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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-11
THE DEVILS DEN.
Queer Stories Told About Remarkable
Florida Cavern.

Queer Stories Told About Remarkable
Florida Cavern.
The cave near Joseph Dee III Hamilton
county, Fla, known as the Devils Den,
has ever been mystery. No one now
living has ever explored Its depths, and
many curious tales are told In connection
with it. The editor of of the Jasper News
has gone by it at least a half dozen times,
with the express purpose of exploring it,
but upon reaching Its opening, deep down
In dark ravine, OverShadowed by tall
pines and spreading oaks. feeling the cold,
chilly current of air that is peculiar to the
place, listening to the dripping waters
echoing In the cavernous depths, viewing
the overhanging rocks, which seem ready
to give way and fall, and the impenetrable
darkness of the cavern, all combined, have
never failed to produce feeling of awe
that would soon ripen into fear, and
cause him to get away from the place fast
er tnan he went to it.
1t is related that in the early history
OF the country old Uncle Billy Bassett
once happened to pass that way aC a late
hour III the night. 1t was brilliantly
lighted up, and the sound of music and
revelry were heard therein. He knowing
nothing of the cave. joyfully supposed that
he was approaching some house where he
could obtain rest for the night. Going
down into the ravine, he followed its
course till upon turning an angle of rock
he came full upon the mouth of the cavern,
an opening some twelve feet high and
twenty wide. He took one look at the
scene within, and incontinently fled from
the spot with the speed of frightened
deer, He said that on 81 high ledge of
rock four or five uncoutE-looking charact-
ers were clustered, making music on in
struments that he was unacquainted with,
while on the floor any number of naked
yellow devils seven feet high were dancing
with might and main. Ever since that
it has been called the Devils Den.
Another story is that during the war it
was occupied as refuge ard hiding place
for deserters. One of them one day con-
Guided that, to pass away the time which
was hanging so heavily on his hands, he
would explore the cave and see what it
contained. Up to this time its occupants
had never gone over thirty or forty yards
into it. So procuring good torch and
accompanied by companion, he set out
or rather in, ON voyage of discovery.
At distance of seventy or eighty yards
they came across hundreds OF skeletons of
human beings, which so terrified them
they quit the cave entirely, preferring a
life in the army to an abode with the
dead in that lonely cavern.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-11
SMASHED INTO THE MOTOR
AShocking Casualty Occurs on Rail-
road Crossing in Cleve-
land.
An Engine Dashes Into all Electric
Motor, Producing Ruin
and Death.
At Least Dozen Persons are Terribly
Injured, Some Fatally
Bloody Details.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. Ga fright
full accident occurred at the Wilson av-
enue crossing of the New York, Chicago <
st. Louis railroad at 1870 o'clock to-
nj ght, by which at least a dozen persons
were terribly injured, some fatally. The
crossing is on d step grade, down which
runs an electric street railroad line. At
the time the accident occurred freight
train was standing close to the crossing on
the south track The electric motor, draw
ing one car, was approaching from the south
The safety gates were up and the road
was apparently clear. just as the motor
crossed the railroad track a locomotive
running about twenty miles an hour
dashed out from behind freight train.
The pilot of the engine struck the electric
train between the motor and the trail car,
tearing them apart and hurting one
to each side of the track. At
least score of people were on the trail
car and they were tumbled about In all
directions, some being hurled d dozen
feet away and others were pinned under
the car which was demolished. The
street railroad barns were close to the
scene of accident, and a rescuing party
was soon on hand The victims were
taken from the wreck and hurried
away In ambulances to hospital
Ali of them were so
badly injured that they had to be carried
from the wreck There was no warning
whistle and the bell was not rung. The
engine ploughed right through the street
cars and the screams of the frightened
passengers rose above the crashing of the
cars. A moment later the injured passen-
gers were lying about, groaning In agony.
Two sisters, Louise and Minnie Mock were
in the car They we're lifted out tendery
and partially revived. Minnie's body was
terribly crushed and the blood trickied
from IN ugly wound in the head. She
was taken to st. Alexis hospital and
died in half an hour. Her sister Louisa
was badly hurt about the head and
arms, the muscles Of the right forearm
being torn away from the bone. She will
doubtless recover The wrecked cars were
spattcred with blood and the hands, face
and clothing of the rescuers were covered
with the crimson fluid. The following
is a list of the injured:
Minnie Mock aged "a, crushed, died at
the hospital.
J. A. Moore, % years; right arm
crushed, left arm lacerated.
Annie Nlemann, collar bone broken,
face cut.
Louisa Mock. cut Oh the head and the
arms.
edward Watson, right foot crushed.
Charles Woods, body bruised.
George Somers, leg cut.
George Netf, Lizzie Cable. Lizzie and
Eliza Bragg, Mrs. Mooney, Frank Rose,
Leora Howell, all painfully but not SER
iOuely cut and bruised
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-11
PANIC IN \ NINE.
A Fire Causes Pandemonium Among
Crowd of Miners.

SCRANTON, Pa, Sept. 5.-The lives of
300 men and boys working in the Cayuga
mine were in deadly peril this afternoon
through the burning of an engine house,
and for a time a pandemonium existed
about the mouth of the mine, where
a great crowd of men, women and children
were gathered. The fire stopped the fans,
shutting off all the air currents and the
suffocation of the men seemed probable
The miners, however, fed to the workings
of the Brisbine mine, out of which they
oil oScapad
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-11
The Dog Knew Where to Go.
San Francisco Examiner.

"Bow-wow," barked the dog and DR..
Wolf dropped his paper to takea look at
the canine sitting on rug at his feet.
"Helow, what the matter with you?"
The dog raised his right forepaw and
the whine he uttered was dog talk for
Look at it; it hurts -
DR.. Wolf did look at it, and found inn
bedded in the under side of the paw a
large piece of glass.
''How did you get that?'
Doggie could not answer except by an
other vine;
"Wel, come along, old fellow. I'll fix
it for you
The dog limped painfully after the ply
stefan from the Office of the Receiving Hos
pital into the operating room, where Stew
ard Trowing lifted him to the padded Ia
bic. Matron Karr procured the pinchers,
needle and thread, drainage tube, loda-
form, water and lint, while the doctor
took the injured paw in his hand and
skillfully extracted the glass. The
wound was ceansed, the edges sewed to-
gether and the paw bandaged as cerefully
and scientifically as though the patient
was human being. Never whine did
doggie utter, but slow movement of his
tail to the right and left testified to his
gratitude.
Nov, you re all right
Down from the table jumped the patient
with joyous 'bow-wow," and after
scampering around the room few times
just to show that his paw didn't hurt any
more he scurried out to the street
An hour later he walked into the hos
pital again with mournful expression In
his eyes and the bandage gone from his
foot. DR., Wolf rebandaged the wound,
made it secure and away trotted the dog.
why did he come In here?" said the
doctor in response to an inquiry. ''Oh, |
don't know; he's tramp Jog and hangs
around here nearly all the time. He's
seen many an operation performed in this
room. | suppose instinct taught him that
this was the place to get his paw fixed. |
do hope, however, that he won't go and
tell all the dogs in town about it, as the
city may be forced to establish a canine
hospital.
On the register of the hospital the stew
ard made the entry:
July %, 1890.-A canine -lacerated
wound on paw--discharged II 30 a. m.
Remarks: Came to the hospital unaccom-
pali ID"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-11
SOME GOOD ADVICE.
Negro Ministers Admonished to Cease Pre-
pairing Classical Sermons.

CHICAGO, Sept. 5.-At today session
of the African NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Zion
church conference there was heated dis
cussion over the fact that many ministers
are short in payments to the general fund.
Bishop Lomax closed the debate with
vigorous speech in which he said that
if the older ministers could not
do their duty by the church
younger men would be selected. He adj
monished them to cease digging out CLASH
cal sermans to read to their congregations
and to talk common sense and advised
them In case that they could not make
letter showing to leave the pulpit, hire
mule and go to blowing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-11
DIABOLICAL DEMONS AT WORK.
A Desperate Attempt to Ditch a Loaded
Passenger Train.

PoUeHKEEPsIE, n. Y, Sept. 8--A des-
perate attempt was made tonight to wreck
the Iast st. Louis and Chicago express
which leaves New York on the New York
Central at 6 o'clock p. m. The train
Was stopped by danger signal south
of Old Troy and 900 yards south of the
New Hamburg draw bridge. Two
minutes previous the fiagman had dis
covered several ties standing endways In a
cuIvert near the old Troy and when he at
tempted to remove he was fired at from the
bushes on the east side of the track.
Knowing that the fast express was nearl y
due he ran southwark and set the danger
signal which stopped the train. The flag
man said the ties stuck up above the rails
and would have certainly thrown the train
from the track The fast train was COM
posed of seven or eight sleeping cars,
all full, two ordinary coaches
and baggage car. There were
eight ties on the upper main track. There
were also two ties placed alongside of the
rail toward the south, so as to ditch the
train. The train passed here half an hour
later
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-11
HEARr-RENDING SCENES.
A Premature Blast Sends Many Souls Into
Eternity.

Eternity
SPOKANE FALLS, Wash, Sept. Gust
before six clock this evening premature
blast killed fifteen men and possibly many
more in the Northern Pacific yard. The
full extent of the disaster is yet unknown.
1t was just before the hour of quitting
work and a large force of men were er gag
ed in blasting out a huge rock pile Of the
Northern Pacific freight yards in the east
ern lart of the city. From fifty to seventy
FIVE men were at work in the cut at the
time. Fifteen have been taken out dead
A number of injured and still others come
out alive. All is confusion and
1t is impossible yet to get names or par
ticulars. Some of the workmell were pre-
pairing blast to be touched off after the
other workmen and teams had departed
for the night. One blast had been pre-
pared. In putting in the another it was
exploded, the jar touching off the first
blast Twenty-Five thousand cubic feet of
rock were thrown over upon the unsus
pecting mass of humanity with terrible re-
suits. Hundreds of people soon gathered
at the scene, and the work of taking out
the dead and injured has since been going
on. The scenes at the hospital are heart
rendinr
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-11
A HIGHLY SENSATIONAL REPORT.
Rumored that j. v. Farwell Firm is ol
the VERGE of Ruin.

CHICAGO, Sept. 8.-A report from the
saving that rumors of the failure of the
great dry goods firm of J. V. Far
we'll & Co., of this city, were cur
rent in the east, the cause of failure
being attributed to the alleged interest of
the firm recently collapsed, Porter, Love &
Co., of Boston. J. V. Farwell, Jr., entered
a most emphatic denial of the story
which he characterized as a malicious
falsehood a sensational report was
telegraphed here from Wauke-
sha today TO the effect that
Senator Farwell is almost at the point Of
death, was also denied, and it was stated
that he was steadily improving
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-11

ton.
Scribner.

The development of the American colonies,
their rapid growth In the century preced-
ing the American revolution, depended in
a large measure on a botanical accident,
viz, on the introduction of tobacco in the
commerce Of the world No contribution
from the newly discovered lands has ever
been so welcomed as this so called noxious
weed. No new faith has ever travelled so
fast and far among men as the habit of
smoking. In scarce a century from the
first introduction of the plant in Europe,
its use had spread to nearly half the peo-
plies cf the old world. The eastern coast
of America, from the Hudson southwark
to South Carolina, is peculiarly well suited
for the growth of the tobacco plant, and
the rapid extension of the British colonies
in America, which brought their, popula-
ton at the time of the Revolution to a
point where they numbered about one-sixth
part of the English people, was largely due
to the commerce which rested upon the
use of this plant.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-11
SUFFOCATED IN A WELL.
Three NJ en- suffer Death From the Action
ofFOuI Gases.

New YORK, Sept About o'clock
this morning John Dillon. laborer, went
down into a we'll which he had been en-
gagged to clean on the property OF Kate
Dillon, in West New Brighton, Staten
Island After his being down short
time and it being noticed he had stopped
work, Thomas Sheehan climbed down
to see what was the matter with
Dillon. When nearing the bottom of
the well Sheehan was seen by. the
onlookers to throw up his hands and fall
heavily to the bottom. A man named
Fleming then volunteered to go down and
rescue the two men, He edged his way
down. but had gone only little way when
he gave cry, threw up his hands and
fell to the bottom After some difficulty
and no little danger ropes and hooks were
secured and the dead bodies of the three
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-11
Chicago Market.

CHICAGO, Sept. 5. - Flour Dull: no sales
Wheat Easy: IS for seller cash; IoOS for
seller December: O4$ for seller May Corn
Steady; 49, for seller cash; 451s for seller DC
tober; AZ for seller May. Oats Easy:
35 for seller cash: 35ls for seller October: 3SL
for seller May Mess pork-Steady; 10 90 for
seller cash: 10 for seller October: IL so for
cash: go for seller October; 662Is for seller
January. Rye Easy; No. p SO. Barley
Steady; No. 2, IS. Flax seed = Steady; No l.
1.421a. Prime timothy seed-Easy; 1881 30
Whisky-1.13. Butter-creamery, 14@22: dairy,
10@I7. Cheese-Dull; full cream cheddars,
S5@9; flats, S1sG9A. Eggs Fresh, 15@16
Shoulders 75@5. S71s; short ribs 5.2505 35;
short clear, 5.6O@5.70. Hides - Unchanged;
heavy and light green salted7Ha; sailed bull, 81.
green sailed calf, S1a09; dry flint, 8; dry sailed
hides, 4; dry calf, 500; dea ons, 80 cents Tai
ow-Unchanged; No. l, solid, AZ ; No ,, caked
AZ
Flour-Receipts. IL 600; shipments, 1900
Wheat-Recepts, 81 600; shipments, $1,000.
Corn-Recoipts, 232, 900; shipments, 542, 00G
Oats-Receipts, 229, 900; shipments, $4,000.
CHICAGO, Sept. 6.--The Drovers' journal re-
ports: Cattle-Receipts, $4,000; natives higher,
ranging from 3.0o@5 10; Texans, 2.5592.S5;
rangers, 26004 40. Hogs-Receipts, $4,000; &C
tive and higher; packers and mixed, 41O04 40;
prime heavy and butchers, .50@14.65 Sheep
Receipts, 5000; steady; natives 4.0G04.s0;
western, 405(14. sc.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-11

Midst Ringing of Bells and Booming of
Cannon He is Worshipped.

LA LIBERTAD, Salvador, Sept s.
Amid the clamor of church bells, the
salvos of artillery and strains of music
1000 men of the Salvadorian army made
triumphal entry into the capital this morn
ing, under command of the president
general in chief. They had come from
the frontier. The whole city is profusely
decorated and the streets were packed with
enthusiastic multitudes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-11
DISCOVERED IN THE WOODS.
A Farmer Finds an Insane Woman Wan
dering About.

dering About.
WAUsAU, Wis, Sept. Ga farmer
named Jackson came into the city having
in charge an insane woman whom he had
discovered in the woods near Sandy Creek
Her clothes were in delapidated condi-
ton, and her feet were bare and bleeding.
She had evidently wandered about in the
woods for days. and was nearly starved.
1t was with the greatest difficulty that she
was kept in the vehicle until the city was
reached. She was turned over to the
sheriff, who put her into cell, where she
has since remained, all efforts to learn
her identity prove fruitless, as she is
unable to tell her own name. 1t is
supposed that the unfortunate woman is
an escaped inmate from some insane asy-
lum.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-11
The German Emperor and His Friends
Inspect the Fleet in Flens-
berger FiOrd.
About $4,000 Persons are Rendered
Destitute by the Floods at
Prague.
ROchefOrt InfiictS Three Wounds on
Ihiebound in the Duel
Recently Fought.

BERLIN Copyrighted by the n. 7. asso-
ciated press, Sept, 6.-Emperor William
Gen. Won MoIke, Gen. Won Goltxe. Count
Won Waldersee, Arch Duke Stephen and
Admiral Sterneck, of the Austrian navy
today watched on board the flag ship Baden
the manouvers of the feet in Flensberger
Fiord. The opinions of experts. both
British and Austrian. concur as to the ad-
mirable condition of the German fleet and
wonderful developments of the navy The
public interest In the manouvres is slight,
but the emperor has kept the attention
centered upon his movements by the sug-
gestive utterances at official banquets, OBJ
vlousiy aiming to proclaim steadfast adj
hesion to the Austrian alliance.
The Reichsanzelger publishes an official
version of speeches which is calculated to
sooth Austrian jealousies arising over the
Peterhoff interviews and to prepare the
way for the conferences with Francis Jo-
seph during the manouvres in Silesia.
Government circles are agitated over the
new project for a reform in the Herren-
haus initiated by the emperor under the
instigation of Herr Miguel. 1t is the in
tention of the government to so organize
the Herrenhaus as to destroy the conserv-
ative majority in that house hostile to the
social reforms proposed by his majesty
It is estimated that $4,000 persons in
Prague are rendered destitute by the flood
and that thousands more are sufferers in
other flooded districts. Subscription lists
have been opened here and at Vienna.
In the recent German manouvres
smokeless powder was used with great
success.
PARIS, Sept 6. - From later dispatches
describing the Rochefort duel, it appear
that the combatants fought fercely for
twelve minutes. Rochefort displayed
great agility Thiebaud received three
wounds, one each in the left temple, right
cheek and right thigh. After the third
round the doctors ordered the
the fight stopped. Thiebaud went
to Brussels where he is confined to bed
with hi. wounds, they are not serious how
ever.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-11
TO BUILD A HOSPITAL.
superior Capitalists Take Considerable
Interest in the Enterprise

Superior Capitalists Take Considerable
Interest in the Enterprise.
SUPERIOR, Wis, Sept. Cdr. F. M.
Pieronnet, formerly of Minneapolis, now
of Superior, has spent the last few days in
looking over the hospitals at st. Paul and
Minneapolis. Superior, the doctor says
is very short of hospitals. and he has
succeeded in interesting some capitalists
there in plan to build $780, 900 hospital.
The new company has received consider
able encouragement from the dock com
panies and other corporations employing
large numbers of men in more or less
dangerous occupations, and the doctor
hopes to see the new building we'll under
way this season.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-11
PACINE LADY DEAD.
Mrs. Frederick P1atz's Demise Occurs Sun
day Morning.

RACINE, Wis, Sept. 8.-Mrs. Freder-
lex Platz died here Sunday morning.
Three years ago her husband died and his
remains were taken to Cincinnati and
cremated. They have since been pre-
served in an urn, and at his request. made
just before he died, they will be placed in
the coffin with his wife. This couple
came from Berlin, Germany and leave a
large family.
Saturday Mayor Webber issued an or
der forbidding Sunday night carousals on
the street, which order was generally
obeyed, being in strong contrast to the
noisy gangs that have infested the princl-
pal thoroughfares Sunday evenings for the
past three months.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-11

The Defunct TEL artford Corporation to Be
Substituted b. a Private Concern.

HARTFORD, Wis, Sept. 0.-Conrad
Hauser and Edward McCollow will open
private bank here tomorrow to take the
place of the defunct institution. They
possess not only the necessary capital but
the confidence of the people, who have
known them for years, Mr.. Hauser is a
successful farmer and Mr.. McCollow lives
at Juneau.
The wife of Banker Cook is evidently
feeling the way toward making a PROPOSE
ton to let her husband return home with
out danger of prosecution, several signs
pointing that way, though no definite
offer has yet bt en- made.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-11
KILLED A NEGRO.
W. j. Morris Did not Desire to Have His
Rest Disturbed.

WARRINGTON, Ca, sept. Tom
Adams, (colored, was killed in difficulty
late last night by W. J. Morris, white
proprietor of the Warrenton hotel Adams
was quarreling with another negro when
Norris, who had retired, got up and re-
quested them to move on as they were
disturbing his guests. Adams resented
this, and a difficulty ensued in which he
was fatally shot, Negroes threaten
vengeance but the citizens are thoroughly
prepared for any emergency.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-11
TO IMPROVE THE MARK ELS.
Lead Miners Form a Cooperative Associa
ton at PlatteviIIe.

itOh ldLteN1llt.
PLATTEvILLE, Wis, Sept. San Or
ganization of great Importance to miners
throughout the lead and zinc regious of
the country has just been perfected at
Shullsburg, the membership baing COM
posed of the leading citizens of southern
Wisconsin and 10 Davies county, ILL.,,
who are interested in the production of
lead and zinc ores. The object is to de-
wise plans for the improvement of the
market for zinc ores. and to encourage
and extend the manufacture of spelter and
zinc oxide. The name of the organization
is the Northwestern Miners Cooperative
Association, of which Edward Meloy of
La Fayettee County, is president, and T. H.
McElroy, of Shullsburg, Wis, secretary.
The next meeting of the association will
be held at Shullsburg, on the first Thurs
day of October next, and will no doubt be
attended by leading representatives. of the
various mining interests affected by the
movement.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-09-11
Veteran Baraboo citizen stricken.

BARABoo, Special Telegram, Sept. s.
J. R. Davis, one of the oldest and most
respectable citizens of this city suffered a
second stroke of paralysis Sunday morning,
but it is thought that it will not result
fatally Mr.. Davis is an ardent democrat,
and physicians think that the paralytic
stroke is due to the beat and excitement
of the democratic convention held here
SATURDAY.