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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-30
FARM, HOME and GARDEN
IN DAWN LIKE THIS.
SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN.

When the eerie winds of a sad November
Drearily moan over the valley and plain,
When falls the now of a bleak December,
Or the sudden flood of an autumn rain;
When the heavy iouds like a dark fate hover
Over the desolate waste of earth,
And veil-like mists in compassion cover
The cherries scene OF dreary death:
1 do not miss thee most keenly and sadly,
Soul of my soul and heart of my heart;
1t is not then that l weep most madly
The fate that must keep us forever apart,
But in a dawn like this, when the earth like a
blossom
Smiles in the loving suns warm rays;
And hour by hour the fruits of her bosom
More perfect grow-on this day of days,
long for thy glance as the bird for the fountain,
Through all that divides would quickly flee
For fair Is the dell, the river, the mountain,
And all that is fair is so like thee!
OH sweet is the blue on the fair hills yonder,
And blue is the wave where the waters rise,
And as look l can but ponder
How like it is to the blue of thine eyes.
Down in the valley gloom is hiding,
Beyond the flowers that grow so fair
Beyond the brook that is softly gliding
'iTis like the gloom of thy dusky hair.
And OH as l LOOK to the far off mountains
Such thoughts, such thoughts arise in mel
Mystical songs from the soul 5 deep fountains
But ali, | can sing them to none but thee.
For these pulsing glores of earth and heaven
Are but symbols to me of farer past
When peerless joys to our life were given,
Ere the shadow of Fate was DER it cast.
] close mine eyes, for the beauty Expresses;
In a dream | seek thee far away,
I stand at last where the river caresses
The rocky shores of the northern bay.
Once more in the light of thy love it glances,
live, / live after years of DEATH
And list, in the sweetest of dreamy frances,
To the beautiful words that thy low voice saith.
All though [ may send thee on written message
Never a token and never sign,
Love still shall find surer passage
That human language may not define.
Like those white clouds DER the blue sky sailing
My PRAYER and thought shall follow thee,
And hued DER thy pathway light as unfalllng
As the beacon cast DER the troubled sea.
And by all the birds that are northward flying,
By all the winds that northward blow,
/ will send thee q message of love undying-
Twill reach thee and bless thee, dear heart, ]
know.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-30
DAMAGED ON TIE RAIL.
a Caboose Blown on to the Main Track and
Works Much Damage

RACINE, Wis, Jan. PA bed accident
occurred last night ON the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul railway at Western
Union Junction. Freight train No. "a,
bound from Milwaukee to Chicago, had ar
rived at the junction, and was standing on
sidetrack waiting for the passenger train
to pass. The engine left the train to do
some switching, when the wind blew the
caboose and two other cars on to
the main track There was no
light on the caboose. and when train No.
3, which runs from Milwaukee to Beloit,
came down. the engine smashed into the
caboose aud two cars, going completely
through them. The engineer and fireman
escaped by jumping. Frank Dobkins, the
baggeman ON the passenger train, was
severely hurt. The freight train was in
charge of Conductor Hammond All
trains on the Chicago division were delay
ed four hours by the accident. The en-
CINE was also considerably damaged.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-30
ROBBED BY HIS FRIENDS.
Congressman Belden Threatens Suit
Against Prominent Financiers.

NEW YORK, Jan. f. congressman
James J. Belden, of Syracuse, proposes to
bring snit in the supreme court of this
state against a number of gentlemen
whose names are prominent in the fnan-
cial world, who. he claims, have diverted
many millions of dollars to their own use,
a part of which, he asserts, belongs to
him. He will sue as the owner of fifty
bonds of the Columbus, Hooking Valley
& Toledo road, and when the suit comes
to trial the various eventful
stages through which that long
suffering property passed will be gone
over. Mr.. Belden asserts that IS, 900, 900
of the company's bonds were sold in 1881
on false representations to innocent PEG
pie, and he as one of the innocents, wants
a general accounting, in the belief that
his fifty bonds would become desirable
asset. He even goes so far as to say That
the gentlemen whom he names as defen-
dants conspired with each other, and that
they have the proceeds of the sale of the
bonds in their pockets.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-30

bread for the first time do not get scared at
the smell, for it leaves it In baking. The
next day after setting your meal-rising.
when the morning milking is done. put In
crock or large bowl one quart of warm
new milk; add one teaspoonful salt and
the meal-rising If, however, it smells
the least sour before stirring it in. dissolve
soda the size of a navy bean in a spoonful
of warm milk and mix with it. Then
with your warm -four make a sponge, as If
your meal rising was yeast, and you were
making light yeast bread.
KEEP THE SPONGE WARM,
and if possible have the greatest warmth
at the bottom While it Is rising. which
will be less than an hour. have the -four
warm for tae final mixing into dough.
When the sponge is light and foamy pour
it into the warned and sifted flour, and
mix until you can handle it on the mould
ing board. Knead it well, divide it into
four loaves, kneading each loaf separately
short time. Place in creased pans, and
when the loaTes have risen to double their
original size, moisten the top with sweet
milk. or rub with butter and bake one
hour with a steady heat, turning the pans
often IN baking, or it will rise unevenly
1t you are beginner at baking salt-ris-
ing bread, you may make failure or two
before getting good bread. Cold weather
is bad time to learn. If the days are
long and warm, you need not scald the
meal early IN the morning DIS directed, but
do so at noon. On no account set the
sponge to rise over night, like yeast
sponge, for if the meal-rising is light, the
sponge will rise so quickly that it would
he soured and snoile6 Water NAV hn
used to mix the sponge if you do not have
milk. The sponge rises quicker if made
with water, but the bread is not so white
and delicate. If water is used, warm it,
and just before mixing the sponge in the
-four for the dough, add spoonful of lard
to make the crust more tender. If for
any reason the scalded meal fails to rise by
morning, keep it right warm, and if it is
light at 10 or II o'clock, you may get your
bread done all right before night; but if
everything works just as it should the
bread will be out of the oven by 10 o'clock
on baking day.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-30
BURKE DIDN'T SUICIDE.
Widespread Rumor That the Cronin Muir
derer Ended His Miserable Life.

JOLIET, Jan. "a wild rumor ON the
streets that Burke, one of the Cronin MUIR
derers, had committed suicide sent a re-
porter hustling in the prison where the
deputy warden listened to the report
laughingly and asked how it would be
possible for Burke to get pistol. s'He
said: "They are all in good condition
and working well, and have good appe-
titles. O'Sullivan, who works IN shoeshop
No. 7, freeing shoes and boots, under
Keeper Seville, was sick one day with the
grip, but is all right now. 1t is good
work for him and will cure his dyspepsia.
Burke is coopering under Keeper Tompkins
and works all right. He will make a good
cooper and will soon be able to make
money at over time. Coughlin is squaring
sandstone under Keeper Fred Pirman and
works with a good will. They all behave
themselves we'll and do their work, and
no complaint is made about any Of them.
The boodlers used to be the attraction at
the prison; now they are lost sight of and
the Cronin convicts monopolize all the
curiosity
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-30
A JOLLY SEA-DOG.
How an Intelligent Brute Attends to His
Duties on Shipboard.

There is sheep dog on board the steam
er Horrox, which plies between Rio Gle
Janeiro, New York, and Liverpool, that
regularly takes his station on deck at the
third watch, and can be relied upon as
thoroughly as the Oldest seaman on board,
says the New York Star. His name is
Nick. Whenever a sail is sighted nothing
can stop him until he reports it to the Of
icer on the bridge. He frequently sights
vessel before the lookout and understands
what it is to be the first to report. If he
hears the lookout sing out he understands
perfectly what is said, and will obey any
order the men give him. He Is very
valuable as a barometer. There Is no
change in the weather which is not fore
told by Nick. He only enters the captain s
cabin on important business, either to an
nounce sail in sight or predict change
of weather, which he does In most re-
markable way. When he wants to inform
the captain that sail is In sight he runs
In and barks vigorously several times and
then walks out. When he becomes a
weather prophet he stands on his hind legs
and paws at the barometer, and according
to Capt. Hening and his crew Nick Is US
ually several hours ahead ofthe instrument.
The steamer was at Rio when the revolu-
ton broke out and remained there several
days. The dog usually accompanies the
captain on shore when he goes, but the
morning of the revolution, when the troops
paraded the streets, was very anxious to
know what was going on and jumped
overheard and SWAN ashore to satisfy his
curiosity. When Capt. Hening came
ashore he was met on the wharf by Nick.
who barked furiousiy and tugged at his
pantaloons to go back to the ship. The
captain said he instantly knew something
had happened, and lis fears were verified
when he reached the office of the company
Nick is about years old and has a shabby
bIack-and-tan coat, with the softest and
most intelligent eyes ever set in the head
of an animal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-30
FORTY-THREE DEGREES BELOW.
In Summer the Ground in Alaska is FroE-
en- While Flowers Are in Bloom.

When fellow is hunting around the
boat for cool place, and yearns more for
the shade than be would in Southern Cali
fornia, when he notes grass on the hillside
nearly as high as his head, and can gather
wild roses, daisies and buttercups, rasp-
berries, white and black currants and blue
berries, he thinks: How can this possibly
be an Arctic land? But if he digs down
anywhere for eight inches he will find the
ground frozen solid with frost that never
knows thaw.
1t takes some remark like the encomium
of Jack McQuesting (the old trader at
Forty Mile Creek on the season they had
last winter to remind us that we are in
Arctic regions:
''Last winter was the finest and warm
est season have seen In the country; the
thermometer never fell below forty three
degrees below zero during the winter
Seventy-fve degrees of frost! At Nulato
looked at well Father Rogoneaux was
digging out at his mission, writes cores
pondent from Alaska to the San Francisco
Chronicle. Itwas IS feet deep, and frozen
ground began within eight inches of the
surface and continued down, except for
two layers of sand free from water, as far
as the well had gone, and yet on the sand
it was sultry to man in his shirt sleeves.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-30

upper deck were stove in. Sometime a
terrific wave boarded the ship astern,
crushing IN the turtle back over the ma
chinery and rendering all steering i'm
possible. The steamer was saved from
an almost inevitable wreck only
through the heroic evertions of Captain
Wager and his officers. The damage was
temporarily repaired so as to render steer
ing possible. The weather moderated
somewhat up to Jan. Is, when the gale
was even more terrific than the former,
and lasting till the following morning.
During the remainder of the voyage heavy
westerly gales and high southerly sea
with frequent snow squalls and intensely
cold weather prevailed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-30
THE PASSING YEAR.
LYDIA L. A, VERY

The year has passed with all its miracles,
Of Springs soft, budding leaves and opening
flowers,
Where the Creative Spirit walked anew
Mid all the wonders of prlmeval hours.
Across the summer-grass' electric spires
Came messages that man should still be blest;
And DER the grains lov-bending, golden wires,
That man was still Natures invited guest.
Bright glowed the harvests over field and lea;
Soft blushed the fruits the orchards green be-
neath
While Autumn wove with rich and tasteful
hand,
Of berries, grasses, leaves farewell-wreath.
While DER the land Peace spread her wings
abroad,
Softly descending like the winters snow,
Seeking wars crimson steps to cover o'e
And seeds of mercy in dark burrows SOW.
The Passing Year! Oh, not year doth pass
But hears the impress of a Fathers love;
But shows the guidance of a Heavenly Hand
To point all weary souls beyond, above
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-30
THE LATE MIR. GRADY.
The Visit to His Mother on His Last Christ
mas on Earth.

There are so many little Incidents of
his life among us which are made up of
pleasures and pain of this hour. Well do
| remember, says a writer in the Constitu-
ton, how he spent his last years holiday
season, and the little story he told me of
it as | sat in his office one morning after
New Year S.
He had visited his mother in Athens
Christmas week and he said: | don t
think | ever felt happier than when
reached the little home of my boyhood. |
got there at night She had saved sup
per for me and she had remembered all
the things | liked. She toasted me some
cheese over the fire. Why, hadn' t tast
ed anything like it since | put off my
rounk jackets And then she had some
homemade candy she knew [ used to love,
and, bless her heart, just felt 16 again as
we sat and talked and she told me how
she prayed for me and thought Of me al
ways and what brightness | had been
to her life, and how she heard me coming
home in every boy that whispered along
the street. When went to bed she came
and tucked the covers all around me In
the dear old way that none but mother s
hands know, and felt so happy, and so
peaceful and so full of tender love and ten
der memories that | cried happy, grateful
tears until | went to sleep.
When he finished his eyes were full of
tears, and so were mine. He brushed his
hand arcoss his brow swiftly and said,
laughlngly: why, what are you crying
about? What do you know about all this
sort of feeling?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-30
NEED A PRISON.
Montana Criminals Could Very Easily
Escape From the Penitentiary.

Escape From the Pen1tent1ary.
HELENA, Mont, Jan. %. = Marshal
Irwin, who has charge of the state peni-
Tertiary at Deer Lodge, says that unless
Legislative action to provide an appropria
ton for the penitentiary is soon taken, the
situation will become serious. The peni-
Tertiary which was given by the national
government to the state, can comfortably
accommodate IA convicts, the number
now confined in the institution and
in ii rickety log structures ON the
grounds. These IA convicts
comprising some of the most desperate
characters in the West, are guarded by IA
men. The convicts confined In log build
ings are only partially guarded Ordi-
nary padlocks are used to close the doors,
as there is nothing more available. If a
revolt should occur, nine-tenths of these
desperadoes would escape. But this is not
the worst Of the situation, as the number
of convicts Is increasing rapidly. Marshal
Irwin estimates that the number of con-
victs IN the penitentiary will be increased
to $50 before the winter is ended There
is not dollar available to provide ade-
quate quarters.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-30
SPARKS FROM THE WIRE.

While Andrew Kilian and Geo. Kings
worth, were attempting to rescue John
Gibson from vat filed with boiling
water at Grand Rapids, Mich, they fell
in and were fatally scolded.
The worlds fair bill which was intro
duced in both branches of the New York
Legislature, provides that the people shall
not be taxed dollar but all the money to
come from the city of New York.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-30
Changes Among Postmasters.

WASHINGTON, JAN Exchanges were
made today in Wisconsin postmasters:
G. G. Hardy appointed at Brownstown,
Green county, vice S. Kelley, resigned;
D. Williams at Cassville, Grant county,
vice A. Grill, removed; C. R. Wray at Iron
Belt, Ashland county, vice E. L.
Shafer, resigned; L. Tennersen, at West
Granville, Milwaukee county, vice j. A.
Tennersen. RESIGNED
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-30
Arrest of Four Toughs.

WAsHBURN, Wis. Jan. 24.-Four
toughs named Ed. White, John Haley,
Harry Gray and Phil. Richie, were ar
berry. They had it is charged: stolen goods
to the amont of $50 from different stores
in town. White and Haley are wanted in
Ashland for obtaining money under false
pretenses.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-30
PosToFFICE CASHIER SUICIDES
Twenty Thousand Stolen From the New
York Office by Geo. Lownsburx

IoTh oincc W Uto. -OWnSbury.
New YoRK,-Geo. Lounsbury, cashier
of the postoffice of this city, shot and
killed himself Friday afternoon In Hack
ensaek, n. ]. Investigation developed
the fact that his accounts
wer short to the amount of $4,000. He
has been away from the city for three
days and this morning sent telegram to
postmaster Van Colt, stating that he
was confined to his house by illness and
would attend to his duties as soon as he
got better. Van Colt being suspicious
all was not right set about
investigating Lounsbury's accounts
and discovered the shortage.
Lounsbury had made the daily deposits
at noon and had the handling of sis, 900
or $50, 900 per day. He was thirty wears
of age and married, and besides
his salary as cashier of the post
Office had an income of $1,000 per wear
from his feed store in Hackensack. He
had been cashier since 1890 His bonds
men have been notified that he is a de-
faulter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-30
Had Their Purses.

CLEVELAND, Jan. Pat the after
noon session of the non partisan W. c.
t. e., Mrs. Ellen Foster made an appeal
for funds. and in less than half an hour
3, 500 was pledged By the ladies present.
This is one-fourth of the estimated
mount required for the ensuing year
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-30
FORGED A DEAD MANS NAME.
A Minnesota Rascal Secured Pension Mon
ey and Back Pay.


ST. PAUL, Jan. 23.-Geo. NJ. Smith, OF
Spencerbrook, Mimi: was arrested by U.
): Marshal Campbell for forging the name
Gould was living in the family of Smith
and died July q, 1888. The check for his
pension and back pay was issued at Mil
waukee two days after Gould's death
and Smith receiving the letter con
tanning the check forged the
Endorsement of Gould and drew the money
about 51,000-from the bank at Prince
ton. The forgery was discovered few
days ago through a claim made fol
Gould pension by his widow, living in
Maine. This claim led to an investiga.
ton by the pension office, with the result
that Smith, who is an old man and quite
wealthy, is now an inmate of the Ramsey
county jail.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-30
a ROUGH VOYAGE.
The Highlander Experiences One of the
Fiercest Gales Ever known.

New YORK. Jan. 23.-The steamship
Rhylander. from Antwerp, experienced
some of the toughest weather ever known
on the Atlantic. January 18th one Of the
most terrific storms ever experienced came
en-. Towering waves swept over the decks
with such fury that six life boats on the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-30
Nearly Hanged the Sheriff.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Jan. 24.-Green
Braxton, a negro, was hanged in Jail here
to-day, for the murder of Lewis Pugh,
white, of this city in May, last year. The
drop was sprung before the black cap had
been put on and the sheriff fell with the
negro and was painfully hurt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-30
Like a Desert,

DENVER, Jan. pa freight train on
the Colorado Central near Berthoud, to-
day ran into sand drift which the hur-
ricane had blown into cut. The engi-
neer and fireman were badly injured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-01-30
Influence of the Fireside.

What is wanted is not so much outside
law, but more law and order in the family.
Men are made or marred at the freside.
No artificial daddy with parcel of stat
utes, formal fubdub and textbooks can
take the place of the natural daddy with
his love and common sense and big hick-
ory. When man makes the right kind
of laws for his own family and executes
them, he need not bother himself about
state laws and courts.-Atlanta Constitu-
ton
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-12-08
A CASHIERS REVENGE.

How q Chicago Man Got Ahead OF q
Naughty Bank President.
The cashier of a South Water street
fruit house and the president of one of
the biggest banks in town had finan-
cial disagreement Saturday afternoon
and, according to the Chicago Tribune,
the cashier came off victorious. The
bank is noted for it's unbending business
methods. A draft for $1,000 on the
South Water street firm came to tho
bank. The officers demanded payment
with a certified check before they would
turn over the bill of lading accompany
ing the draft. The cashier of the fruit
house and the president of the bank
had lively conversation through the
telephone.
'Our check is good ut any bank in
town." said the young man. "We can't
keep stock of certified checks on
hand"
1--WE won't accept any thing but a
certified check" said the president.
The young man returned TO his desk
and thought Then he hired horse
and buggy and drove over to another
bank, where he drew out $1,000 in big
silver dollars. He placed them in a bag
and drove back to the store, where two
laborers carried the heavy load into the
office. At four o'clock the notary of the
bank appeared.
There's your money" said the young
man, triumphantly pointing to the bag.
The notary tried to lift the bag, but he
was not strong, and 1900 Of those cart
wheel dollars weigh over IS pounds.
The bag never budged. The, notary
pleaded to be allowed to have the bag
carried over to the bank. The young
man insisted that he must have his
draft and his bill of lading ut once and
that the necessary counting must be
done in the store. The notary was pro-
fame, but profanity didn't do any good,
and he was diplomatic, and diplomacy
failed to work. In the end he was
forced to send for three clerks to count
the money and hire an express wagon
to carry the bag to the bank Then he
turned over the paper and the young
man locked the safe and went home to
prepare for the peaceful Sabbath day.