the
common thief is constantly scheming
TO gain possession of precious stones
and jewelry, but it is a matter Of sur
prise to learn, through stories that
come from across the ocean, of the
tricks that are INDUCED in there by
the diamond trade-the legitimate.
everyday dealers in precious stones.
The peculiarly of this condition of
things is that the sharp practice of
dealers does not involve their reputa-
ton or Standing. the thing beng
looked at as matter of shrewdness,
and rather aumlred as a clever piece
of business. An anecdote is related
to illustrate this:
A dealer called upon a firm with
whom he was in the habit of transact
| ing business and asked to see a lot or
! diamonds. After examining them for
some time he returned the paper, say
ing he would call again in reference
to buying them. 1t was at once no
ticed that a large stone was missing.
| A hasty search was made, but no
| trace of the diamond being discov-
cred. the dealer without more ado was
accused of having taken the brilliant.
He Indignantly denied the charge, and
submitted without hesitation to being
searched.
The stone was not found and pro-
fuse apologies were offered for the
/ false accusation. The following day
the dealer appeared again, this time
with a paper of diamonds to sell, but
also with another object in view
which he took good care not to dis
close. A careful observer might have
noticed, that while the stones were
being examined at the light, he raj
his fingers along the under surface O.
the portion Of the counter near which
he sat, and picked off something tina
stuck to the wood.
It was nothing more or less thar
the diamond which had SO mysteri
ously disappeared the day before. He
had fastened it to the counter b,
means of piece of wax with which
he had provided himself, and on thu
occasion of his second visit secured
his booty.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

THE barrel works of B. F. Horn & Co.,
at East St. Louis was burned Saturday
morning. Loss SIS, 900.
THOMAS BLACK was found asphyxiated
in his room at a. hotel in Ironton, 0. He
had blown out the gas.
THE eight persons who were overcome
by smoke at an earl y Tuesday morning fire
at 37S and $50 State street, Chicago, have
almost recovered.
A MINER was buried beneath several
tons of ore at the Taylor's Forks, Wis,
mine Tuesday. He was taken out dead
He leaves a Wits and family.
The Cheboygan Lumber Company's
docks at Cheboygan, Mich, caught fire
Tuesday morning ana lumber, docks, tram.
ways and other property to the value OF
5000, COO were destroyed.
UNKNOWN parties set fire to barn own
ed by Peter Schwartz, Of Prospect Hull
Wis, and it was destroyed, together with
200 bushels of grain. The loss is 81, 500,
without insurance.
FIRE dest1oyed 100000 worth of lum-
Der at Sheboygan belonging to the Sheboy-
gan lumber company.
The North Pacific hotel and the build
ings of the Oregon Pottery Co., Portland,
The loss is s150,000. 1t is fully insured.
A FREIGHT train on the Spokane branch
of the Union Pacific was wrecked last
night near Haystack. The engineer, fire.
man and one brakeman were instantly
killed. Another brakeman was fatally in
jured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04
SHlL.
CONSUM PTION
CURE.

The success of this Great Cough Cure is
without parallel in the history of medicine.
An druggists are authorized to sell it on a DOS
tive guarantee, test that no other cure can sue
cessfully stand. That it may become known,
the Proprietors, at an enormous expense, are
placing Sample Bottle Free into every home
in the United States and Canada. If you have
Cough, Sore Throat, or Bronchitis, use it, for
It viii cure you. If your child has the Group,
or Whooping Cough, use it promptly, and relief
Is sure. If you dread that insidious disease
Consumption, use it. Ask your Druggist for
SHILOH'S CURE, Price 10 Cts, SO cts. and
$500. If your Lungs are sore or Back lame,
use Shiloh's Porous Plaster Price Is cts.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04
LATEST NEWS CONDENSED.
GENERAL NOTES.

VERMONT has adopted the Australian
ballot system.
DIR. AUSTIN SCOTT has been elected
president of Rutgers college.
KING WILLIAM ILL.,, of Holland, died
at E clock on the morning of the 23d.
Col. J. R. BAKER, a wealthy stock
broker of Philadelphia, has disappeared
mysteriously.
HEIRS at law of VIM. B. Ogden, of New
York, who left an estate of s4,0OO,OO0
will contest his will.
A RACE war is on at Brownsville, Miss.
and the negroes are in arms and threaten
to burn the town.
l.. W. MORGAN received a shock oil
LOCO volts of electricity and was not
killed.
POSTMASTER GENERAL WANAMAKER is
reported to have mortgaged his Washing
ton house for $4,000.
THE New York World has been bought
by George W. Childs and A. J. Drexel Of
Philadelphia for 100000.
DR.. PERRIN of Chicago the Baptis'
minister who was accused Of unbelief, is
| defended by his congregation.
JAMES L. PUGH Nov. 28th was re,
elected to the United States senate by the
Alabama Legislature at Montgomery.
CHARLES KERN, the new treasurer OF
Cook county. ILL.,, filed his official bonds
Saturday. The sum is $500, 900, and
there are fourteen sureties.
EVANGELIST MOODY talked to an audi,
ence of 5000 people in the Chicago Ave
nue. church Sunday night. He will re-
main some days.
GEN. Busy. assistant secretary of the
interior, has decided that soldier who
was dishonorably discharged cannot re-
ceiye pension.
JOHN G. E. McELRoY, professor OF
rhetoric and the English language at
the university of Pennsylvania, died
Tuesday morning of consumption.
JUDGE KILLAM, of Winnipeg, has de-
cided that the Catholic public schools in
Manitoba must be abolished and an APP
peal will be taken to the prlvy council of
Great Britain.
THOMAS H. ALLEN & Co., Of Memphis,
Tenn, one of the oldest and most extern
sive cotton commission firms in the south,
made an ASSIGNMENT Tuesday. The assets
and liabilities are as yet unknown, but it
is claimed creditors viii eventually be paid
dollar for dollar
Mrs. CEsMER KNEcHT, of Chicago, has
mysteriously disappeared from the home
of her relatives at Freeport, ILL.,, and it is
feared that she has drowned herself, as
some of her clothes have been found on the
river bank.
A GANG of men engaged in digging a
water pipe trench near the third ward
school, at Racine. found two human skele-
ton Tuesday morning. 1t is supposed the
men ran into an old cemetery, established
there in 1910. The skeletons were per
fectIy preserved.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04
Mortar Balls.

There is no hod carrying in Japan,
writes a correspondent from Toxic.
The natives have a method of trans.
porting mortar which makes it seem
more like play than work-to an on.
locker.
Three men were repairing the rooI
of one-story building the other day
by resetting the heavy blacks tiles IN
mortar.
The mortar was mixed in pile on
the street. One man made this up
into balls of about six pounds weight
which ne tossed up to a man who
stood on a ladder midway between
the roof and the ground. This man
deftly caught the ball and tossed it up
to the man who stood On the roof.
This was playing ball to good purpose.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIc SYRUP co.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04
WASHINGTON.

The supreme court on Monday affirmed
York in the uiig electrocution case upon
the same grounds laid down in The Kemm-
Ter case, and refuses to interfere to prevent
the execution.
THE supreme court of the United States
on Monday decided that the United States
has Jurisdiction over the Island Of Navassa,
rioters under sentence Of death must
hang.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04
A $3.50 Paper for SI.75.

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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04

"DoN'T hang to my skirts and cry So"
said mamma to her peevish and pale-look-
ing little girl. All! mother, if you would
give it Dr. Bulls Worm Destroyers it would
soon feel well, and contentedly play with its
blocks and TOYS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04
+ OF q Local
Dis sc

Because catarrh affects your head it is not there
fore local disease. If it did not exist in your
blood it could manifest itself IN your nose.
The blood now in your brain Is, before you finish
reading this article back in your heart again and
soon distributed to your liver stomach Kidneys and
SO Whatever impurities the blood does not carry
away cause what we call diseases. Therefore when
you have catarrh of the head snuff or other in
halant can at most give only temporary relief The
only way to effect is to attack the disease in
the blood, by taking a constitutional remedy like
Hoods Sarsaparilla which eliminates all impurities
and thus permanently cures catsrrh The success
of Hoods Sarsaparilla q remedy for catsrrh II
vouched for by many people it has cured.
Hoods SarsapariIIa
Sold BY all druggists 81; six for IS. Prepared only
BY G. L HOOD CO., Lowell, Mass
100 Doses One Dollar
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04

A late novelty is an invalid's chair pro-
PEELED by electricity. The battery will drive
it over an ordinary road for nine hours at
the rate of six miles an hour.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04

An old cathedral is still standing about
seven miles from Tucson, where it was erect
ed by the first missionaries over three and
half wears ago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04
CRIME.

F. j. KYLE, Chicago man, is in limbo
at San Diego for passing bogus check
R. McKIrTR1cK, formerly a Catholic
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04

ers is the flesh of the Mexican hairless dog.
1t is said to taste like spring chicken and is
considered great dainty. These dogs are
raised in large numbers and fattened for the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04

From a comparison of the registers of
measurements made for army purposes, it
appears that American soldiers are, on the
whole, as well developed as those who fill
the ranks of EurOpean armies.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04

DESERVING OF CONFIDENCE There
is no article which so richly deserves the en-
tire confidence of the community as
BROWN's BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs. Those suf-
fering from Asthmatic and Bronchial Dis
cases. Coughs, and Colds, should try them.
Price % cents.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04

Bronchitis is cured by frequent small doses
Of Piso's Cure for Consumption.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04

1t was recently found, taking the city of
Frankfort, which has a population of 167,-
600 and is one of the wealthiest for its popu-
lation in Germany, that there were 35, 2S7
self-supporting adults who were earning an
annual income of less than $216 year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04

The most astonishing novelty in Paris is
calculating machine, invented by M. Bolle,
of LIE Mans. By simply turning wheel it
adds, multiplies and divides any number of
figures up to lines of fifteen, and with amaz-
ing rapiditv
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04
Rrrcu.u,s Pu1s cure Sick-Headache.

A distinguished Bostonian has been pay
ing an election bet by playing cornet on
the Back Bay streets and collecting what
pennies he could for the performance.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04

Is it economy to save few cents buying a
cheap soap or strong washing powder, and
lose dollars in ruined rotted clothes? If not,
use Dobbins' Electric Soap, white as snow,
and as pure. Ask your grocer for it,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04

A service of carrier pigeons is to be es-
tablished between Zanzibar and Lake Nyas-
sa, in Africa. The stations will be thirty
miles apart.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04
Ask Your Friends About 1t.

Your distressing cough can be cured: We
know it, because Kemp's Balsam within the
past few years has cured so many coughs
and colds in this community Its remark
able sale has been won entirely by its genu-
inc merit. Ask some friend who has used it
what he thinks of Kemp's Balsam. There
is no medicine so pure, none so effective
Large bottles soc. and 81 at all druggists
Sample bottle free.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04

No Opieula in Pis0's Cure for Consumption.
Cures where other remedies fail. Csc.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04
HOw's This!

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
taking Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY Il CO., Props, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for TIE last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tons and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
West Il Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Tole-
do, O.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucus
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists.
The alligator is one of those animals
which, like the parrot and tortoise, live fo1
an indefinite term. 1t is never full grown al
less than twenty years, and may grow after
that. 1t is not known how long it may live
but it commonly attains the age of 100 years
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04
EUM \ d UhAN,
207 and 200 Grand Ave, Milwaukee

There are about u, 900 persons in prison,
in the United States. There are, at least, as
many more persons out of prison who be-
long to the criminal class, making 10000
criminals or one for every 400 inhabitants.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-12-04

For the benefit of those who expect to
purchase piano in the near future, l wish
to announce that all persons who buy early
will save a large percentage. l nave no
agents nor solicitors, and therefore can
make it an object and will sell the finest
line of instruments at greater reduced
prices than any house in the Northwest.
Catalogues free. Correspondence solicited.
Terms to suit everybody.