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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
COMPLICATED MARRIAGES.
The Two NuptiaI Ceremonies Which Arc
Necessary in France


In the higher French classes the Gus
tom is that the civil or legal marriage
should be celebrated before mayor or
magistrate the day or two days before
the religious one, a custom whose
origin is the desire TO show that they
consider the religious ceremony alone
valid from christian point of view
The young bride returns to her family
on leaving the town hall, and only
starts for her wedding Journey after
the marriage has taken place in a
church, in a tempe-as Protestant
places of worship are called-or in
synagogue. This creates a rather
equivocal situation, says the New York
Commercial Advertiser. for if. which
Is rare, but has sometimes happened,
some incident should occur between
the two ceremonies to DELAY the second
one, the husband and wife would be
legally married without being so in
fact. | knew of such a case. On the
night OF the civil marriage the husband
received Geographic dispatch calling
him to his mothers bedside. who was
dying and who lived III a foreign land.
and whose illness had prevented her
being present at the wedding. He left,
received her last blessing, and render
ed her the last sad rites, and was after
ward kept at the place by business affairs
relating 20 her death and which were
of the greatest Importance to him.
This lasted for about month. His wife.
who was devOut Catholic, would not
have consented for anything in the
world to go and join him until their
union had been blessed by a priest.
During this interval the husband met
a cousin he had formerly loved. She
succeeded in rcconquering him, and he
had not the courage to consummate
the marriage legally contracted in
Paris. He offered TO be divorced, but
the young wife's religious scruplcs pre-
vented her from accepting this propo-
sitiOn, and she asked for and obtained
without difficulty legal separation on
the grounds Of desertion. How ever,
the hUaoaod found a roundabout way,
more or less irregular to marry his
cousin in Holland, where he lives now,
but in France he would be considered
bigamist and his legal wife is Nine,
X, who has never been his wife. The
affair created a great scandal at the
time in Partisan society
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
Suicide IN Denmark.

There is veritable epidemic of
suicide at Copenhagen. Those who
put an end to their lives are either
young couples who thus bring to close
an affection which is contrary to the
wishes of their families, or writer's or
artists who kill themselves in despair
at seeing their works not appreciated
by the public. The melancholy poetry
of the North has a most tragic effect.
A curious detail is that majority of
these unhappy persons are Finlanders
or Swede8. They escape, by commit
ting suicide on Danish soil, the Jaw Of
their own country, which gives the
bodies of all who take their own lives
to the dissecting room OF the medical
school
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
The Colossus of Rhodes.

The Colossus of Rhodes" was so
called to distinguish it from other
figures, said by some writer's to have
numbered more than 100, which, dur
Ing the days OF its prosperity, were set
up in The CITY of the Sum-" as the
capital of the Island of Rhodes was
POLITICALLY called. Besides these 100 or
more colossal figures there were 3, 900
statutes and monuments distributed
among the various public places of
this magnificent city. The Colossus
came third in the list of the seven an
Gent wonders of the world, and was
consecrated to the sun, the tutelar
deity Of Rhodes. This gigantic work
Of art was in brass, cast in sections,
and is said to have been the work of
Charles of Indus. 1t was $50 feet
high; the cost of its erection was 800
talents, or about s35O,OOO. About II
years work was put in on this brazen
monster, which, with all it's grandeur,
was destined to a short and uneventful
career. Fifty years after its compile
ton, in the year 224 B. c., according
to Pliny, this gigantic emblematic fig
ure was thrown down by an earth
quake
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
GerUIanysA Bank.

The Imperial Bank OF Germa ny has
the right to issue paper to the extent
of SO, 600, 900, and as much more as 1t
has gold and silver on hand as security
for, and practically to any extent
beyond this; but on the excess they
must pay per cent interest per annum
10 the government. The bank mas not
OF late awaited Of this privilege, posi-
bly, because it would not pay, and has
confined its issue of oank notes to the
regular $50, 900, 900 and the amount OF
gold and silver on hand, or say $685.
600. 900 in all.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
Points on Pepper.

Pepper in its natural state-that is.
in the kernels the fruit of plant
OF creeping or climbing habit and of
branching growth, 1t attains a height
of some thirty feet. Its leaves are
short-stemmed, uniform and pointed.
On the immense East India pepper
plantations the young cuttings are set
out in long rows and trained on poles.
In this particular it bears striking
resemblance to hop field. The plant
bears fruit in its first year, but not to
any great extent. It is most prolific
from its fourth to its twentieth year,
during which period the annual yield
of a single plant is from nine to eleven
pounds, on the average. The harvest
season commences as soon as the uni
form little green berries begin to turn
red. They are then plucked and spread
out on great platters to dry in the suns
warm rays, or by means of slow
fire. This treatment causes the outer
shell to shrivel and turn black. White
pepper is gathered from the same plant
as the black pepper, the distinction be-
ing that the outer black shell has first
been removed. Because of this thor
ough maturity of the berry and the alb
sence of the outer shell it is much
milder than the black.
The strongest species OF black pepper
is known as the Piper oficinarium.
Its fruit, the berry. is long, having a
reddich-gray exterior. Another not
belonging to the pepper family proper,
but coming under the Magistrates $50
laneenl, is the Spanish pepper Gap
sicus longum), whose cleaning red
fruit is too familiar 10 require detailed
mention.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
PRE-ExISTENCE.

Sometimes breath floats by me,
An Odor from Greenland sent
That makes the ghost seem nigh me
Of 4 splendor that came and went.
OF a life lived somewhere, know not
In what diviner sphere.
OF memories that stay not and go not.
Like music heard once by an ear
That cannot forget or reclaim it,
A something SO shy it would shame 1t
To make it a show
A something too vague, could ] name it
For others TO know,
As if | had lived it or dreamed it,
As If I had acted or scbemed it.
Long ago.
James Russell Lowell
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
Cool Indeed.

THE coolest man | ever knew In
my life" said a congressional arrival.
.'was native of Kansas, A cyclone
had struck him and set him down with
his entire family and a portion of his
furniture within twenty feet of my
house. ! said to him: Hello, Sanl
What are you doing over here"
" Oh, he replied, as he dumped a
handful OF tobacco into his pipe, I just
came over to get out Of the draft. ~
Washington Post.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24

monsieur is wrong. This will make
him i'll. Would monsieur like me to
put him to bed?"
| answ cred:
No: let me alone"
And he withdrew.
How many hours may have passed l
know not Oh! what night! What a
night. 1t was cold, my fire had burned
out in the great fireplace, and the wind,
a wintry gale, charged with icy frost,
was bowling without and rapping at
my window with peculiarly sinister
sound.
Long hours rolled away. | sat there,
wide-awake, Frustrated and over
whelmed, my eyes were open, but my
body was nerveless, dead, and my soul
was ingulfed In despair. Suddenly
the great hall bell rang out.
/ gave such start that my chair
creaked under me. The slow solemn
sound vibrated in the empty house.
l looked to see the hour by the clock.
/ L
be coming at such an hour?
And, abruptly, the bell rang twice
/ again. The servants, certainly, would
not dare answer it. | took a candle
and descended. I was about TO de-
mand:
"Who is there?'
Then, ashamed of this weakness, I
| slowlr drew back the heavy bolts. My
heart throbbed: | was afraid. open
ed the door brusquely. and deserted
in the gloom a shape like a pin anton,
dressed in white.
7 rcnoiled, impotent with anguish.
! and s+ammered:
! WhO-wh0-whoa are youP'
| A voice answered:
1t is l. father.
1t was my daughter.
Really / thought myself mad and
! shrank away retreating backward be-
, fore the specter as it entered, gesticu-
lating with my hand, as If to ward off
the apparition. The gesture has never
left me.
The phantom spoke again:
Have no fear, papa | was not dead.
Some one has stolen my rings and has
cut off my finger: the blood began to
flow and that has revived me.
And observed, then, that she was
covered with blood.
fell to my knees. gasping, sobbing
Historically.
As soon as | had partly recovered
my senses, so dazed still that / hardly
cOmprehended the terrible happiness
that had come to me, | made her go
up 10 ny room and placed her in my
/ armchair; then [ rang sharply for
Prosper that he might rekindle the
fire, prepare d warm drink for her and
summon physician.
The man entered, gazed al my
daughter, opened his mouth With a
spaSm Of fright and horror. then fell
back, stark dead.
1t was he who had opened the vault
Who had mutilated and then abandoned
my child. for he could not efface the
traces of his robbery; he had not even
taken the pains to place the coffin back
in its case, certain, moreover, of not
being suspected by me. who trusted
him fully
You see, monsieur, that we are
very unfortunate people"
He was silent.
Night had come on. shrouding with
its gloom the sad and solitary little
vale and a kind Of mysterious dread
seized me at finding myself alone with
these uncanny beings-this corpse
come to life and this father with his
appalling gestures.
could find nothing to say, but STAN
mered
"What a horrible thing!"
Then. after awhile, | added:
"Let us return! The night has
grown chill"
And we walked back tow ard the
hotel.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
lust Plain Snakes.

A Pennsylvania man says he knows
of a spot where at least 5000 serpents
are punched together for the winter.
There are no fancy snakes among
them, but just common, every day
snakes. such as blue racers and rattle
snakes, and he asks no particular credit
for his discovery.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
HAUNTED.

In that last hour where W stood,
Day was gliding INTO Right;
With that tender, dying day,
From my soul went all its light
Roses shlyered in the brea tn
Of the zephyr as it passed;
Sorrow shrieked into my soul,
Parting time has come at last"
You are with me still, my sweet,
am haunted, and will be,
Till these tired eyes are closed
In deaths calm eternity.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
A Sharp Sharper.

a New York wholesale merchant
says that he cheerfully puts up with
the sharp practice of his travellers,
who pad their own expense accounts,
because the sharper the drummer is in
that respect, as rule the more Gus
tom he brings to the house.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
So Many Women.

There are more women in British
India 124, 000.pJ0) than there are
men, women and children in Great
Britain, France and Germany put to-
geLner. with the population OF several
minor European states cast Ia as we'll.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24

JESSIE MOORE. Of BARREN county,
Georgia, was recently killed in a duel by
R. F. Fletcher, of Irwin county. Fletcher
fed from the state.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24

JoHN DAILY New York gambler, was
robbed of 500 900 by an employe named
W. s. HoIlingsworth.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
oaks were stepping back from the de

oaks were stepping back from tie de-
sired space.
You have got this tree business
down fine" said the manager, gazing
in high admiration.
We'll, put up yer show" said the
wizard, little Modified by the COM
pliment
Here, you canvas hands! Raise
the tent and get ready for quick show;
the door is to be put here. Hey, you
hostlers. Water your horses at the
creek quarter of a mile back and let
'em Craze awhile. Hey, you wind jam
ners. Get out your horns and play
the old man a tune. Cooki Want
dinner ready by the time the show is
out Whoop-er-upl"
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-11-05

Because we have just received several car
loads OF Dry Goods, Clothing and Shoes,
which were bought at recent Sheriff sales in
the North at from 40 to 6oc. on the dollar and
are offering them to our customers at the
same rate.
Now, while other merchants complain of
Hard Times, our Store is crowded with Gus
toners from the morning till night
Come and see the Great Bargains in Cloth
ing, Dress Goods, Flannels Pant Goods Cling
ham, Etc. Heavy brown Cotton, yard wide,
at &C.; Ladies Shoes good quality, CSC pair
Mems Suits from $3.98 to the Finest Dress
Suits; Carpets, Hats, Trunks and thousands
OF articles too numerous to mention, that we
are offering at SLAUGHTER PRICES Don't
pay big prices when YOU can come to our
Store and buy the same goods and save 40
cents on every dollar you buy.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-11-05
ALLEGHANY COUNTY.
The Elections.

The brief summary of the elections in
the States of New York, Massachusetts,
Ohio and Iowa given in a special tele-
gram published in this ISSUE furnishesre-
Election for the politicians. In Ohio, a
square issue was made on national ques-
tions, involving the protective policy
and sound currency. While the State
was in the hands of the Democrats, both
in its Executive and Legislative depart
ments, the Republicans have won, and
elected as Governor a man peculiarly
the representative of these two ideas,
and will have control of the Legislature,
which elects u. S. Senator to succeed
Sherman. In New York, while Fasset
was the Republican candidate and Flow
er the Democratic candidate, the issue
was really between Tom Piattism and
Tammany, both noted for the arbitrary
and corrupt election methods to which,
they resort Tammany came out vic,
torious, when really it was>a choicest
tween the devil and the witch as to
which triumphed, in the estimation of
honest men of both parties. In Iowa
Gov Buies, the Democratic incumbent
of the office, was elected at the last elec>
ton as q representative of the license
system, and Prohibition and anti-Pro-
hibition figured largely in this years
contest His reelection by reduced
majority, indicates that the same issue
holds its own in that State In Massa-
chusetts, Russell, the Democratic Gov
ernor, made creditable record in the
Executive office and being brilliant
young man of splendid personal charac-
ter, his election was more of a personal
triumph than a party success, as all the
the balance of the State tickets Repub-
lican.
Pennsylvania goes back to the fold
with $4,000 Republican majority.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-11-05
LATEST ELECTION News.

The following special dispatch was
received last evening from the Manager
of the Yew York Associated Press Asso-
ton, Washington. 1t gives tie latest
news up to 8 o'clock-later than the daily
papers of yesterday presented, and more
reliable.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov 4th, 1891.
New York gives Flower, Democrat, for
Governor, over Fassett, Republican, 49,
600 majority. Both branches of the Leg
islature are democratic
Massachusetts elects Russell, Demo
crat, Governor by five or six thousand
majority over Allen, Republican. The
balance of the ticket was carried by the
Republicans
Boies, Democrat, is re. elected Govern
or of Iowa, by Il reduced majority, over
Wheeler, Republican, with the Legisla-
ture in doubt.
Nothing later from Ohio. Last report
indicated fifteen thousand plurality for
Mckinley, and the Legislature Republi-
can in both branches.
In Pennsylvania the election was for
Auditor-Gcneral and State Treasurer
Gregg and TiIden, the Republican can
didates. are elected by about $4,000 ma
jority. Colorado is Republican by 5000.
Special elections in South Dakota and
Michigan show Republican gains.
In Virginia the Democrats and Ali
ance men had it all to themselves, and
of course have the Legislature almost
unanimous.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-11-05

There has been a great deal said about
the plethoric National treasury two
years ago, and it's depleted condition
now. But persons who make this com
plant are either too partizan or too ig-
norant to state the further fact, that du-
ring the past two years there has been
called in and cancelled 1895, 900, 0G0 of the
National debt To show the high credit
of the government, too, we have the fact
that $25, 100000 of A per cent bonds, that
the government had the right to pay
Sept. LIST, 1891, have been extended at 2
per cent, payable at the option of the
Treasury. and $20,000,0O0 paid-!eaying
about $5,000.000 due, which will be
paid on presentation. No government
on the earth can make such a showing
of credit and solvency, and no depart
ment of any government on the earth is
the object of SO much partizan abuse as
is the Treasury department. Secretary
Foster has proven himself to be a wise
and able finance minister, and the finan
cial condition of the country is such that
it ought to be "a source of pride and
pleasure to every citizen, instead of being
the object of partizan SANDER and
falsehoods.
At Briceville, Tenn, about 500 penis
tiary convicts are employed in mining
under the contract system. The regular
miners, sometime ago, protested against
this degradation of their business, and
4
and burn down the stockade. The Gov
ernor came on the scene, and after a
conference with the miners, determined
to convene the Legislature of the State
to consider the contract system, and
provide remedy for the evil complain
ed of. The Legislature met, and after IA
contentious session, adjourned without
doing anything. Last Friday the miners
carried their threat into effect. They
released about $50 convicts, after pro
yiding them with citizens clothes, and
burned the stockade. The militia have
been called out and serious trouble is
apprehended The convicts are scatter
ed in the woods, and some of them gone
to parts unknown. Later 500 more con
yicts were released.
The process of extracting sugar from
beets was discovered by a French scian
list sometime about ITS. thirty years
afterward, Emperor Napoleon utilized
the discovery by appropriating large sec
lions of land to the cultivation of the SD
gar beet. From that time on the indus
try grew in France, and until now it hi s
become one of the most lucrative and
useful products of the soil. /
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-11-05

Asa Potter, president of the collapsed
Maverick bank, Boston; French, the
cashier, and Davis,a director, were ares
ted on Monday, fer elnbezzlement.-
Potter was held in 100000 for his APP
pearance. The amount involved in the
banks collapse is about $2,OOO,OOO
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-11-05

The Maverick Bank, of Boston, has
closed its doors and the institution plac-
ed III the hands OF a Receiver. 1t
was the largest banking establishment
in Boston, and had IA deposit line for
four years past OF from %10,000.00 to
$13, 900, 600 Bank Examiner Magruder,
who had reported the condition of the
bank to the Comptroller of the Curren-
cy, when he found, that the bank
would have to close, he fell dead Oh the
floor, as result of worry and excite
ment over the situation.
Tim Healy. who since ParneIl's death
has assaulted the character of both Par
nell's widow and his sister, was publicly
horsewhipped in the streets of Dublin on
Monday last, by ParneIl's nephew, Nc
Dermett.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-11-05

EUREKA WATER PAII4-made of
Paper - always light. Does not
make water taste. No hoops to
drop off. Sells at 40 to soc. Our
special for October, 22c.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-11-05

commence, and 4 vast amount OF ore
taken ont. The management Of this
Company is in the hands of experienced
and competent men, who have operated
largely in the northwest, and bring to
their work here the knowledge they
have acquired in cheap and rapid min
ing. Captain N. D. Moore is the presi-
dent of the Company, and Captain y.
Hilbert the general manager; wit
Captain John Mckay one Of the Direc-
tors. All three of these gentleman were
at one time largely interested in the Cos
gebic district, Michigan, and were eI
tensively engaged in mining and ships
ping ores. They are all practical men,
and know all about the work in which
they are now engaged. The property
in Virginia, in which they are interest
ed is very valuable, and with their e1-
pert knowledge about the business OF
mining, they will make it profitable.
This portion of Virginia has been for>
tunate in getting them interested in its
mineral lands, as they will prove very
valuable acquisitions to our population
and especially to the development OF
our material resources. They have been
the means of inducing other men OF
wealth from a distance to become inter-
ested in the Virginia Mining and Invest
nent Company, who will become more
largely flied with industrial enter
prises here when they become acquaint-
ed with the exceptional advantages
which exist. 1t is a class of population
we much need. and we feel confident
that they will not only be literally re
warded for their investments of money
and energy, but that the people here
will share in the results.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-11-05

MEAT SAWS inches long just
what every family needs. Regular
price SOC. Special price for Octo-
Der, 25c.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-11-05

CHATHAM SHOPPING BAG, ~
made from the stylish Ooze leather,
fancy MCKEE trinlnings-sells for
Coo. Our Special as long as they
last, 3Gc.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-11-05

BAsKETs-A SPECIAL Offering of
Work, Infants and Waste Baskets,
worth 75c. to SI.oo each. at soc.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-11-05
The Election for the Legislature

The Election for the Legislature
The returns of the vote for the Legis.
lature from this District are meagre
most of the voting precincts being re
mote from rapid communication. Below
we give the returns from precincts heard
from, which clearly indicate the election
of Mr. A F. Withrow:
ALLEGHANY COUNTY.
Clifton Forge. Withrow 1914 Long,iaIe
Withrow so. Wood g Iron Gate, With
row 80. Jackson River, Withrow 10
Wood II. Covington gives Withrow 81
majority, and Low Moor gives him *
majority.
BATH COUNTY
MiIlboro, Withrow III, Wood 81. Sit
lington, Withrow and Wood receive
about an equal number of votes. Vote
not known.
Three precincts in Warm Springs Val
ley give Withrow ma. jority.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-11-05

That is what the professional cooks
say about it. Sells regularly at roc.
Our price for October, sc.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-11-05

ZEPHYR WOODS in all Co1ors and
Shades. Worth regularly 7c.-our
Special for October, SC. per ounce.