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, 1891-07-29
From the Demerara Argosy 4tb July.

From Pomeroon a correspondent sends us
the following interesting note A little Indian
boy five years old was lost in the bush near
Abram Creek, a few miles from Cabucaburi.
It appears that on May 21st the little fellow
wandered from the camp In search Of his IA
Their who was cutting troolies some distance off.
When the mother missed the child she gave
the alarm, and search parties went out in all
directions, who for three days secured the bush,
in vain. Then the boy was given up as lost,
most probably carried off by a jaguar; but on
18th of this month (June) the little fellow
was found accidentally by his mother not more
than a mile from the camp! He told his no
ther that when he found he had lost his way
he cried until he was weary, and then fell
asleep under a troolie tree. All the time he
had nothing but troolie seeds to eat, and he
slept under a troolie spathe. Notwithstanding
this spare diet the boy looked in very good
health. To use the words of one of the Indians
who had come to see him, he looked GOOD only
a little maugre."
On Thursday, after the Colonial Steamer had
touched at Leguan, on her way to Wakenaam,
the passengers perceived a waterspout on the
port bow, a short distance off. One of them,
writing to us, says it reached from the surface
VI VIZ VOW ~ LiO NAOuNAoJ uAAA UHO foPDNA H'A~
spray attending it's gyrations, appeared as if it
were emitting volumes of steam. It was seen
for fully 10 minutes, and broke down opposite
Pin. Success.
The career of the Tennessee Jubilee Singers
in the West Indies has been chequered by u
series of very dirty acts committed by them
selves upon themselves. Two or three times
it cam to light that the Singers had lost
money by dishonest management. The VittGger
of this month says that another similar occur
renee cropt up in Trinidad, whereupon the
majority left for Grenada, where they are sing
ing on their own account. Nine. Jones and
her husband were left behind in Port of Spain.
In the Antigua Standard there is an account
of the conservation of a bishop of the Moravian
Church by Bishop Romig, who was recently
on a visit to Demerara. The new Bishop is
Revd. Mr.. Weiss, a Swiss by BIRTH man
pious and well versed in religious knowledge.
Bishop Branch of the Anglican Church was
present at the ceremony,-ap proof of catholicity
of spirit not to be overlooked in these days of
s~eetarian bigotry in certain protestant quarters.
Lady Macdonald, widow of the late Premier
of the Dominion, who has just been created a
Peerless with the title of countess of Earnscliffe,
is native of Jamaica. The Colonial Standard
nard, member Of the Privy council Of the island.
She is a highly talented woman, courteous
and hospitable, aud the central figure of the
social life of the capital"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-08

were already familiar to our ace did NOT
lessen the impression of wonder with
which this discovery was regarded. The
gold and silver vessels found in Mveene
were of high order of artistic merit and
wholly independent of oriental influence
Many of these objects found their proper
place IN the museum at Athens but
others were exhibited in London, and some
came to this country. Schliemann visited
England after this find, and was received
with distinguished honors. and .nade
member of many learned societies. His
book on ''Mycena" was published in Lon
don in 1877 with preface by Mr.. Glad
stone, who has made Homer one of his
special diversions.
1t is unnecessary to follow the many
other explorations of DR.. Schliemann in
Mediterranean islands Including the site
of Taormina in Sicily in the vicinity of
Rome, in ancient Etruria, and again at
Hissarlik. He published in 1881 his
"Orchomenos, work which has not been
published in this country; in 1888 Trio
ia, summing up the results of his exam
inatlon of the Troad; and in 1886 I'll
ryns, completing his consideration Of
Mycena. For several years his home has
been IN Athens, where four or five wears
ago he built great house which is one of
the most noticeable structures of the city
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-08
\ BURGLER'S EXPERIENCES.
surprising Outcome of an Attempt at Rob
berry in a Country Village.
New York SIM


About the most unpleasant experience
ever had, said retired burglar, twas
In a small village in the western part of
the state. | looked around the town in
the afternoon and located a house that
seemed promising, and about 2:15 the
very next morning went in through the
back door. The lower part of the house
was nicely furnished, but | didn't want
any bric-a-brac, and l went right up stairs
and turned into the first chamber | came
to. There was 4 very dim light burning
in the room, but it wasn't light enough to
see by, and | turned on my glim. The
light just happened to strike the head of
the bed, and woke up man. He sat up
and said as cool as could be, We'll, what
is it?" and told him | wanted whatever
dust he might have there, and | wanted
it soon. | had met cool men before, and
wasn't going to stand any bluff.
He got out of bed and started for a
bureau in the corner of the room. | kept
the light on him all the time. He was a
well-built young fellow, not more than
twenty-four. He had manly sort of
look about him, and was almost ashamed
to rob him. When he moved up toward
the bureau moved up, too, so as not to
give him a chance 70 open window and
Roller or get any other drop on mo where
| couldn t reach him. He had got about
one more step tomake to reach the bureau,
and he was moving along as quiet as a
man could, when, quicker'n lightning,
he made a jump and butted me square off
my feet before knew what he was doing.
My lamp fell one way and my Jimmy the
other, and the next second he fell on me so
hot | hn .,,,1
through the hoo1
81 had il gun with ne, but ddn even
have a chance to get hold of it. He grab
bed both my wrists when he fell, and then
somehow he managed to hold both of them
with one hand, and with the other grab
bed me by the neck, and he just simply
dragged me out and threw me down stairs.
could hear myself banging all the way
down and expected to be all broke up
when got there, but wasn't. | was
bruised, but all right When | got up on
my feet | looked up to the head of the
stairs, where the man was. His face had
a serious kind of look on it, bnt when he
saw wasn't much hurt he smiled and
said:
will you kindly close the door when
you go out?"
81 will, said [, for | wasn't going to
be outdone in politeness; but, says l,
will you kindly tell me where you got all
that business
oh, says he, you mean the muscle
business. Why, am the half back of the
Wyanoke college football team
THAT made me mad, and saws /: Then
why in thunder don't you hang out sign
ard let people know who you are?
That seemed to make him mad, and
he stopped smiling and started for the
stairs, and just went out and closed the
door after me.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-08
TIE LATEST KILOGRAMS.
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Ex-UNITED States Treasurer Spinner
died
INSURANCE Commissioner Roots son
will be his deputy.
THERE was a severe shock of earth
quake in California.
GEN. ISAAC VAN DUzEN REEVE, re-
tired, has died at New York.
THE public debt was decreased 81 ,O05,-
1913 during last month.
The speakership contest in Wisconsin
lies between Hogan and Taylor.
RED CLOUDS baud are giving them
selves up on account of the cod.
SIR JOHN Thompson, Canadian minis
ter of justice, has declared in favor of
United States Senator Carlisles recipro-
city resolution.
SECOND adventists now announce that
the millennium is due in 1891.
L. L. STEVENS, owner of the Sanborn
county bank at Woonsocket, S. D., which
failed Friday, has become insane.
AN antikidnapping league has been Or
ganized at New York, having for its OBJ
ject the rescue of sane persons illegally
confined in insane asy lums.
JUDGE VAN BRUNT, of the New York
court of general sessions, has rendered a
decision that pool selling on commission
is not illegal.
THE newspapers of Ottawa advocate the
purchasing of Alaska by the Canadian
government.
GEORGIA man has just died from
overs timulaticn of the heart caused by ex,
cessive smoking of cigarettse.
PEOPLE at Paramount. ILL.,, are greatly
excited over the alleged discovery of golc
ON Stoney Creek.
PRESIDENT DIAz has approved the bill
passed by the Mexican Congress of admit
ting corn from the United States free O.
duty.
BODIES Of miners buried in No 3 shat
of the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal com
pany at South Wilkes Barre. Pa, las
March, were recovered Wednesday.
LATEST advices from South Dakota sa,
that Big Foot's band has surrendered t
the troops and that the other hostiles il
the Bad Lands have agreed to return t
the agencies.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-08
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

FIRE at Fullerton, Neb., Tuesday night
destroyed eight business houses.
TWENTY-FIVE people broke through the
ice at Lake Rice near Cobourgh, Ont, and
Miss Effie Johnson died from the exposure.
JAMES VEST, school teacher, was
caught in snow-drift near Hamlin, w.
Va, and was frozen to death,
THE plant of the Calumet Gas and Elec-
trio Light company, at South Chicago, was
burned out Wednesday. The loss is
$4,000.
BYRON P. McGAR1GLE, d postal clerk,
fell from a train near Chicago and was
seriously injured.
THE Fifth Avenne and Hermann's thea
tiers and surround property in New York
has beer, burned
HE Office of the treasurer of Wright
County, Mimi, was robbed of So, 800.
THIEVES stole valuable horse, harness
and sleigh Of Frank Eg!off, in Hud:o on, on
Friday night. No trace of the thieves as
yei has been found. There have been a
number of similar robberies of late here.
Several suspicious characters were arrest
ed in this vicinity but without avail.
BARON W1ssMAN hoisted the German
flag on the East coast of Africa.
THE latest revolutions in Peru occurred
on Dec. 3. Plerola, the Peruvian Bou-
lander, undertook to capture a fort at
Lima, but was repulsed with loss OF
seventy of his followers.
SUNDAY BLAzEs: Jacob Lifts Bejou
theatre, Minneapolis, loss $4,000; J. w.
Damn & Cos. bent wood works, Column
bus Ohio, loss $1,000; twelve business
buildings OF Columbus, Tenn, loss $50,
000
THE explosion of a boiler wrecked
seven dwelling houses at Cincinnati, Satur-
day morning, killing child and fatally
iniuring a woman. Five other persons
were severely hurt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-08
CABLE FLASHES

The tombs of six popes were discovered
in church in Rome.
THE bundesrath refuses to allow the
Jesuits to return to Germany.
Two consumptive patients at st. Peters
burg have died after receiving third in
lection of Koch's lymph.
A PUBLIC meeting at Edinburgh. at
which many clergymen were present. pas
sed resolutions favoring the railroad
strikers.
The Italian government will probably
remove the present restrictions on the i'm
portant American hog products.
FLOODS in Italy, following upon the re-
cent heavy SHOWS, have done mach damage
to railways. Traffic about the district of
Naples has been almost completely sus-
pended,
JAMES NELSON & Son. of LIVERPOOL,
have begun exporting beef from HASH
mus Cove, L. l., where they have secured
extensive slaughtering and refrigerating
facilities.
MADAME EYRAUD, wife of Michael
Eyraud. the convicted murderer of
Toussaint Gouffe was on Tuesday granted
a divorce.
The prevalence of petty gambling
among women is a matter of concern to
the authorities of the larger cities and
manufacturing towns of England. Wo-
mems clubs are formed, each person Civ
ing a shilling week and the members
throwing dice for the amount.
A DISASTROUS conhagration occurred in
London Tuesday. The flames consumed
large number of buildings on Thames and
Queen Victoria streets, including st. Ben
cts church, famous edifce. Loss 81
900. 900
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-08
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

The senate and the house each had
brief session Saturday.
The United States treasury is said to
lose $1,000 annually blythe operation of
Chinese opium smugglers.
The secretary of state gave a dinner
Saturday night in honor of the president
and cabinet.
PRESIDENT HARRISON s friends say that
Mr.. Lincon's appointment as minister to
England was made after consultation with
Senators Cullom and FarwelI.
TIE treasury department is Investigate
ing alleged frauds by United Stated con
suls in Canada by which the government
is said to have been robbed of 100000
during the last year
SENATOR SPooNER ON Monday pre-
sented resolution for the whole
sale grocers of Milwaukee, protest
ing against the passage of the Conger lard
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-08
MARCUS BENJAMIN.
AFRAID OF A SPLURGE,
HOW Some Sharpers Were Surprised by a
COnnec ticut Earmer

How some Sharpers w ere Surprised by a
Connecticut Farmer.
One of the slickest games ever worked
by confidence men is that of buying a
farm. One of the pair looks over the
country until he finds the man he is after,
and he then buys the farm al Tie farmer s
own price, paying from $50 to 800 down
to bind the bargain. Before the papers
can be made out a confederate comes
along, falls In love with the same farm,
and offers the farmer $4,000 more than
the other did. The agriculturist sees a
speculation here, and he buys the first pur-
chaser off with big bonus. Then both
men drop out of sight and the farmer
learns something new
| vas stopping over night, says writer
in the Sun, with a Connecticut farmer.
who had sold out and taken 5000 to bind
the bargain. was there when the sec
ond man came with his tempting offer.
He waited at the barn, and uncle Jerry
came in and said to aunt Sally;
Seems like chance to make a clean
thousand dollars. The first buyer says
he II take thousand, and thatll leave US
the same
did we ever have a thousand dollars
all at once?" she asked.
Never
Ever had a chance to splurge out and
make fools Of ourselves?"
mo"
Dye think we'd do it if we had the
money ?"
wall, was thinkin of a new watch
and d broadcloth suit.
And Z was thinkin of silk dress and
a new bonnet. Uncle Jerry, we dasn't do
it. We'd splurge in less'n twcnJy-four
hours
Guess we would, Aunt Sally, and so
III sell out to the fust man."
He stern,y refu:ed the second offer, and
and even when a thousand more was
added he was infexible. The first pur-
chaser never showed up again, and to
this day the old couple are holding the
money and have the papers ready for the
trade.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-08
If You Had a Friend

About to visit some section of country where
malaria disease, either in the form of chills and
fever or bilious remittent was particularly rife.
what would be about the best advice you could
give him? We will tell you-to carry along, or
procure on arriving, that potent medicinal safe
guard, Hosteters Stomach Btters, known
throughout malarial plagued regions here and in
other countries as the surest means of disarnI-
ing the miasmatic scourge. and robbing it of its
the system by increasing its stamina, but over
comes irregulariy of digestion, the liver and the
bowels and counteracts the unfavorable effects of
over-exertin1, bodily and mental exposure in
rough weather, or occupation too sedentary or
laboriou- loss Of appetite and excessive nervous
ness. The functions of alimentation, bilious
secretion and sleep have in it a most powerful
and reliable auxiliary.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-08
PROCLAIMING THE FAIR.

PRESIDENT HARRISON S proclamation OF
the worlds fair in 1898 was issued Dec
Gath after much travail. 1t is short and
ormal. but it will suffice. 1t is the logi-
cal and the necessary end of nearly yea1
of preparation From its PRONUNCIATION
will date the actualities of the great ex-
portion The arduous labors that have
been accomplished in order to make this
action possible are known to Chicago and
to the world The issuance of this proc
Iamation is the most authoritative an
nouncement that. so far as all the pre-
liminaries are concerned, Chicago has full
filled all of its obligations and kept all of
its promises. From this time forward
the work will be much easier. The man
ayers of the enterprise, as well as the peo-
pie who are to sustain it, will see the prog
ress that will be made, and, with the
development of we'll considered plan of
operations, there will be less and less
occasions for disputes, criticism and de-
iay.-Chicago Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-08
PERSONAL POINTS.

William H. English, candidate for the
vice, presidency in 1880, IS now writing a
history of Indiana.
Senator Ingalls, is said to be engaged
upon review of Hay and Nicolay's Life
of Abraham Lincoln, of which much is
expected.
The Paris Steele says tat Queen Vic
t0ria has made known through Cardinal
Manning that she will present no objec-
tion to the canonization of Joan of
Arc.
Gen. John H. Rice, who has come prom
aently to the front as member of the
armers alliance, weighs about 26O
ounds. He is tall, -boned and deep.
inged. He dresses in gray home
spun.
Col Richard Dale, of PhiladeI phia, is
the possessor of the sword presented by
Louis XVI. to John Paul Jones, and many
of Jones' letters and other relics. Colonel
Dale is the grandson of Commodore Dale,
who was Jones first lieutenant in the &C
hon between the Bon Homme Richard and
fhe Seraphis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-08
CLEvELAND's MINsTRELs FIGHT.
They Have a Melee With Number of
Trainmen.

ATCHIsoN, Kas., Jan. 5-A number of
members of Cleveand's Colored minstrels
got into fight with the trainmen Of the
Missouri Pacific between st. Joe and
Atchison last night, and Tom
Mcintosh, the principal comedian, and
a brakeman were hurt. The conductor
and several of the negroes were bruised
more or less. The fight was caused by the
trainmen trying to eject from a chair car
a number of negroes who were raising a
disturbance.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-08

BERLIN, Jan. 3.-Prof. Koch is in Ill
humor over the increasing severity of the
professional criticisms here and abroad.
1t is understood that he has asked Minis
ter Won Gossler to relieve him from his
pledge to surrender to the state his right
to the discovery. Won Go5sler was op-
posed to publishing the composition of
the remedy until foreign governments
communicated with him as to the precau-
tons necessary to secure the production of
genuine lymph. When the landtag
resumes its sitting an official declar-
alton will be made repudiating the
desire on the part of the government to
retain any advantage through the produc-
ton Of lymph ana expressing readiness to
communicate the process of manufacture
through other governments which are able
to guarantee against the abuse of 1t. In
In the meantime the anger of medical
circles, arising from pri 7ileged traffic in
the lymph, Is growing In warmth.
Dissatisfaction is Brewing.
The relation between tie conservative
majority in the landtag and the govern
ment increase IN hostility. The Cologne
Gazette, Hamburg Nachrichten and other
organs of the opposition, attack the empe-
ror's policy all around. The review of the
year became a prt text for bitter criticisms,
contrasting the emperor's promises of re-
forms with the negative results. The Co.
logne Gazette warns Chancellor Caprivi
that nothing is more dangerous than I'M
realized promises. The government it
says since Prince Bismarck's re-
tirement has achieved nothing.
The projects for labor reform, alteration of
the system of taxation, the new school
system, the new customs system, and new
commercial legislation has opened up
prospective of eternal conflict Of which it
is impossible to foresee the consequences
The Munich semi-official papers refer
openly to the internal policy
of the emperor and declare tina
it is tending 70 a crisis. The treaty with
Austria is threatening an influx of Hung
arian corn and the emperors alliance
with labor laws has made the Hungarian
of the Reichstag turn longing
promises to be stormy The parliamentary
period for the government with the prob
able temperance of Bismarck in the fore
front Of event,
Mrs. Shaw Appreciated.
Mrs A ice Shaw the American whistler
mas met with a brilliant success in her
concerts in st Petersburg.
The Russian government is about to
sta blisn diplomatic relations with Mexico.
The legation will shortly have st. Peters
ourg for the Mexican capital.
The intensity of the frost is alating.
The death rate is notably increased
The baptism of the infant prince is fixed
or January Is. The king and queen of
taly will be spectators
Latin Union Prolonged.
PARIS. Jan. 3.-The Latin monetary
onvention has been prolonged another
ear. The French Grand Orient has de-
lined the overtures of the German Free
nasons for a closer cooperation of Eu-
opean lodges.
ST.. BERNARD's Roman Catholic church,
n Fourteenth street, between Eight and
Iinth avenues, New York, was destroyed
y fire Monday morning.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-08
Will Push the Financial Measure

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-About twenty
eight of the republican senators met in
caucus tonight. The result as far as made
known was that the uphoIders of the cleo
ton bill gave consent to a consideration
to the financial bill, with the stipulation
that it be pushed with the utmost dill
gence.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-08

1t is not generally known that ink-stains
can readily be removed from the fingers
with the head of a parlor match Moisten
the ink-stained spot and rub it gently with
the head OF the match. keeping the skin
wet so that it will not be burned