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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-12-24
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Sad Case Of Drowning.
Mss Oracle Hall meets DEATH in
a Wate1y Craze While
Skating.

Break, break, break,
On thy cold gray stones, o Seal
And would that my tongue could utter
The thoughts that arise in me.
And the stately ships go on
To their haven under the hill;
But o for the touch of a vanished hand,
And the sound of voice that is still.
Break, break, break,
At the foot of thy crags, 0 Sea!
But the tender grace of day that is dead
Will never come back to me.
[Tennyson.
May we not imagine that Tennyson's S
thoughts in the above verses were those
of Miss Oracle Hall as she entered her
cold watery grave Who can penetrate
the emotions and thoughts that pass
through the mind under such circum-
stances. A model, or well spent life, is
a great comfort to those who meet death
accidentally. "Be thou ready" for yon
know not the hour when the Master
may call you.
It appears that Miss Oracle Hall, who
had been employed in Vesper, by Mrs,
Eugene Bisbee, came home Saturday
morning to spend Sunday with her
parents. While the ice was not safe.
large number of the young people
found their way to the river during the
day and evening. About $50 Saturday
evening, while Miss Oracle and her
sister Laura were skating down the
river not very far from the west bank,
about opposite Saul Preston's residence,
Oracle skated into an opening in the
ice and was drowned. The sister cried
for help and JOS Martin was first on
the scene, and in his hurry and anxiety
to help her fell into an air hole himself.
The girl came up the third time in sight
of Mr. Martin and then went down
under the ice at the end of the opening.
By this time Mr. Martin was helped out
and the search for the young lady was
continued until way late in the night.
A large crew Of willing workers took
hold Sabbath morning and followed it
up all day Sunday and in the evening,
but their labors were unsuccessful. The
search was continued until Tuesday
night without success 1t is feared the
body cannot be found until spring and
perhaps not then.
Miss Hall was the oldest child in
family of five, and would have been 16
years of age the 18th of January, 1892,
She was highly thought of by those who
knew her intimately. She had arrived
at that age where she commenced to
help her parents who are not blessed
with all the comforts necessary. Mr..
and Mrs. Hall are Woodworking and
industrious people who have the SYM
pathy of the community in the loss of
their oldest daughter. They appreciate
the earnest efforts shown by everybody
in the search for her body.
LATER:-Through the kindness of the
citizens funds has been secured and
diver obtained from Milwaukee who is
now searching for the body, which, it is
hoped will be recovered.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-12-24

There are probably many other small
claims which will be filed with the as
signee during the week. There is con-
siderable personal property and six
head Of horses not encumbered with
which to pay the unsecured claims.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-12-24

gsy Dudes, Dudines and Dudelets.
Dahs, La da dahs and Dts, if you are
looking for genuine bargains follow the
crowd to the Hustler on Thursday, Dec.
24th.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-12-24

REPORT OF THE CONDITION.

OF the First National Bank at Grand Rapids, in
the State of Wisconsin at the close Of business,
Dec. 2, 1891.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-12-24

RGD@On Thursday, Dec "a, the Hustler
will close out balance of Imported vases
china cups, saucers and plates at cost.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-02-12
AGAINST SILVER.

The House Coinage Committee Determined
to Smother the silver BIll-Mr. Bland
Annoyed.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-The chairman
this morning laid before the House
Coinage Committee a request from the
Chamber of Commerce of New York for
a hearing on the silver bill next Thurs
day. The request was granted. The
chamber proposes to send here COM
mittee consisting of A. S. Hewitt Carl
Schurz and others.
A vote was then taken on the motion
pending yesterday, to strike out that
part of Mr.. BANDS resolution directing
that closing be had next Thursday. 1t
resulted adversely to Mr.. Bland, by
eight to four, and the same fate awaited
amendments to fix Friday and Saturday
of next week. Mr.. Bland stated his OBJ
iect TO be to come to a determination
for some day when final action should
be taken.
A motion by Mr.. Walker to hold
evening sessions on Tuesday, Wednes-
day and Thursday of each week was
then carried.
Mr. Bartine said it was not his inten-
ton to impugn any members motive,
but he was entirely satisfied from the
course of procedure that there never
would be any report made by the COM
mittee in time for action by the House
during the present session. For that
reason he would not bind himself to
| appear here and waste his time. 1t was
simply that much time and labor lost.
He gave notice that he should consider
himself absolutely at liberty to take
advantage of every opportunity to bring
| the matter before the House.
Mr.. Bland said he considered the bill
as smothered now. OF course If it were
not reported by the last of next week
| there was no use in making a report.
Mr.. BANDS remarks evidently annoyed
| his opponents, for there was chorus of
| dissenting calculations from Mr.. Vaux.
Mr.. Tracy, Mr.. Walker and others.
Mr.. Bland, without noticing these in
terruptions, repeated his declaration
and said: Il say the bill is now smoth-
cred by a vote of this committee" lie
then picked up his hat and left the room
and Mr. Bartine a moment later did the
same.
MT. hllIldnlS, VI 1IllholS, Soiu 1AA0 "'
long as there was life there was hope
and he would, therefore, attend the
meetings of the committee. He made
a motion that the chairman ask unani-
nous consent from the House for per-
mission to sit during the sessions of the
House.
The motion was carried by the vote
| of every member of the committee ex-
cept Mr.. Walker, who gave notice that
he should object in the House to unani-
nous consent being given.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-02-12
THE PENSION OFFICE.
General Raum Reviews the Work of the
Past Seven Months.

General Raum Reviews the Work of the
Past Seven Months.
WASHINGTON, Feb. General Raum,
Commissioner of Pensions, has written
a letter to Secretary Noble, calling his
attention to the business of the Pension
Office during the past seven months.
There have been received to January
81, 1891, 555, S7S applications for pen
sions under the act of June 81, 1890, and
116, $50 under former laws. All these
applications have received proper at
tention. The total number of claims
pending is 162, $50. During the same
period 110,276 certificates have been
issued to pensioners. The number q
original claims allowed last year was
66,637. The first payment on these
claims was S32, ,47S, SAL, the average pay
ment being S4S5.51. The number of
original claims under the old laws that
will be allowed this year will probably
not exceed $4,000, with an average first
payment of $342 and a total payment of
S17, 100, 900. This will show falling off
this year, as compared with last year,
of SIS, 400, 900 in first payments on old
law original claims.
The Commissioner estimates that
there will be $4,000 claims allowed un-
der the new law during the fiscal year
and that the total first payments on
these claims will be SIS, 600, 900, making
So, 100, 900 as first payments upon all
the claims allowed during the first fiscal
year as compared with last year.
From these figures, says General
Raum, it will be seen that the predic-
tions made in some quarters of an ex-
traordinary deficiency occurring in the
appropriations for the present and next
fiscal years are not likely to be fulfilled.
The Commissioner declares that the
practical operation of the act of June
81, 1890, as shown by the work thus far
in the office, will be to materially reduce
the annual value of pensions
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-02-12
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

REPRESENTATIVES of the Farmers Allt-
ance and Industrial Union will meet at
Little Rock, Ark, on the 18th to form a
coalition of the several organizations Of
the Alliance in Arkansas. President
Polk, of the National order, and other
prominent Alliance men will be present.
J.B Ellis, afflicted with consumption,
and upon whom Dr. Daum, of Kansas
City, Kas., experimental with DR..
Koch's lymph, died on the 9th.
PosToFFIcE INSPECTOR SHORT has been
notified by the Postmaster General that
the rewards of $1,000 each for the cap
ture of Rube Burrows, Joe Jackson and
Rube Smith, offered by the Government,
will be paid as soon as it can be deter
mined who is entitled to the money.
THE Texas Senate on the 9th passed
the bill compelling railroads to provide
separate coaches for white and colored
passengers.
Bob NICHOLS, colored, poisoned three
members of Ernest Stienhard's family
and his wife, their servant, at Kansas
City, on the 9th, by putting arsenic in
their coffee. Prompt medical aid and
an overdose saved the lives of the Stein
hard family, with much suffering, but
Nichols wife is dead.
MICHAEL WEBSTER was buried at
Savannah, Ca, on the 9th. He served
on the Alabama throughout her entire
career. After the battle of Cherbourg
with the Kearsarge, he jumped over
board from one of the Federal boats with
the Alabama's papers and escaped to
England.
DIR. EVANS, of Oakcliff, Texas, was
on the 5th held up by highwaymen,
who thrust the muzzle of pistol be-
tween his teeth while going through
his pockets. The job was performed in
a very public place.
THE ship Staranac from New York TO
San Diego, which was given up for lost
with all on board three months ago, ar
rived at San Diego, on the 5th, S0s days
out.
THE Alabama House of Representa-
tives on the 5th passed bill levying a
special tax of half mill to raise a fund
for the relief of disabled Confederate
soldiers, and of widows of such as were
killed in the Confederate service. The
tax will raise fund of S125, 600 annually.
Ar the meeting of the House Com
mittee on Postoff1ces and Postroads on
the 9th the postal telegraph bill was
aid on the table by vote Of 9 toe
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-02-12
Escaping Taxation.

JACKSON, Jan. 31.-The investiga-
tions of Revenue Agent Writ Adams
have developed the fact that good
many banks and other corporations in
the State have escaped taxation. In
some instances the amounts are small,
but in others runs into the thousands.
The total amount to be collected will be
large.
A good many of these claims have
been collected, and others ale in vari-
Gus stages of collection. AS rule,
when the fact was shown that not
enough taxes had been paid the banks
promptly settled without any legal pro-
ceedings. Many of the corporations
paid too little under a misapprehnsion
of what was really due, while others
took advantage of various technicali-
ties to deduct their taxes.
The revenue agent is working as
siduously IN the matter, and is deter
mined to see that the State, counties
and municipalities shall receive all the
taxes which they are entitled to under
the law. The collections made so far
are from some of the best and strongest
banks and other corporations in the
State.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-02-12
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
Three Burned to Death.

FRIARs PoryT, Feb. 1.-At $3.50 o'clock
this morning the citizens Of Friars
Point were aroused by the alarm Of fire,
and those who quickly gathered found
the town Jail in flames and were Mortified
by the cries of the prisoners confined
therein. Everything possible was done
to stay the devouring element and
rescue the doomed men, but in vain.
The Marshal who had the key lives
some distance from the lookup" and
before he arrived the building was a
mass Of flames and the victims beyond
human aid; and this morning only three
heaps of charred bones remain. At
late hour last night the three men,
William Armstrong, Major Norman and
Prophet johnson, colored, were placed
in the clock kup" on charges of minor
character, and from the testimony ad-
duced before the coroner's jury the
prisoners attempted to burn the door
down and escape, with the result above
stated.
The verdict of the jury was that Will
liam Armstrong, Major Norman and
William, alias Prophet, johnson were
incarcerated in the city calaboose on
charges of crime, and in an effort to
escape from said calaboose set fire to the
same, and unable thus to escape or to
arrest the burning, came to their death
by perishing in the flames; and that the
death of said persons was not brought
about by the act, procurement or fault
of any other person.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-02-12
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

THE Senate has confirmed Marcus w.
Acheson, of Pennsylvania, as United
States Circuit Judge of the Third cir
cult.
THE assertion is made at Lisbon that
the funds used by the insurgents of
Oporto were furnished by Signor Gorilla,
the Spanish agitator and the republic
ans of Spain.
THE Wisconsin Legislature has re-
pealed the Bennett school law.
The Central Farmers Institute of On
tario favors free trade.
THE Ohio House has passed a bill
making eight hours days work, ex-
cept farm labor. 1t now goes to the
Senate.
GENERAL R. ]. HENDERSON, a noted
ex-confederate officer, died at Atlanta,
Ga.
SECRETARY BLAINE has purchased the
old Seward mansion in Washington in
which he now resides.
In the British House of Commons Mr..
Gladstone moved the second reading of
bill to remove religious disability and
made long and earnest speech in sup
port of the measure. The bill was de-
feated by a vote of 256 to 223.
THE President on the 5th published
his proclamation of reciprocity with
Brazil under the provisions of the Nc
Kinley tariff law.
THE council of the Farmers Alliance
and Industrial Union, in session at
Washington, adopted practically free
trade resolutions.
THE ways and means committee of
the Worlds Columbian Exposition has
decided to ask Congress to appropriate
S., 900, 900 in aid of the Worlds Fair.
The matter will be laid before the next
Congress.
A MEETING of republicans at BARGE
Iona, Spain, was attacked by gendarmes
recently and several persons were in
jured.
The New York Chamber of Commerce
has appointed President c. S. Smith,
Abrani S. Hewitt, c. n. Bliss, John III.
Rhodes, John Sloane and Henry w.
Cannon as committee to appear be-
fore the Committee on Coinage of the
House of Representatives to protest
against the free coinage of silver.
The New York Press says it is an
open secret that the portfolio of the
late Mr.. Window has been offered to
Chauncey NJ. Depew, which he declined.
THE Cabinet crisis in Italy seems to
become more serious every day. Upon
King Humbert's refusal to consent to
large economical reductions of the
naval and military budgets the MEM
bers of the Right Center have with
dra ). from the Cabinet
4 DISPATCH from Chill by way of
Lima, Peru, states that the port of
Iquique when the dispatch was sent
was momentarily expected TO be bonn
barded by. the Gillian insurgents.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-02-12
without q Parallel.

JACKSON, Jan. 31.-A negro boy, in
the Circuit Court at Raymond, just
closed, obtained Judgment against the
Alabama & Vicksburg Railway Company
for $1,000. The suit was brought to re-
cover damages against the road for in
juries received, the boy having been
struck by an engine and somewhat in
jured.
The strange feature of the case was
that the company made no defense. The
attorney of the road says that he had no
notice of the suit. An officer, however,
gave evidence before the jury that he
had served legal notice on the depot
agent of the company of the pending
suit. The jury rendered their verdict
without leaving the box. No defense
having been made, there are no grounds
on which it could secure an appeal.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-02-12
MISCELLANEOUS.


ALL the missing fishermen who were
carried out to sea by the breaking Of
the ice in Saginaw bay, Mich, are re.
ported safe at Fish Village, near Fish
Point There were many thrilling es-
capes, but no lives were lost.
EIGHTEEN lives were lost in Hayden
& Co. s mine at Evansville, near Halle
ton, Pa, on the 4th, caused by water
breaking into the slope where they
were at work. The rest of the men es-
capped. On the same day three men lost
their lives in a similar way in colliery
No. of the Susquehanna Coal Com
pany at Grand Tunnel, near Wilkes
barre.
VEINS of coal in the mountains near
Newcastle, Col, are on fire, causing
much alarm.
THE recent campaign in the North
west will cost the country about 81, ,000,-
600.
MCELRoY's dry goods store at Detroit,
Mich, has been destroyed by fire. The
loss was S175,OO0; insurance, $4,000.
THE creditors of Banker Kean, of
Chicago, have decided to accept thirty
five cents on the dollar.
APPLICATIONS for injunctions against
twenty-five saloons have been fled by
the State Temperance Alliance at Fort
Dodge, Ia. Detectives have been at
work for weeks in gathering evidence.
A PRIVATE letter from Winona, N.
D., gives news of the death of two SOL
diers by drowning in the Missouri river,
names unknown. They had been ca
rousing at Winona and were on their
return to Fort Yates and went through
an air hole in the ice.
THE Pullman repair shops at st. Louis
have been destroyed by fire. Loss,
1925, 600.
THERE was report of a serious dis
aster on the Cotton Belt road near
Clarendon, Ark, on the night of the
5th. Nine persons were said to be
killed.
NINE children were burned to death
in fire at an orphan asylum at Mos
COW, Russia. Many others were seri-
ously injured.
THERE is no doubt of Treasurer Wood
ruff, of Arkansas, being a defaulter to
the amount of S96, 900.
JAY p. DAVIS, defaulting deputy clerk
of the district court at St Paul, Mimi,
has been given six years in the pen"
PASSENGER train No. 634 on the Lit
tie Rock & Fort Smith road was ditched
near Alma, Ark, every coach being
wrecked. Only three passengers were
injured. Spreading rails was the
cause.
BUSINESS failures Dun's report for
the seven days ended February num-
bered 2O6, compared with 800 the pre-
vious week and 321 the corresponding
week of last year.
HARVEY REYNOLDS, the most noted
moonshiner of Alabama and Ten
nessee, has bsen captured at Birming-
ham.
Four hundred men were thrown out
of employment at Mahoney City, Pa. +,
by the shutting down of the Tunnel
Ridge colliery.
THREE bandits were killed by officers
on the steamer Iglesi at Havana. The
outlaws were endeavoring to escape at
the time.
THE long overdue steamer Denmal k
has arrived at New York from Europe.
She had encountered series of fierce
gales, in which one cattleman was
drowned and the vessel considerably
disabled.
STERNBERG's bolt works at Reading,
Pa, have been destroyed by fire. Loss,
$500, 900; fair insurance.
IT has been officially decided to COM
mence work on the Siberian railway at
Obdivostock this year.
TWENTY-FIVE men were recently
buried under an avalanche of snow at
Ruetta, a village of Switzerland
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-02-12
Miscellaneous.

Few cities and counties can make a
better tax showing than Natchez and
Adams County. The delinquent tax
lists show the delinquency in the city
taxes to be only $76.5s, and in the State
and county taxes for Adams County to
be only S124.45. The new Constitution
requiring that all taxes should be paid
by February in order to vote in the
year 1891 may have had good effect in
reducing the delinquent list.
THE Attorney-General has decided
that the section of the new Constitution
prohibiting certain officers from holding
office more than one term does not apply
to present incumbents of county Offices.
THE Penitentiary Board of Control
last week turned into the State Treasury
81, 900 convict lease money, making
81, 900 for January. tE
DTHE Supreme Court last week affirmed
decision against the Western Union
Telegraph Company in favor Of j. FL.
Alexander, whereby he receives as dam
ages and interest 81, 500. In 1885, Alex
ander sent telegram to real estate
dealers in Chattanooga, Tenn, TO pur-
chase certain property for him. The
telegram was delayed thirty-six hours.
and when delivered the property had
been sold. Alexander then brought suit
against the company. The company
gained the case twice in the Circuit
Court, but it was each time reversed.
I The last trial resulted in q verdict in
| bis favor.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-02-12
A Poor Practical Joke.

PORT GIBSON, Feb. DIR. ]. f.
Boland, well-known physician of the
Brandywine District, Claiborne County,
was cut and probably fatally wounded
by one Jordan yesterday. DIR. Boland
had been absent from home for some
time, and on returning attempted
practical joke on Jordan by producing
what he represented as a warrant of ar
rest for selling whisky in Copiah, pro-
hibition county, and telling him to con,
slider himself prisoner. In reply Jor-
dan whipped out razor and began
carving. Three long deep cuts across
the breast and abdomen were afflicted.
The victim is in precarious condition.
He had been married about six weeks.
His wife's former husband, Mcclure,
was killed while resisting arrest here
last April, after married life of only
two weeks. s -....
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-02-12
-Four Miners Killed.

OURAY, Col, Feb. 7.-Several of the
Virginius miners on Mount Snefies
started from the mine to help bring in
Billy Maher, who had been blown up in
his cabin about mile distant. While
going up the mountain and at an alti-
tude of 13, 900 feet heavy body of snow
became detached and Sam Byron, l.
Philius, Allen Mcintyre and John Sam
derlind were hurled down the mountain
and buried fifty feet beneath the. mass.
A large party of miners worked all
night searching for their bodies, but dill
not succeed in finding them until late
in the afternoon. All We're dead.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-02-12
MOB AND POLICE.
An Intoxicated Soldier Released and Re-
captured.

An Intoxicated Soldier Released and Re-
captured.
LEAvENwoRrH, Kan, Feb. 7.-Police
Officer Keeks arrested an intoxicated
soldier belonging to company III, Sew
enth infantry, from the fort yesterday
afternoon. After the two had gone a
block the soldier broke away and ran
down Shawnee street to Fourth and
down that street to Delaware, where he
stumbled and fell. Quite a crowd gath
cred and released the man, but two
more officers captured him and took
him to the station, while large crowd
followed hooting at the policemen.
At the station several prominent men
interceded for the soldier, when Officer
Charles Robinson, clerk at the police
headquarters, made insulting remarks,
when one of the men knocked him
over the Office railing, and when the
officer struck at another his club was
taken away from him. Comrades of
the soldier then gave IS bonds, which
was what the police wanted.
The Brookhaven leader., 1891-02-12
The real elixir of life that is neeoec

The real elixir of life that is neeoed
to-day is avscheme of existence which
shall bring contentment TO all, lnde'
2endently of their circumstances Inc
kind of medicine which would be OF the
most value is not an essence scraped
out of lambs and guinea pigs, but
rather the essential experiences OF the
past generations made available foI
the present use of the humblest as well
as of the most exalted Ignorance OF
the exact conditions of life is the great
est evil of the present day.-ProVidene'
Journal
The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1891-06-05
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The skill and despatch with which he
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We hope to extend our trade to every
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With many thanks to our patrons Of
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