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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-10-22
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Tests Mad. In CannsrtIeus show ra.lr
Efficiency aH,f Usrfssiae.s.
The little state # Connecticut rrru-
lses 20 Be the PIONEER IN adapliar the
bicycle To usage in is national r,rarvi.
and at the recent state encrm1u-ur
the bicycle service which had been So
tahlshsd sometime previous. WIS given
: test Of It's efieieaey and usefulness
The men rude safety machines. s.vs
TIE Army aud Navy Register. ant err.
rled Colt lightning -maE1ziues. farev-
four ealIher earblncs and Colts regular
army revolver When mounted. each
man carries his earbi1e sIu1g across hrs
back by means OF Il strap The earbiue
has n capacity Of Twelve shots and the
revolver OF SIX shots. giving - the nine
wheelmcn q total OF H63 shots withnut
pausing To reload TIE wefrat Of the
earbrnsa i five pounds The manual
used By these wheelnen w.s com7iIed
by Lieut. G~iddings. from United States
infantry and English eycI. tactics One
OF the tests To which the bicycle CORPS
was put To at camp was 4 sham firht
between wheelmen and . d-etaehr,eut
OF infantry and = squGd Of cavaIrv
They were also tested d.
and the ting signaling. with which the
wheel messengers competed. seeras Ia
have been slox-
Cot Daherty. OF the Second Corueetf-
cut regiment, .Uas supposed To be at
tackled on his aanlS when two niles
away from his camp lie sect a ues-
sage Of soue ten or fifteen words 10
Headquarters by lean OF the REGULAR
Eng signal service as.sinr that a mr.
chime gun De sent 70 his assistance nj
once At The same time b. gave the
message 10 Z ct the wheslmen fer de-
livery For the list half mile the res-
sage was carried for the regular serv-
He by a horssfu1n 70 i house. fruu
ruof the first f1~ began 30 wava
The bteyelist reached his destination
and delivered his dispatch IN ten min
Etes. while the same me.sa-e DID ues
get IN until forty minutes later thrDuwh
the ordinary siguaIiag By Ga~S In
tact the gun had reached its positioa
and was already firing in support "a
SoL baherty, two miles away. when
the message asking for It reached head
quarters according to tbs usual method
C-iEaiarI Frassle..
Col Percy ferger IS one ~ the most
popular criminal lawyers IN Austin. LIE
has IN immense criminal practice and
usually succeeds. with sIIrat assissr1cs
from the Isrv. in aeqaitsIag his clients.
no matter how I~trocl0u-s their erir,e Or
overwhelming the evidences Of thar
guilt Last sunday Col Yer-rers little
boy Tommy was asked by his Sundav-
school teacher.
Tommy the nan who Is good IN this
world goes To Heaven. Vow what be-
comes OF the bad men Who disobev the
laws Of Godgf
Papa clears them was the r.
sponss--rexas SiftEG
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-10-22

Nrsruat be c~oufauaf-G with car1mon csts-
arri- or purzlnvs p4ls Carter > L4tt4a LIZ
err Pills ar- entirety anlits them IN -verT -
spect Oaerrt1l wiz prove tAeir superiority
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-10-22

"Mr S1 trade = getting qr.- Brisk"
sad the -Eurrry rcei az the sxfn pAsser-
bv yielded T. the exactsun= Of graTitg-bs-
rlE0re American
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-10-22

- ~su giant n be cu-ei q = cnugs use
Fac $ Honey % Horehoun,i ant Tar
FLkasTsatnacne Drops Care in enc minute
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-10-22

DESrrsrs ars net al fl-ners 5ut tasy
81 The Ahsrs Just ne samG -Ftns
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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-10-22
NATIONAL BANK NOTES
Tue CoUntry's History Illustrated
~ It's Paper Currency.


Pneurnis1atbts - an interesting
ssuIv. for the coin q a people Illus
trates IN n measure their progress IN
the arts The paper currency u the
United States VIII Dc Eore interesting
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-10-22

II yuu think your chila las worms. don't
ueglcrt is until It has spasms Arance give
f. Dr. Bulls War2 D~csur0gers. They TASTE
good
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-10-22

E0srr talks n Amertca ~ rsIxs cents.
aRd 4 FRANCE Il Is always trans IA ftE ~
tErancrs
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-10-22

~TH0er are capftEi i~eft.rT. sad The nan
vino rrlee . Z tn acsuoFvi cdgeHeaE Ok q
mt4ch w.a1ea losa--W 1shsnguan star
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-10-22

Both the method and results when
Syrup Of Figs is taken; il Ia pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yes promptly en- the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels. cIearses the sys
ten efectuallY. dispeis colds, head
aches and fsTers and cures habituai
constipation. Syrup Of Figs Is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt IN
its action and truly beneficial IN Ia
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances. its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made Is the most
popular remedy known
Syrup OF Figs Is for sale IN 5oc
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gist.- Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand VIII pro-
cure il promptly for any one who
wishes 10 Try It. Do not accept any
nhstitute.
CALIFORNIA m SY7CP CO
sSS s7GseSco. car
LOUISVILLE ~ NeX Frgr 81
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-10-22

THusg who wish n practirs eonum 3
uhuuld buv Carers Little Liver Pills
Fortv pills in a vlaI. ouIy one ptII a Jose
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-10-22
German
Syrup"

Those who have not
used Boschee Ger
nan Syrup for some
severe and chronic
trouble ofthe Throat
and rar n.-L
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1891-10-22

1afR> B0WSER. soIemnIy be-
q" gan Mr- Bowssr. as be came
" home To dinner che other
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-17
CRIME.

A GERMAN count in Kansas commits
wife murder and suicide.
LOUIS LAUER, accused of murder, hang
ed himself IN his cell Tuesday night at
Hailton, Conn.
MISS NAY M. SIUs, Minneapolis girl,
committed suicide in Washington by cut
ting her throat. No cause is known.
JOHN HENRY WEBSTER, tough negro,
was shot and killed while resisting arrest
at Columbus, Ohio. early Tuesday morn
ing.
HENRY A. WAITE attempted to clean
out saloon at Newark, n. j., Tuesday
night and afterward cut his throat to
avoid arrest.
MRS. ZILPHA M. WooD, of Coshocton,
Ohio, has sued her father-in-law and
mother law for $4,000 damages for
alternating her husbands affections.
GOVERNOR MERRIMAN has refused to
interfere in the case of William Rose,
sentenced to be executed for murder at
Redwood Falls, on Oct. 16.
AT Lyle, Kan, John Sorrick, during a
family quarrel. fatally SHOT his daughter
and then committed suicide.
in O'BRIEN, treasurer of the Catholic
Knights of America, with headquarters In
Chattanooga, Tenn, is said to be short
$50, 900 IN his accounts.
JOSEPH R. Quinn, who escaped from the
Tolland, r. |. Jail last week, was recaptured
Thursday morning. He was sentenced the
day before he escaped to five years in the
state prison.
THE mutilated body of a woman was
found N the hold of the steamship Fremont
on the arrival of that vessel from Newcas-
tie, Eng, Wednesday. The woman was
doubtless murdered and The authorities are
making an investigation.
POLICEMAN JOHN KERN was danger
ously shot and John Gerstrung and John
O'Connor badly wounded in saloon row
growing out of a political quarrel at Gut
tenberg, N. j., Monday night.
F. l.. CARROLL committed suicide in a
San Francisco hotel, Monday by explod-
ing dynamite cartridge. The windows
were shattered, and portions of Carroll S
remains we're blown into the street.
MACK BEss, a middle-aged negro, was
lynched near Nearlapd, n. c., on the Cape
Fear & Padkin Valley railway, at clock
Monday morning. His crime was an at
tempt to assault Mrs. Peterson, white
woman.
EDWARD RossEAU, a broker living in
Brooklyn. n Y, committed suicide by
shooting himself in the head. No cause
can be assigned for the deed
AT Bloomington, ILL.,, Monday. DIR. G..
Z. Ballard, shot and killed Miss Bertha
lson and then committed suicide. The
murderer had fruitlessly implored the
young lady to marry him.
WGLLIAM DALTON and Wiley Dean,
who answered the description of the Ceres
train robbers, were captured late Sunday,
The sheriff is positive they are the rob-
bers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-17
LIGHTER THAN TILE.
A New and Strong Fire-Proof Material
that Floats in Water.

The numerous improvements IN the re
cent methods of architecture and the con
sequent increase in the height of oul
modern office buildings has induced inven
tors to find some material that will be
sufficiently strong to stand any weight
that may be likely to be put upon It and
at the same time have the merit OF being
lighter than terra Gotta or any other ire,
PROBING material now in use. A material
that answers this description Is claimed fo
have been found, and is thus described by
a prominent architect:
This system consists of a composition
of siIicated fiber which in itself forms a
block of surprising strength and is easily
handled. 1t is an absolute non-conductor
of heat and produces, when dry, sub
stance that weighs about one third As
much as terra Gotta blocks used for filling
IN between floor beams in fre-proof con-
struction, and is less than half the weight
Of the sO-called terra Gotta wood blocks.
The substance will float IN water and has
about the same specific gravity as white
pine. 1t can be sawed like wood and will
take and hold mailing.
This system of fire. PROBING consists In
suspending upon the beams wire netting
of a gauge which will furnish the strength
required for the floor. Upon and through
this wire mesh is dumped, in the simplest
manner possible, the fre-proof material,
which is of the consistency Of paste, on to
a molding board at the ceiling line up to
the required floor level, when it is allowed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-17
FOREIGN.

The prospects for a good harvest Gin the
Caucasus are excellent.
GEORGE JOHN CARNEGIE, ninth earl of
Northesk, died Thursday at London.
ALIKHANoFF. the Russian general was
arrested IN Afghanistan as a spy.
LORD SALISBURY says Russia mas no
rights in the Dardanells that are rot pos
sessed by the other powers.
WITHIN few days Russia will have
500, 600 troops on the Polish frontier.
EMIL TREATEL, the corn speculator who
recently failed at, Berlin, committed sui
eide.
IT is runored in Germany that Russia
is preparing to descend upon Ccnstanti-
nOple.
A TRUSTED clerk in the Berlin mort
gage bank has absconded with $4,000
marks.
THE report that Prince Bismarck is Suf-
sering from severe attack of apoplexy is
denied
THE car presented Prince George of
Greece gold medal in recognition of the
princes bravery in protecting the czaro-
WITT when murderously attacked at Japan
AN election to choose,a parliament and
president of Chill, has been called for DC
tober Is by the Junta.
JULES GREW, ex-president of the
French Republic, died Wednesday. He
was lS years OF age.
The Spanish army reserve has been
called out in anticipation of a republican
uprising in that country.
ADyICES have been received In London.
of the wrecking of a Grimsby smack in
Iceland and the drowning of twelve of her
crew.
AN express train dashed into the midst
of a gang of trackmen at work on a line
neaI Glasgow Thursday morning. Five of
the laborers were killed.
The loss of property by an earthquake
in San Salvador Wednesday will reach
many millions. Severe seismic disturb
ances also occurred IN that country in 1864
and 1878.
The steamer Duarte Castle reports that
in the passage from Halifax a severe hur-
ricane was experienced. Two seauen
were washed overheard and drowned.
| A FAMILY in Paris, consisting of six
members, committed suicide Monday. The
father and mother first hanged themselves
and the others, who were adult children,
inflated their parents.
A RUMoR is current in Constantinople
that Kiamil Pacha. the recently deposed
grand vizier, is suffering imprisonment.
| His dismissal is now understood to be due
to completely in plot for the deposition
! of the sultan.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-17
WISCONSIN NEWS.

Robert Mahlke, Caloma farmer. com.
mitted suicide by eaking strychnine while
under arrest for drunkenness. He had
several quarrels with MS family, which
consisted of eleven children and wife.
DR.. c. n. Palmer, of Raymond. has
been suspended from the pension examin.
ing board, pending the action of the court
IN the case of alleged burglary, of which
Palmer is accused
A wild train was wrecked at Meouon
and the cars and depot badly damaged. A
score of hogs, sheep and cows were killed
No person was hurt.
Barnard Huber, of Darien, committed
suicide by hanging. He was 80 years OF
age and his mind had become unsettled.
Joseph kater, of Eau Claire, died from
an overdose of laudanum taken TO relieve
pain. He was IS years old.
The Oshkosh saw mills will soon re.
sumo work, as the logs which have been
hung up ara coming down.
A homing pigeon bearing a silver band
marked B. S. 1921, was accidentally shot
at Cedarburg.
The twenty-eighth Wisconsin volunteer
infantry holds reunion at Palmyra this
week
James l.. Collins, of Sheboygan, gets a
cadetship at West Point
Mrs. ZoilkowSki and child were fatally
burned in fire at Ashland caused by the
overturning of lamp. The property loss
was $4,000
Samuel Bailey, an old settler of Wau
pacca county, is dead.
Hugo Radkie, son of Landlord Radkie
prOprieter Of the Wolf River house New
London, was arrested on charge of petit
larceny committed at Hortonville.
a son of Postmaster Hartford, of Spen
Ger, was shot in the face by man named
Nick Williams. He was not fatally in,
jured but will be disfgured for life.
All the sawmills at Ashland will pro-
badly close within few days; shortness
of logs is the cause
Mayor Park, of Stevens Point, has or
dered all gambling houses closed during
fair week.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-17
THE ELECTRIC WOMAN.
A Woderful Power of Giving Electric
Shocks to Others.

Miss Lille Herst, the Electric Woman
now on exhibition at the BrOadwater
Natitorium, is attracting many visitors to
that resort. 1t is amusing 10 watch the
faces of the men and women who step up
to take Miss Herst by the hand. Some
will step forward with confident air, but
their confidence generally leaves them the
moment the hands meet. Others are so
nervous at the thought of receiving an
electric shock that they can hardly be in
duced to try the harmless experiment.
Miss Herst stands Oh a carpet with rail-
ing between herself and the visitors. When
taking her by the hand the visitors stand
on piece of carpet or rug which is kept
dampened with water In order to serve as
a conductor for the electric current. Some
of the more suspicious say the woman has
an electric battery somewhere about her
person, but il she has it is very cleyerly
concealed, and it appears to be almost i'm
possible that such thing could be. She
certainly appears to be genuine electric
woman
Miss Herst was born in Kalamazoo
county, Michigan, twenty-o one years ago.
She is one of six children, one brother
Younger than herself being also possessed
with the power of giving electric shocks,
while the other four, two brothers and two
sisters, are like ordinary people. Her
mother is dead and her father resides in
Lewiston, Pa, while the brothers and
sisters are located in various parts of the
country. She has been travelling and Civ
ing exhibitions IL various paris of the
country for about FIVE years.
Miss Herst says she feels no inconveni
ence whatever from the electricity with
which she is charged, although she has al
ways been possessed of it. She cannot
ride in an electric car, however, as it
makes her sick. She tried it once, but
does not care to repeat the attempt. So
far from a person suffering any injury
from taking her by the hand the electrici-
ty is beneficial, and is said will cure
headache very quickly. Helena MONTY
Journal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-17

AT Birmingham, Ala, Monday morn
ing Susie Healy, 10 years old, set her dress
ON fire and was terribly burned. She died
soon after.
WHILE bathing at Portland, Ore, the
son of wealthy London banker broke his
neck in diving.
A YOUNG boy was struck and killed by
an engine near the water tank in the Lake
Shore yards Tuesday at Ironwood, Mich
The Youngstown TO- bridge-wo-ks were
destroyed by fire Friday night, entailing a
loss Of $50, 900 and throwing 200 men out
Of work.
A HOSE cart coIlided with cable tram
in st. Paul. Mimi, and the pas
sengers had a marvellous escape from
death.
Ina collision between two electric cars
at Gloucester, Mass, Thursday, the engi-
neer, Thomas Wilson, had both legs broken
and an unknown passenger was seriously
injured. The cars were badly smashed.
JOSEPH DEER, of Vermontville, Mich,
blew out the gas in room at the
Burnett house, at Toledo, Ohio, Sunday
night and died from asphyxiation before
relief came.
ARTHUR HUNT and his two sisters were
rowing on the Mohawk river near Science
tady, u Y, Tuesday, when their boat
capsized. Hunt and one sister were
drowned.
A LOCOMOTIVE on the Long Island rail-
road exploded at Oyster Bay, L. L., Tues
day morning. Engineer Donaldson, fire.
man Dickerson and brakeman Mahoney
were killed and conductor Jones was
scaIded
FORD BREWER met a horrible death
Friday, near Aurora Mo. The rollers of
a crusher became choked and he attempt
ed to disiodge some of the rocks with a
crowbar The rollers suddenly caugh the
bar, throwing Brewer over on the rollers.
and he was literally crushed to pulp.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-17
REACHING DIZZY HEIGHTS.

The plans for the Odd Fellows temple
10 be reared in Chicago contemplate a
building Of thirty-four stories, reaching a
height of $50 feet. This will be the great
est building in the world, being taller
than the Washington monument. The
Masonic temple of Chicago, now in course
Of erection, is to be about twenty stories
high. There seems to be no limit to the
enterprise of Chicago people in this dlrec-
ton. A fourteen story building was put
up there a year or two ago, and now on
the diagonal corner structure one story
higher has been erected.
The sky-scraping tendency is alarming
both insurance and real estate men, the
former because such altitudinous struc-
trros are practically doomed when fire
once obtains foothOld in the upper
part, as was proved in the case of the
lumber exchange in Minneapolis a few
months ago; and the latter because such
buildings, occupying so little space and
yet giving such large ac-
commodations, greatly reduce the
demand for building sites. The two in
erests are already meditating concerted
action to induce the common council of
Chicago to adopt an ordinance putting
some limitations on the attitude of edifces
0 be erected hereafter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-17

been proved to be perfectly practicable,
yet at present it is net economical. This
is owing to the fact that our best and
largest steam engines by which we run
our dynamos utilize only from 10 to Is
per cent. of the energy stored in the
coal, lavishly wasting the remainder
fortunately, our dynamos have reached an
efficiency of about 80 per cent, so that
their Is not much waste in using the cleo
trio current after the power to produce
1t is once generated. 1t is probable,
therefore, that the use of electric heating
will for the present be some what limited,
and confined to special places where its
convenience will Offset extra cost. For an
extension Of It's employ ment thus, as for
certain other important uses of electricity
and upon a scale far beyond anything we
can now imagine, we must wait until we
learn how to produce this current of pure
energy from the coal or other fuel direct.
Than the accomplishment of this feat,
there Is to-day no more fascinating pro-
blem in the realms OF science Many
are working at it with as yet but small
success. Do not despair, however, as it
seems to be logical possibility, and the
only thing required is to find out how to
do it.-Sanitary News.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-17

to harden. This process reouires abont an
hour and secures better results than terra
Gotta, brick or hollow tiles of twice or even
tour times the weight
The silicated fiber is furnished tn
builders and contractors delivered at the
building IN sacks ready for adding water
Tor mixing and applying. The mixture
can also be cast in molds of any Kind. into
nat plates, hollow tile. circular form for
columns, etc, IN an endless variety of
shapes. Furthermore. the manner of ap-
plying the material will produce at once.
IN the ceiling of a room, any design or
pattern, or any form which might be de-
sired. The imitation of arches can be
produced with no greater expense than the
preparation of plate having the desired
impression, to be suspended under the
beams at the time the mixture is poured
upon it.
Experiments tried upon a large scale
and under great disadvantages have proved
that this system can be carried out at less
expense than any of the brick arch or
hollow tile systems now in use. The
smootaness and neatness, which are claim
ed by Its inventors, should place it far
ahead OF any system now used. In the
Western Union Building in New York.
which has recently been rebuilt. this
material has been used to advantage. At
a recent test OF this substance sixteen
foot arch was loaded with three tons of
pig iron piled SIS much as possible in the
center OF the span. The detection was
one-elght of an inch. The width of the
span was tour feet. The load was euuiva-
lent to 80 pounds per foot center load. or
1876 pounds uniformly distributed The
arch was then loaded with four tons in
center, or l25 pound sper square foot center
load, equivalent to $50 feet uniformly dis
trlbuted; the detection was then three
eights of IN inch. No movement in the
adjacent arches could be detected, although
straight edge was used over the entire
Snan -
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-17
HOUSEHEATING.
Our House May be Heated by Electricity
at Very Distant Time.

az 10
Speaking of the possibilities in the line
of future house heating methods, Oberlin
Smith, IN recent lecture before the Frank
lin Institute, at Philadelphia, said:
I'm the matter of warmth, there Is
certainly an inviting field for our future
inventors. That our present methods OF
heating by the burning of coal and the
non burning Of smoke, and OF cooling by
carrying in Jumps of ice, are crude and
wasteful, as we'll as extremely irregular
and uncomfortable, it is not necessary to
argue about. 1t seems probable that in
the near future, at any rate for our cities,
some system of gas heating will dlsplace
coal and wood to a large extent, and this
is the more likely from the fact that our
streets and houses are ready supplied
with the necessary pipes, which may per-
haps be gradually thrown out of use as
conveyors of Illuminating gas, by the i'm
provement and development of electric
lighting. There also seems a tendency
among inventors in recent years to attempt
some kind of artificial cooling by the dis
tribution through pipes or cold air or
freezing mixtures of various kind; also to
contrive cheap ice MAXIM or other cooling
machines, which can be economically used
in individual buildings.
''All this is in a direct line Of progress,
but it seems probable that at some time In
the future we shall depend upon the cleo
trio current brought into each bui ding
through single wire, not only for our
lighting and power, but for our heating
and cooling also. Just how the latter
process is to be accomplished we do not
yet know, but reasoning by analogy, it
would not seem outside the range possib-
ility. when we consider the fact that the
burning of coal in furnace can be made
to produce heat or cold at will. 1t is true
that while electric heating in itself has