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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-07-24

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MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-13
CRIME.

d. A. GREEvER, wealthy cattle dealer,
at Kansas City. Greever had been too at
tentive to the other man s wife.
ASA GRAY of Goshen, Ind, blew out
his brains while holding his arm around a
young lady who had just refused to marry
aim, and the shock drove her insane.
AT Philadelphia, Barbara Lembrecht
killed her 6-year-old daughter, Mary, by
cutting her throat with a raisor She
afterwards made an unsuccessful attempt
at suicide.
THOMAS HARPER, president and treas
urer of Harper Bros, manufacturers OF
decorated lamps. in New York has disap-
peared, leay ing debts behind him amount
ing to between S25, 900 and $4,000.
Miss IDA LANG of Milwaukee, in looking
for her husband, Adolph Lang, discovered
fact that he had two other wives residing
in that city.
WILLIAM SOMMERs of Liberty, Kansas
shot and killed Constable Johnson when
the latter was trying to quiet him and get
him away from the polls, where he was
raising a disturbance. The citizens OF
Liberty tried to lynch Summers, but he
was hurried away to Independence, Kas.
AT Claranceville man named Fourni,
val, who for some time has been insane, but
was not supposed to be dangerously so,
rushed into the house where his wife was
at work, seized razor and drew it across
her throat, inhicting a terrible wound
from which the woman died After COM
mittino the crime Fourniyal fed and has
not been captured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-13
CuJJDRNE,S STORIES.

JUST as a child's health is undermined
by too much medicine and by continual
doctoring so the minds of children some
times suffer from too careful nurture. Body
and mind both require some freedom for
independent seif-development, and forcing
processes seldom conduce to their vigor.
The kindergarten method of modern
times, though they are no doubt bene
fetal as a general thing, probably have the
occasional effect of thwarting the
designs of nature. Miss Harring-
tons views about storytelling,
however, are open to few objections.
She insists on The importance of the lost
art of storytelling as an essential factor IN
a child's education, and endeavors to in
struct the mothers in the mysteries of that
art. A genuine story-teller is born, not
made, and like, natural poetic genius the
spontaneity of storytelling decays with
the growth of civilization. There will
never be any stories like those which the
simple old village crone mumbles to the
circle of wide-eyed children pressing
about her; legendary tales in which the
destinations of true and false have no
meaning; echoes of the golden age
which always lies just a little back of the
present. when princes and elfn queens
were tenants of the greenwood. and life
was but as the burden of a summer song,
A victim of modern education may learn
to tell story we'll, but never with the
genuine flavor of simple credulity.
The doom which falls upon adult man
hood. of following after the truth is not
one which needs to invade the life of
childhood 1t is not necessary in telling
stories to a child to guard against be-
heving them. Some parents tell the
the little ones by assuring them that
what they have heard is not true. If
the children insist on inquiring whethI7
it is true or not, they need not be deceiv
ed; but children who have grown up nat
urally will seldom be troubled by such
questionings. The story itself is the end
to them, and no wearisome inquiries about
the credibility of what is beautiful ought
to haunt their minds until they reach
years of graver responsibility. A mother
in telling story, says Miss Harrison,
shor'd not insist too much upon the moral
1t may he questioned whether the story
ought to have a moral The idea that a
child's conscience must be diggeo about
and watered from infancy up is apt to
defeat itself Let the min and soul 81
nourished by what is beautiful and noble,
and the conscience of ANY child ofvirtuouse
parents ought to take care of itself during
the years of early childhood
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-13
FOREIGN.

ADELINA PATTI, the great singer, is Ill
at Leicester.
The London chamber of commerce de-
cided to continue for six months longer the
embargo on American cattle.
THERE will be a great demonstration in
Burssels next Sunday in favor of an ex-
tension of the suffrage.
The socialists at Kiel, Germany, for the
first time in their history elected both their
candidates to the reichstag.
AT Ottawa Ont, the cabinet council has
decided that Birchall shall be executed on
the 18th inst.
The famous town of Picto in Nova
Scotia was almost destroyed by fire Sun
day.
LORD COLERIDGE, chief justice of Eng
land, whose recent visit to this country
will be remembered suffered A stroke of
apopleXy in his courtroom at London.
His condition is critical.
Mrs. CoRNEL1A MILLER, wife of one of
the partners of the firm of J. H. Field &
Co., investment brokers of London, was
discharged and re-arrested on the charge
of having received $4,000 of stolen
money. Papers in the case have arrived
from England.
A SENSATION was caused by an attempt
made on Thursday upon the life of DR..
Bright, master of the university
college of Oxford, Eng. The would be
assassin was woman. She fired two
shots from a revolver at the doctor, one of
the bullets penetrating his side. The
woman escaped and has not yet been APP,
pretended, Her identity is not known.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-13
LATEST NEWS CONDENSED.
GENERAL NOTES.

The report that Secretary Wanamaker
had failed is untrue.
BERNARD MAINEY, the so-called wild
man, who was found in cave near Sparta,
Wis, is dead.
PRESIDENT HARRISON has issued his
proclamation designating Thursday, Nov.
81, as Thanksgiving day.
Don FREDERICK VoLIo, charge d af
fairies of the Costa Rican legation, died OF
pneumonia at Washington.
THREE thousand coke workers at Con,
nellsville, Iowa, struck to euforce the re.
instatement of a discharged workman
Seven thousand more threaten to 60 out.
THURSDAY at St. Louis Congressman
William H. Hatch announced himself as
candidate for speaker to succeed Mr.
Reed.
HARVEY FISK, one of the best-known
bankers and brokers of this country, died
of heart disease Saturday, at his resi-
dence at Wilbartha, n. j., at the age of 81
years.
THE statute to the memory of William
Denning, manufacturer of the cannon used
Ny tuc AulcIlCdlIS LII Ullc w dI VI UIIS 1cFOlu
ton, was unveiled at MELVILLE, Pa.
Thursday.
MISS LIZZIE EVANS, the soubrette
Thursday confirmed the report that she
was soon to marry Charles Mills, the lead
ing man of her company,
SAMUEL F. CLAYTON, who is engaged
to MARI, Miss Evelyn F. Partridge, o.
Chicago, has been sued for $4,000 in {
breach of promise suit brought by Mis-
Cooley, of Medina, Pa.
Two JAPANESE students of the Michi
gan university have caused quite a sensa
tion by clipping with two American girl
from here. The Japs are KolsutarC
Fukushima and Reitaro Tokano, both O.
noble families and graduates of the Law
department of last year. One of the girl
was Miss Fuller of Ypsilanti, who is quit,
young Of good family and very handsome
The otner woman was considerably Older
and well-known among certain circles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-13
A Colorado Millionaire.

| met ex-senator TABOR of Colorado at
the Union depot the other day. says the
Kansas City Times. He was going to st.
Louis to see the fair Mr.. Tabor is ten
time millionaire, and while he has been
governor of Colorado and United States
senator for a short term he is rot one of
them literary fellers." He wears wart
on the left side of his nose and when he
talks to a feIIowman he reminds one of
that great work of advertising caricature
entitled And Don't You Forget 1t. -
Tabor made his money at Leadville.
Everybody knows that When he beca ne
rich over the bonanza found in the little
Pilisbury he built not only large blocks in
Denver but In LeadviIle, His first archi-
tectual work was the building of an opera
house in Leadville When the building W as
completed he hired ID artist to paint some
suitable designs on the / .op-cur1ain The
artist did so. While The finishing touches
were being put on the Embryo governor
and senator ambled into the building and
inquired:
Whose pictur's that?''
''Shakspeer, meekly replied the sue
cessor of Raphael.
Who's Shakspeer?'
why he's the standard author of TRACE
dy and comedy-the bard of Avon, you
know"
''Shakspeer? Shakspeer? seems to NE
I've heerd the name summers, but what
in thunder has he done fer LeadEille?''
Nothing that | know of. y
Then paint that picture out and put
mine in
And it was done, and Tabor's picture re-
mains there today.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-13
DIR. HAMS TESTIMONY.
He Declares That He Found Strychnine il
Mrs. Pettit's VitaIs.

CRAwFORDsvILLE, Ind, Nov. 5.-The
jury in the case attended the Central Pres
byterian Church yesterday morning and
listened to a powerful sermon by DR.. Gun
bingham, founded on the retrihution that
was visited upon Ahab and Jazebel for the
murder of Nabath. He addressed himself
particularly to the jury and made an i'm
prtssion. There was considerable COM
ment on It, and the lawyers of the defence
assert that they will be able to turn the
sermon to account. DR.. Hines, Of Rush
Medical college. took the stand this morn
ing and testified that he found pure strych-
nine in the portions of Mrs. Petit vitals,
which were given to him by DIR. Peters for
examination. His modest and perfectly
kind and unvarnished @ay of putting his
testimony carried great weight, and the
room was as still Heath as he described
the process of a.l4iyzing. On cross ex.
animation he vas much liberal than
Peters to the defense and made several
statements favorable 20 Petit. He said it
was impossible to tell whether strychnine
had been put in the body before or after
death. In the afternoon DR.. w. n. Rus
tine and DR.. NJ. O'Farral gave expert tes-
timony substantiating those who already
had testified. The court adjourned in the
evening until Wednesday. the jury being
allowed to 90 home Tuesday under
charge of baiitfs, to vote.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-13
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

FIRE in a business block at New Ro-
chelle, n Y, caused loss of SIS, 00Q.
THE village CT Winslow, Pike county,
Ind, has been totally destroyed by fire.
The Canadian Pacific steamer Cormana
went to pieces on the rocks at Algoma
Mills.
ONE man was killed AID four seriously
injured by an explosion at Fit Wads-
worth, Staten Island,
The Wells elevator at Buffalo. n. Y,
with some adjoining property, has been
destroyed by fire. There was no loss of
life, though several persons had narrow
escapes. The loss is S250,000
THE business portion of Truckee, Cal,
and a number of residences have been
burned. The confagrat1on is supposed to
be the work os an incendiary
JUDGMENTS aggregating 1915, III were
entered by default in the county clerk s
office in New York against Lilly Warren
Churchill, the duchess of Marlborough.
The various debts are for money loaned
and were contracted in Birmingham,
England. on Sept. Goth
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-13

ing among the trees little way down the
branch, and walking that way. | found
my host. Deacon Bledsoe. building a fire
under one of the largest moonshine stills
ever saw. He seemed as much surprised
as was, and in an instant 'ewped on
ne that Deacon Bledsoe
Newton Bledsoe were one
person. Before he reeov,
prise had him covered
and. telling him who W.
to surrender.
Drap that thar wepi
GU warn t no parson, said (.
behind me at that moment, and
saw Bledsoe's wife. She had the on
me with long rife, and l dropped my
pistol. Bledsoe picked up my revolver
and was marched back to the house a
prisoner.
.Thar's your c,itter ready saddled an
here bite to eat; now git, said Mrs.
Bledsoe, and she kept me covered with
the rife while her husband handed me
back my pistol when | had mounted my
horse
Won't you pray for US agin. parson,
fore you go?' said Bledsoe, with a grin,
as | rode away
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-13

York Sun. About two weeks before the
date of the hanging party of st. Louis
people came that way Among them was
a lone female about so years Of age, who
was greatly concerned about the salvation
eff the Indian ace. When she learned
that Hlckett was to swing she sent him a
testament and some tracts, and day later
came to him and said:
at has struck ne that would like the
poor mans autograph. Would you be
kind enough to hand him this album and
ask him to write his name?"
Il, of course, agreed to do so. 1t was
very fine album, costing not less than 80
or s12, and every page was still blank. |
passed it in to Hickett and told him what
was wanted. He called for me in about
two hours and handed the album, neatly
wrapped up. | sent 1t over to the hotel,
and fifteen miutes later the lone woman
brought it back with eyes rolling in horror.
Hickett had written on every page. and he
had written: Going to hell July q, 1897.
Yours truly. and may we meet together
there, Jim Hickett'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-13
A MOONSHINER'S WIFE.
The Exciting Experience of a United States
Deputy Marshal.

Birmingham Letter in st. Louis Globe
Democrat: Hunting moonshiners is lust
as exciting sport as hunting tigers in the
iungIes Of India" said an old deputy
United States marshal recently, but it Is
not so dangerous. The wives and daugh-
tiers of the moonshiners are, as a rule,
smarter than the men, and much NOR
suspicious of a stranger.
Il was over in Clay county ON a raid
once, and was in locality where almost
every man owned a still. In such a place
it Is hard to locate the still and almost i'm
possible to obtain evidence against the
owners unless they are caught In the act
of making mountain dew | introduced
myself as a land agent prospecting for
mineral lands, but the natives did not be-
leve my story, and was regarded with
more or less suspicion [ was after noted
moonshlner named Newt Bled>oe, who
was known to have been operating still
in that locality for two years.
Il had trouble in finding place where
they would let me stay over night, but
finally native suggested that | try Dea-
con Bledsoe. Their Deacon's sot on 'lig-
ion, the Bible, an SIGH, e allus takes in
strangers, said the native. ! was direct
ell W luC bedCUu lOuSo. UNO I1IlSo uOWu
the valley; and arrived there an honr after
dark. | did not at once associate Deacon
Bledsoe, who was 'sot on the Bible, with
Moonshiner Newt Bled De. In resporce to
my hello a tall, innocent looking old coun-
tryman came out to the gate, and by the
light of a pine torch which he carried in
his hand, he looked me over. Be you
'uns the new Methodist circuit rider?' he
asked. decided to play preacher for
once and answered in the affirmative.
/" Light parson, I'm a hardshell, but
you re welcome. never lay 1t up agin
man cause he don't belong to my church,
and the deacon received me with the true
mountain hospitality.
AT bedtime Bedsoe brought out well
worn family Bible and invited me to lead
in prayer. had not prayed since | was a
boy at Sunday school. but was IN for it.
and reaaing chapter in the Bible, we all
knelt down and delivered some sort of a
prayer. In my petitions ! referred to
those sinners who defed the laws Of God
and man by making spirits, and prayed
the Lord to turn them from their wicked
ways To this Bledsoe responded with a
loud amen
Il rose ear Y the next morning, and lind
ing that breakfast was not ready, start
ed for short stroll in the woods back of
the house. As left the house | noticed
Bledsoe's wife watching me with evident
suspicion. | walked OF down. to small
branch which ran through tho woods 300
yards back of the house. | saw smoke ris-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-13
The Democrats Generally Successful
Throughout the Country on Tues
days Election.
Republicans Achieve Victories in Ohio.
California, Washington and Else
where.
The Next Congress Will Have Demo
cratic Majority of Perhaps One
Hundred.

The election Nov. res ulted in a great
surprise to the people the country over.
Democrats were generally successful,
though in Ohio and Washington the re-
publicans achieved great victories. The
democrats will have majority of about
100 in the lower branch of con-
gress. In Wisconsin Peck and the
whole democratic state ticket were elect
ed by plurality exceeding 10000. The
democrats elected congressman in soven
out of nine districts. the first and eighth
alone being held by the republicans. They
also get control of the Legislature by a
majority of about % and will therefore
elect a United States senator to succeed
John c. Spooner.
In Ohio Mckinley was defeated and the
democrats get IA congressman and the re-
publicans Z, but the republicans elect the-1
state officers by big majority.
Massachusetts democrats elect their gov,
ernor, Russell, and seven congressman,
the republicans having five.
In Iowa the republicans made gains in
the vote for state officers, and may elect
them, but the democrats got half of the
congressional delegation-six.
Minnesota is yet in doubt on the COVER
norship. The democrats gain three mem
hers Of congress. The farmers alliance
cut great figure in the election.
Woman suffrage is defeated in South
Dakota, but all else is in doubt.
In Michigan the crdemocrats elected
Winans governor by 5000 plurality and
also the rest of the state ticket. The
legislature is democratic. The congress
sional delegation is about evenly divided
The democrats elect their state ticket in
Indiana by $4,000 and gained nine con-
gressmen.
Pattison, democrat, is elected governor
of Pennsylvania by 5000. but the repub-
licans got some of the other officers.
Eighteen republican congressman and ten
democrats were chosen. This is demo-
cratic gain of three.
Markham, republican, is elected COVER
nor Of California, and all other republican
candidates on the state ticket are chosen.
The republicans were victorious all
around in Connecticut.
Democrats swept everything before them
in West Virginia, Missouri, Virginia, Del
aware, Florida, Mississippi, Texas and
Wisconsin.
Charles Ogden, chairman of the Ne
braska democratic state committee claims
Boyd's election by from 5000 to 1000
plurality. He claims all the congressman
and the entire state ticket, but the repub-
licans do not concede all this.
The republicans elected all their candi-
dates in Washington, Wilson being
chosen governor.
Both sides claim the congressman in
Montana. The vote is very close.
Democrats we're generally successful in
Missouri and had their usual success in
New jersey.
The Tammany candidate, Grant, was
elected mayor of New York city. New
York S delegation in congress will consist
of twenty democrats and fourteen repubIi-
cans, the reverse of the position of the
ffty-frst congress.
Both state committees claim Illinois.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-13
NJ. ug Money AnYMhere.

Having T. Mr.. Moorehead's expert
ence plating W gold, silver and nickel,
l sent for a PLACER and have more work
than | can do. 1t is surprising the spoons,
casters and jewelry that people want
plated. The first week | cleared Silly.
and in three weeks s119.85, and my wife
has made about as l have. By addressing
w. 81. Griffith & Co., GAINESVILLE, Ohio,
you can get circulars. A platter only costs
So. You can learn to use it in an hour.
Can plate large or small articles, and can
make money anywhere.
A. ]. JOHNSON.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-13
CATARRH.
Not Local, But Constitutional.

DR.. bio Lewis, the eminent Boston ply
stefan in a recent magazine article says {:
"a radical error underlies nearly all medi-
cal treatment of catarrh. 1t is not
a disease OF the man s nose; it is disease
of the man, showing itself in the nose-a
local exhibition of constitutional
trouble" Therefore, he argues, the use
Of snuff and other local applications is
wrong and while they seem to give tenn
porary relief, they really do more harm
than good. Other leading authori-
ties agree with DR.. Lewis Hence, the
only proper method of cure for catarrh is
by taking a constitutional remedy like
Hood s SarsapariIla, which reaching every
part of the body through the blood, does
eliminate all impurities and makes the
whole man healthier. 1t removes the
cause of the trouble and restores the dis
sed memb tne to proper condition. That
this is the practical result is proven by
thousand of people who have been cured
of cat" rrh by taking Hoods Sarsap-
arills
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-11-13
WASHINGTON.

SENATOR SPooNER may go to practicing
law in Milwaukee.
JUSTICE MILLER S widow is in straiten-
ed circumstances financially and must give
UP her Washington house.
GENERAL DANIEL B. MCKIBBEN died
Saturday of cancer of the throat. General
McKibben served with distinction in the
Mexican and Indian wars, and in the wal
of the rebellion.
Getting Murde 10 IF:..l
was In government employ at Fort
Smith when a half-breed named Hickett
was condemned for murder and sentenced
to be hanged. says a writer In the New