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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-22

1t will be observed that the number of
employees of the two houses has nearly
doubled, and that the expense is now
more than twice what it was twelve years
ago.
1t does net seem possible that this i'm
mense increase IS necessary.
There are many other places in which it
is the opinion of many that retrenchment
is not only possible, but advisa BILE, and
where, if the offices are not abolished, re-
duction in the expenses can be made with
out impairing the efficiency of the public
service or neglecting the interests Of the
people. l call your attention to some of
these:
The Dairy and Food Commissioner.
The State Timber Agents.
Game Wardens.
Fish Warders, and the many boards
created for the turtherance of special in
terests. | have elsewhere called your at
tention to the State Board of Charities
and Reform, and the State Board Of Super
vision, and | earnestly urge you to take
prompt and decisive action in regard to
these matters, in order that the burdens of
our people, instead of being added to, as
has been the custom for so many years
past, may be lightened to the utmost pos
sible extent consistent with proper, bus
iness-like and efficient administration of
governmental affairs.
Very little in this direction can be ac-
complished without the active, earnest aid
of the Legislature, but with that assist
ance | am confident much can be done.
In this connection | would suggest that
the engrossing of bills be done away with
except where the original bill shall have
been amended IN such manner as to
make such engrossing necessary, which In
itself will cause a material decrease IN
expenditure, and saving in time. This
can very properly be done by rule so IN
stIucting the clerks of your respective
bodies.
1t must be remembered that all special
interests and individuals, disposed for
private purposes to retain useless othclals,
| and continue the payment Of unnecessary
salaries, viii attend your sessions, and by
every means, IN person, and by their
/ agents, urge upon you the necessity or
protecting their interests, while the whole
people will be represented by no paid at
torneys or lobbyists, and their interests
will be wholly unprotected unless you
fearlessly perform your duties, and see TO
| it that impartial investigation and unbIaS-
ed Judgment take the place OF special
| pleading and selfish interests.
Let it be demonstrated that the cause
Of the whole people is safe in your hands.
/ The Condition of the Treasury.
The last report Ct the secretary of
! state showed balance in the treasury to
the credit of the general fund, on the
Both of September last, of S345, $50. OF.
On the 5th Of January, at noon, when the
administration was changed, there was
turned over to the incoming state treas
urer, as the balance OF the general fund.
the sum of s23, $780, 80, appearing upon
| the books Of the outgoing treasurer. In
point of fact, however, the general fund
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-22
GRIMM Al.

W. Fl. GROVES and Vern Fletcher have
been bound over at Racine on charge of
theft.
Ex-SHERIFF WARREN NOEL, of Peoria
county, Illinois, is short In his accounts
S1I, 900.
joy HOLLIS, the sculptor, is under ar
rest at Hamilton, Ohio, charged with big
amy.
A HANDSOME young woman who regis
tered as Mrs. Hudson killed herself at
the Hotel ParIe, st. Louis, by taking
poison.
2GEoRGE Ii. PowLINsoN, superintendent
of the Sunday schools of Mankato, Mimi,
absconded with $4,000 of his employer S
money.
AT Oshkosh William Henig was held
up early Friday morning Oh Washington
street by highway robbers and relieved of
5000.
M. Y. HARPER, agent of the National
Life Insurance company, of Vermont, is
under bonds for the embezzlement of
$4,000.
HENRY HENsEL, of Eaton, Wis, has
been sentenced to fourteen years I'M
prisonment for wife murder.
AN unknown mann and woman were
found dead in bed Tuesday morning at
Philadelphia, Pa. The woman was shot
through the head and the man through
breast.
JUDGE JAS A. WARDER, city attorney
of Chattanooga, Tenn, and late candidate
for supreme judge, shot and killed his
son-in-law, fatally wounded his daughter,
and was himself mortally wounded in a
quarrel over the plans for a new house.
AT Syracuse, N. Y, Monday morning,
john Barker, formerly Chicago drum
mer, shot and killed his wife in school
in which she was employed as a teacher.
The deed was done in the presence of the
children, and the murderer held his own
16-months-old child in his arm when he
fred the shot.
Two saloonkeepers named john Muir
ray and Walter Mcdonald engaged in a
shooting affray At Fifeld, Wis, Mcdonald
is said to have drawn revolver which
Murray attempted to grasp. In doing so
the weapon was discharged, the ball pass
ing through Murray thigh.
COL ALPHoNsE IHoURET, who, during
the war commanded the Fifty-frst regi-
ment of infantry, New York volunteers,
blew his brains out at his home in Ho-
boken. N. J. He has been respondent
since his wife died six years ago and has
frequently threatened to kill himself.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-22
DYNAMITE SHELLS THROWN
FROM POWDER GUNS.

The possibility of throwing shells load
ed with dynamite from powder guns seems
to be demonstrated in measure at least.
Dr.. Joel G. Justin, the per5evering inven-
tor of this new projectile, on two previous
trials had his gun burst into fragments by
the explosion Of the dynamite shell before
it left the tube, but recently at Perryville
Falls, n Y, he fired three shells in sue
cession from 12-ton rife and none of
them exploded until the impact upon the
target. This success will command the
attention of ordnance experts of every
government. If the shells can be fired
with safety from powder guns the demand
for them is likely to be great. Their use
bya hostile fleet engaged in reducing a
sea-board city would be very effective, and
doubtless would shorten by several hours
the time that would now be required to
demoish the town.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-22
HOME HEADING.

Woman has smile for every joy and a
tear for every sorrow.
None can ask honestly nor hopefully to
be delivered from temptation unless he
has himself honestly and firmly deter.
mined to do the best he can to keep out OF
It's way.
II Is not so much high crimes. such as
robbery and murder, which destroys the
Of sGeey 5Gs 5ns b rsgs g gea
bors. and meddling, are the worms that
eat into all social happiness.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-22
BALL BEARINGS PATENT IN

VALID.
It will be Of interest to makers of blcy-
Giles, or any other devices in which ball
bearings are used to reduce the friction,
to know that the English patent covering
such bearings has been declared invalid by
the courts. Brown, the owner of the Eng
lish patent, brought suit for infringement
against the Centaur cycling company.
which had used these bearings in its ma
chimes. The defense was that back in
1877 a bicycle with bal bearings was
built and ridden as well as publicly ex-
hibited, at the goose fair at Nottingham,
and duplicate machines were also in use
at that time The justice before whom
the case was tried declared this evidence
sufficient to destroy the patent. This case
will be appealed, and if the present de-
clsion be sustained it will have important
bearings upon several American patents
for similar devices.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-22

News has been received in Paris of the
compete destruction by fire of the fine
mansion and graneries at La Basse Motto,
near Chateau Neus, presented to General
Chautte BY the Papal Zouaves.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-22

AssEMBLyMAN-ELECT FRANK P. DEM
Arrest, Of Nyack. n. Y, has been arrest
ed charged with raising rax bills against
q company for which he was counsel and
pocketing the money
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-22
No Wreck Ashore

Was ever more hopelessly stranded than a
wrecked constitution, whether its disaster be the
product of some formidable malady OF that slow,
premature decay that seems to fasten upon some
constitutions without apparent adequate cause.
An excellent means of checking this gradual
drain of the sources of vitality is the benefcens
tonic, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which pro
notes Digestion enriches the blood and gives sub
stance as well as stamina 10 an enfeebled frame
Constipation, feebieness of the kidneys and blad-
der, fever and ague and rheumatism, are among
The bodily ailments which it remedies promptly
and thoroughly. Persistence i'll IFS use is well
n,aritpd ityy
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-22

II afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thomps0n's Eye Water. Druggists sellit. 25c.
Ex-senator Thurman no longer uses snuff.
He found that the constant titilation of his
nose affected his eyes, and so he weaned
himself from the snuff-box.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-22

In conclusion I desire to call your atten.
ton to the fact that many OF the reports OF
the different departments, boards and
commissions of the state call for extra APP
preparations, and to remind you that
large number of new projects, all calling
for money, will be urged upon you. While
many of these demands, may be in a meas
ure meritorious, and at some future time
worthy of careful consideration. believe
the present condition and temper Of our
people will not warrant unusual or extra
ordinary lamentations
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28
FAD THE PENALTY.
8AwarA Blair Hanged at Colum bus foe
 she Murder or Arthur Henry,


 COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 24-Edwsrd Blair was hanged in the annex of the penitentiary this morning at l2;Os. At l2:2lh he was pronounced dead. He stepped upon the trap unassistcd and smiled as he said good-by. He had nothing to say. and assisted in fasten- ing the straps around his body. Blair'a neck was broken by the fall.
 Blair was convicted of the murder of Arthur Henry, a station agent on the Cincinnati. Toledo, St Louis & Kansaa City railway at Harrisburg, Putnam county, the night of March l7, 1890. In company with two men named Stout and Shoemaker, he planned to rob tho station office. On the pl etenss of wishing to buy ticket they induced Henry to open the office, and, once in. side, they ordered him to open the safe. Henry refused and Blair shot him dead. Blair was an escaped con vict Ut the time he committed the murder. He was convicted of burglary in May, 1891, in Highland county and sentenced to serve three years. While being taken back to testify at tho trial of an accompl,ce he lesped Arom flying train at Blonches- ter, Dec. 9, 1889, and escaped into West Virginia After killing Henry he waa captured near Wheeling, June 2, 1890. His trial for murder began Oct. 2. 1890. and lasted but a few daya stout and Shoemaker turned States evidence and BlAir's only defense was an alibi, which miserably failed. His parents, who now live at East Monroe, Highland county, arc respectable people.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28
LAwLEss ACTS OF NoMADs.
Outrages Committed by . Band of
 Gypsies in France.

Outrages Committed by . Band of
 GyPsies in France
 PARIS, Aug. 2t.-News comes from Chambery of an unsuccessful attempt of a band of gypsies to kidnap . child 10 years old. Fortunately the boy succeeded in escaping and was sent back to his parents by the authorities. Another gypsy caravan, consisting of twenty-five men, women and children, were passing Gennevillers, near Paris, with vans. They entered wine-shop and asked for change for 50 franc note to pay for the wine. The shop keeper, while preparing to give the change, saw that the note was all in rags and put the money back into the till, waereupon the gypsies wrecked his whole establishment Further on the road they attacked and beat with cudgels an English professor named Reador, who was sitting in his garden. His son having come to his assistance, the gvpsies stunned him with . blow from loaded stick. Mrs Reador was also very roughly handled. A shot fired from revolver in the hands of a neighbor put the gypsies to flight. They were pursued by 200 people. Ten of them were arrested. Each of the vagabonds caught was provided with Roumani passport, and when searched the prisoners were found to be in possession of large sums of money. In their vans was great quantity of jewels, valuable clocks. etc, evidently the proceeds of rob berries
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28
FOR COOPERATIVE STORES.
Scheme to Establish such . Concern
 in Every Town in KausaA

scheme 10 Establish such . Concern
 in Every Town in ksnsaA
 TOPEKA, Kan, Aug. 24.-The com mercial conference of the Farmers' d. lance, which was to form ono biz O. operative system associating all tho business interests iu this State, devoted its time yesterday to discussion of [ gigantic scheme proposed by 6. W. Sandusky of Columbus, general secrs. tary of the Kansas Alliance Exchange company, to place . cooperative store in every town in the state.
 Mr. Sandusky declared that the National Union company of New York. with capital stock of S2o. 900, 900, one third already paid up. had filed articles of incorporation with this idea In view. and that co cooperative stores would be esta blished all over tho United Statsa. A committee composed of the presidcnt and executive board of the alliance was appointed to investigate the plan and instructed to proceed with the work in this State if the scheme was found to be feasible.
 Frank McGrath, tho Alliance presi- dent, caused sensation to-day by making a speech in which he said 1t was high time the alliance members were stopping their calamity howl he said his office was b. sieged with let ters every day from people in the East who want to know whether tho Kansas farmers were really repudiators and whether they really intended to con fiscate rything that did not belong to them Of course he had to writs back to them that tho talk about re- pudiation was wind or satiouai from the newspapers of their enemies.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28
---7--7---------~'-- =------'=--- mound Co Have A Cfrcus.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. Aug. 25 Harper Bros. circus, billed for two perform ances at Thompsonville Saturday, came to grief m the evening. The performers struck at about o clock for back wages. It was announced that there would be no show and money would be refunded. I he crowd be- came excited. cut the guy-ropes aud set the tent on fire, smashed seats and wagons and cut up harnesses and great pieces were cut out of the tent. in all about S2, soc damage was done. H. x. Harper. the manager of the circus. at. tempted to refund the money. but when then the crowd became uuruly he took the money and crme here, where he was arrested later in the night for obtaining money under false prctenses.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28
RAVAOES BY MAD DOGS. Calvss and HoGa Killed Becauss Thor Had Been Bltten by Rabld Cure,


 HAMILTON, N. J., Aug. 24.-There haa been a mad dog scare in this place for the past week. Women and children are afraid to appear upon tho streets. A number of dogs affected with the rabies have been killed by James A. Simpson, Elihu Brown and others. There are still . number of unmuzzled CUTS proving around. On Saturday William l.. Stout, farmer residing near here. observed something wrong among his cattle. lie investigated and found one of his yearling calves frothing at the mouth, snapping and biting at the fence. At the sight of water 1t went into convulsions, which lasted about twenty minutes. The calf became SO manageable that 1t had to be killed that afternoon. It was bitten by a mad dog about ten days ngo. Mrs. A. w. Prick has been the owner of n pet dog. On Sunday it developed symptoms of hydrophobia and J. 4. Simnson was called in. He shot the dog The dog was bitten by rabid cur last week. Many Hamilton people have been com peiled to shoot their hogs which were also bitten last week. Affairs have reached such crisis that the citizens. are organizing movement to appeal to the township committee to offer . reward for every dog shot
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28
AWFUL LOSS OF LIFE.
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION AND CON.
 FLAGRATIoN IN NEW YORK.
AN EXPLOSlON, THEN A HIDEOUS, APPALLING CRASH.
Caught by the TOppling Walls she lnmates Perish without . Mo.
 ment's Warning.
Eighty Lives arc Crushed Out-Sev. entcen Bodies Taken from the
 RuIns-Eleven are Identified.

NEW YORK. Aug. 25.-Just after noon Saturday an explosion occurred in buildings 6S and "A Park place, which blew the entire front out of both build ings and scattered ruin and desolation for hundreds of yards around. There were many people on the street at the time and the sight was so appalling that they ran shrieking away. Tho buildings were occupied by John k. Eberle as printing shop and were five-story brick affairs. On the ground floor there was restaurant called tho Hudson" Just before the fearful calamity it was filled with men eating their dinners. Walters were rushing to and fro with plates piled up with food and almost every seat was occu- pied. There was nothing to warn these unfortunates of the swift death to come so soon to them.
 From all that can be learned fully fifty people have lost their lives. The accident came so suddenly that not a single person in the two big buildings at 70 and 72 Park place escaped alive.
 Thero was but one eye witness left to the beginning of the accident. This man is named A. A. Johnson. He is a janitor in the building at sl Pork place, directly across the street from where the accident occurred. He said he was standing on the steps of S1, when he heard tho sound, at noon, of an explosion. It came from across the street. It was not loud. Almost: t::immediately the front walls of the two buildings collapsed and the entire building caved in with deafening crash. It came so suddenly that it was impossible for living be- ing to escape.
 The janitor said tha. the accident oc- cured so quickly that he did not sec a person escape. and fclt certain that every body in the two buildings was killed. As near as could be learned, the explosion took place in the Metal Leaf factory of Rosenfeld < Co.,, on the second floor of 72 Park place, This is just over drug store on the ground floor of the building.
 In the metal leaf factory it is no. known how many girls were at work, but there were large number.
 In the restaurant on the ground floor of No. "A, which was kept by J. Peterson, there was a crowd of people at lunch The number is estimated at the time of the explosion at between twenty-five and thirty-five.
 Then tEere were number of girls in the wash room and the basement. It is thought that there were ten or twelve in the wash-room. Trippe X Co.,. druggists, at 70 ana 72 PsrlS place, also had u large number of employees. The three children of Frank Haggerty, the janitor, were playing when the ex. plosion occurred. They were killed. Their father stood across the street at the time
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28
FIGHT IN NICAR AQUA.
The Government Squelchcs . Small Revolution at the Cost of Six Lives.

GRANADA, Nicaragua, Aug. 25.-A desperate fight occurred here in which the chief of police and six men were killed and many others wounded There had been more or less friction in the country for some time and it was feared that a revolutionary movement was on foot. The government made all the overtures to the opposition which it thought consistent with it's dignity and safety, but they had been declined.
 The government was fully prepared and endorsements were immediately sent to the beleaguered guards. With the endorsements short work was made of the leaders, not, however, un- til several interchanges of shots had taken place, in which, as above stated, six men were killed outright and fully fifty were more or less injured. After order had been restored the streets were patrolled by bodies of troops and all is quiet Among the killed was the chief of police.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28
EIGHTY LIVES WERE LOST
Latest Estimate of Deaths in the
 New York Disaster.

NEW YORK, Aug 25.~-under the lazy touch of Italian hirelings from Null berry Bend the work of exploring the wreck of the Park place infamy is go- ing forward with agonlzing slown .ss. So far seventeen corpses have been brought to light most of them horribly mutilated by fire. Vast crowds collect about the ruins and fight tiercely to pass the cordon of police. The street is turned into the semblance of a coun- ty fair, and faltirs ply their trade unmolested by police almost within ear shot of the scene of death. ess
 Reporters have secured the threc cities and made a personal investiga- tion of every name mentioned as dead or missing. This narrows down tho list to approximate perfection, yet it Is likely that some of the customers of the cheap restaurant whose bodies lie in the ruins may not yet have been mentioned among the missing.
 The list of casualties will be . long one. According to the reporters ,n- vestigntions eighty at least are cer- tainly among the dead. The work of digging will be kept mp day and night until all the bodies are exhumed. San itary reasons as well as kindness to the afflicted dictates this course.
 Means will be provided to-day to remove the heavy iron girders and ma chinery which must be taken from the ruined building before the men can make any effectual rrogress in clear ing away the debris. There Is no doubt but that large number of the persons now reported missing will be found in an unrecognizable state be heath that huge mass of bricks and mortar.
 The total number of bodies taken from the ruins up to the time the men stopped work is seventeen. The mum. Der identified is eleven
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28
AN INSANE MOTHERS DEED. She Kills AAer Two Children and
 Then Commits Suicide.

CLARKsBURs, W. Va, Aug. 25-Word has just been received here that Mrs. Sweinfurth, the insane wife of a re- spectable farmer living at Helvetia. German settlement ia upshur county, killed her two children and then com mitted suicide last Tuesday She drowned the youngest child, baby. in horse trough, anG attempted to kill her boy, aged eight, Tn the same manner. but the boy fought her of. She finally got an ax and crushed his head. After this she slashed herself with a knife in many places, intlicting fatal injuries. The husband was in the fields thrashing and was not aware of the awful deed until he returned in the evening and found the three dead bodies.
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28
BALMACEDA OVERTHROWN. A Report That the Dictator Has
 Been Routed.

VALPARAISO, Chile, Aug. 25.--All is over with Balmaceda. After desper- ate battle, in which 5000 men were killed and wounded, his troops were beaten back by the insurgents.
 The battle was fought on the banks of the Aconcagua, Balmacedn's forces vainly opposing the passage of the in- surgents. The land forces of the latter were aided by the warships and under cover of the cruisers guns were able to force passage.
 The battle practically puts an end to Balmaceda's rule. In few days the insurgents will be in full control of the country. 1t Is rumored that Baimaceda has taken flight
The Forrest City times., 1891-08-28
Bseavy Rain im rexas.

VAN HORN. Texas, Aug. 24.-A heavy rain fell in this vicinity last evening, extending from Brancho station to Sierra Blanco. The rain was one oi tho heaviest to cover such large ter ritory that has been known in these parts for ycars, and the people are in- clined to attribute the copiousnesa to the scientific experiments of Gen. Dryenforth's party near Midland. A great deal of water is now on the ground and ranchmcn say it will insurc . good range for cattle for many monthA