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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-19

Fasf Wan Line with vestibuled rrA3aa -
tween Chicago. Milwaukee, st. Pad Ar
Minneapolis.
iraus-Contfpenfal Route between CAieago
Council Bluffs Omaha and the Psct4c Casst
Great National Route between CHICAGO Kan
sas City and ST. Joseph. No.
5te3 Miles of Road reaching al prfncfps
points II inois. Wisconsin, Minnesota Low
Missouri and Dakota
For maps, time tables, rates Of passage Ant
IN ghF esc., apply he ar.st station agent
tne CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, & ST. PAUL RAILvAf
or 20 ens Railrosd Agent any here ID the WeA<
BOSWELL MILLER, A.V CARPENTER.
General Manager. Gen1 Pass and TIT. Az
sar-For Information in reference TO Lands azsS
Toms owned by the CHICAGO, MuwAUKKn d 81
FAUI. RAuVAY CoApANY. write to B. @. HAUGAx
and Commissioner. Milwaukee Wiscok,lA.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-19
Save the Re fuse.

In the autumn there is always al i'm
mense amount of waste trash about the
farm that could be proftably gathered uE
and added to the MANURE heap. Veget;,-
ble refuse OF all sorts, weeds that have been
cut before their seeds begin to ripen, dead
leaves, feathers of poultry. cteanings of tbs
hen house, etc., would make each season a
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-19
Feeding Sheenin Winner

There are almost as many methods OF
feeding sheep in winter as there are flock
owners to feed them. All agree only in
one respect, and that is that the animals
should have salt; and this should be kept
where they can help themselves. The most
common way of wintering is to give such
hay night ana morning as one happens to
have, and perhaps straw at noon. With
these, some feed little grain all winter
some begin toward sprtng, and others feed
none at all. Under either regime they
should have roots or ensilage occasionally,
to promote digestion; bat few get either
1t is too much trouble for the average far
mer to provide them. When ensilage Is
fed it should be given in deep hunks; if fed
IN shallow grain troughs they waste much
of it. Clover hay properly cut and cured
is the best sheep feed; but few provide it.
This is fairly well balanced ration of
itself, and keeps the digestive organs in
healthy tone. Timothy hay is largely fed,
but it is grave error. The iace Col Cur
It's was correct when he characterized it as
1.-The curse of sheep" 1t is constipating
to the bowels, and causes the death of many
lambs. Post mortems have revealed that
the stomachS were stuck as full of short
pieces of the stalks Of the hay as porcu
pines tack is of quilts
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-19

good sized pile of compost. To this should
be added the kitchen and house slops, and
by spring it would be in condition to
make a good garden fertilizer. Labor
cannot be better applied, especially after
the busy season OF the harvest is over,
than by gathering up and making ready
for use everything that will aid at all
toward the enrichment of the SOIL Be-
side accomplishing that. all such work is
valuable because it helps to clear away and
dispose of debris that would otherwise be
unsightly and unhealthful if left to decay
here and there about the premises. Il is
the man who ATTENDS TO such things when
ever the time and opportunity permits
that earns the reputation Of being good
farmer A farm that is not well cleaned
up in the fall is rarely profitable one
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-19
UPON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE.
Septem err 3, 1902.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH.

Earth has not anything to show more fair:
Dull would he he of soul who could pass by
A sight so touching Units majesty:
This city now doth like garment wear.
The beauty of the morning; silent, bare,
Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie
Open unto the fields, and to the sky,
All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
Never did sun more beautifully steep
In his first splendour valley, rock, or hill,
N'er saw |, never felt, calm SO deep.
The river glideth at his own sweet will:
Dear God the very houses seem asleep;
And all that mighty heart is lying still
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-19

A whole family in heaven! Who can
picture or describe the everlasting JOY? No
one absent. Nor father, nor mother, nor
son, DOR daughter away. In the world
they were united IN faith, and love ard
peace and Joy. In the morning Of the
resurrection they ascend together Before
the throne they bow together in united
alteration. On the banks of the river OF
life they walk, hand in hand, and as a
family they have commenced career of
glory which shall be everlasting. Their
hereafter is to be no separation in that fam
lily. No one is to lie down ON a bed of
pain; no one is TO sink into the arms of
death. God grant, that in his infinite
mercy, every family may be thus united.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-19
EXperim entiug with Fertilizers

Farmers in the older states are spending
millions Of dollars annually for CONNER
cIal fertilizers. In this country as iD
Europe they have heroine an absolute
necessity On WORKOUT sells; but to make
them profitable it is necessary that they
should fit the wants of the soil and crops
for which they are used. II the farmer
buys potash for land which abounds In
potash but needs phosphoric acid, he OF
course loses. The fundamental principle
In the use of commercial fertilizers is to
select those materials which supply in the
best forms and at the lowest cost the plant
food which the crop needs and the soil
fails to furnish.
In order to enable farmers to find out
the wants Of their own sol s and the best
way Of supplying them, and at the same
time to get light upon the properties OF
soils IN different sections of the country, d
number of experiment stations are IN
PRODUCING soil tests with fertilizers, which
are largely conducted both by the stations
and also by individual farmers on their
own farms. OF course many of the eXpar-
iments are failures. but many practical
men who have engaged in this work have
declared that they have thus learned a
great deal which Is practically useful and
highly instructive.
The results of these tests In general show
that ''solls vary greatly In their capabili-
ties of supplying food to crops. Different
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-19
THE HOUSE HOLD.
CoNGREvE.

Still the paths of honor persevere,
And no5 from past or preSeu" Ills despair;
For esSings ever wait, on virtuous deeds,
And though late, sure reward succeeds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-19
LOWELL IN ga PARABLE"

Have We founded your thrones and a ters, then,
On the bodies and souls of living men?
And think ye that building shall endure
Which shelters the noble and brushes tn
poor?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-19
Two Executions

RoGERsvILLE. Tenn, Nov. 10.-Hous-
ton Kelly, colored. was hanged today, for
the murder of Dan Carmichael last Christ
mas.
NORFOLK, Va, Nov 10 Henry Curtis,
oJloied. was hanged at Portsmouth.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-19

Wrong doing Legins with wrong think
ing.
Real good never shrinkS from any kind
of a test.
Wisdom is knowledge harnessed up and
put 20 blowing.
There isn't much faith in the prayer
that doesn t look for an answer.
You do not need either great wealth OF
great influence to set a good example.
OF all counterfeiters there is none more
contemplate than counterfeit humanity.
Make no promises that are not clearly
right, and break no such promises when
once they are made.
Conscientious convictions should be
held firmly, and acted upon faithfully, but
they should also be held charltably
toward others, and be expressed with
rnOdesty
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-08-12
SECRET MARRIAGES.
A. G0vernment Practice Indirectly Re-
sponsible for Them LII Washin 2 ton.

~ 0UVernmonG fracClce indirectly Re-
sponsible for Them LII Washing ton.
Not infrequently lead pencil in-
scription across an entry in the marri-
age license books in the Office of the
District Court reads: please do not
use this. J" At first squirt such a re-
quest has about it an air Of mystery
which would naturally lead the news
gatherer to investigate. But after a
while he understands the whole thing
at a glance.
Among the many thousand men and
women employed in one capacity or
another by the many departments of
the government are formed acquaint-
anceships which ultimately find com
plete satisfaction only at the altar, ex-
plains the Washington Post. The
government has confidential agent
who disregards all civil service rules.
never asks for a salary, and never ex-
poets a pension. He is better ac-
quainted with employees everywhere
than any head of a department, and he
is responsible for much of the trouble
which arises now and then, though he
does everything in good part If it
was not for this miserable little rascal
She might forever copy many miles of
manifold, dandle the typewriter, or
manipulate the counting machine, and
he might forever know nothing of the
real joys of life beyond drawing his
salary and drinking soft drinks at
night in a drug store. But the con-
fidential agent, Cupid. intervenes and
the first thing heknows he is confront.
ing Clerk Meigs, who as he hands him
the license, says: Il congratulate
you. l have~been married myself"
Then comes the rub. The large
number of employees results in govern
ment being spelled with very large
G in Washington. The government is
supposed to be run on business princi-
pies, and as marriage, by;long custom,
which has no excuse in reason, fire.
quently incapacitates one of the parties
from serving the government longer,
the couple, who are generally not well
OF in the worlds goods, prefer to keep
their marriage secret from the gov
eminent, so that their combined salar-
les may be used in giving them COM
Portable home. Again the groom rea-
sons: The chief will say, Here is a
young man who is well enough off to
marry. I reckon when the time comes
to raise salaries we Will have to add to
the salary of him who is not well
enough off to marry"
Hence the desire for secrecy. This
is only one of the terrors which sur
round the marriage of government
employees, but it is curious common
tary on the growth of ofticialism in
this country.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-08-12
IOWA.;

Gus Rasmussen, aged 80, was killed by
lighting near Spencer, on the Ryerson
cattle ranch.
W. N. johnson, prominent horseman
Of Cedar Rapids and owner of "Uncle
Josh" and ''Skylight," was robbed Of S27O
in cash. r.
At Nashua. L. Treat, of Charles City,
shot W. Noble. Both are young men.
Treat called Noble a bad name, and the
latter struck him and was then shot, dan
gerously. Treat is bailed.
Matt Wolfe working in Fengler's stone
quarry, at Dubuque was struck by falling
stone. He was knocked off the ledge
where he was standing falling distance
OF 80 feet killing him instantly, T..
While travelling Snowman was exhibit
ing some bears at Ricevile, few days ago,
small child of G.. Russel's was seized by
the bear, receiving injuries from which it
died.
A special election was held in Waverly to
levy 2-mill tax for the purpose of buying
real estate for park, and resulted in a ma
Jorlty OF 200 in favor of the tax,
At the close of the retreat of the sisters of
st. Francis at Dubuque, conducted at the
German Catholic Orphan Asyl UNI, 13 young
ladies were received into the order as nov
ices by Bishop Hennessy.
Edward Langworthy, one of the very
first settlers of Dubuque, celebrated his SD
birthday. Among the presents received by
him was a check for $3.50, the amount of
bill sold woman Al years ago when he
was in business.
Bott Bros, shoe store was burgarlized.
at Dubuque. Entrance was made
from an adjoining store and thence
through skylight The safe was
pried open and $225 taken, together with
other valuables.
Alonzo Nichols living about 16 miles
from Waverly, while trying to dynamite
the Wapsu river for fish, received serious
injuries from the explosion of the bomb
His right eye was put out, a hand was
severed and large hole blown in his right
side. He is not expected to live.
A farmer named David King, o f Algona
was worked by sharpers for $4,000. They
bought his farm and worked him for loan
OF money until they could go to town and
have some imaginary draft cashed. On the
way to town they suddenly decamped
leaving King to attend to getting the drafts
cashed. 1t is rumored that the men were
caught in Eagle Grove. 49,
Isaac Lambert an old soldier and pen
sioner, was arrested at Keokuk for kidnap-
ping his own child. He has been divorced
man some time, his wife having since mar
ried. 1t is charged that Lambert on July
% last appeared in Louisiana, where his
wife is now living, and kidnapped the child,
bringing him to Keokuk. His Whereabouts
was subsequently learned and the arrest
made by Louisiana officers and Lambert
was taken to Louisiana. .
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-08-12
this resort as landlord. The hotel will at

this resort as landlord. The hotel will at
once be greatly improved.
Charles d. Skillings, a local newspaper
man, is heir to an estate in Portland, Me-,
worth 5000, 900. Miss Skillings, of the
Boston Herald staff, is another heir. The
property is lard leased in 1892 by John
Skillings to Hi am Illsly for term Of So
years, the term expiring last April.
It is reported that negotiations are going
on which may result in the sale of the Mis-
sissippi River Logging company, two saw
mills and real estate here and pine on the
Eau Claire river to the North western Lum-
Der of this city. The deal would cover
property for which the Mississippi Logging
company paid the Eau Claire Lumber COM
pany about ST. 900, 600 three or four years
ago.
w. ]. Spry, a well known mining man,
on the range, has disappeared. He was
last seen in Herley, July "a, having just re-
turned from visit to Ohio. He seemed to
be in dazed condition, and started for his
home at the Superior mining location. He
never reached there, and his family sup
posed he was still in Ohio until they learn
ed by accident that he had been seen in
Hurley. 1t is now believed that he was
lost in the woods, and an organized search
will be made for him, although it is scarce
ly hoped to find him alive.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-08-12
MANS HANDlWORK.

The oyster industry has practically
passed from the hands of the fishermen in
to those of the oysterplanter Sixty per
cent of the annual supply is now derived
from planted BEDS
Skirt dancing has spread into the girls
colleges. These higherto august institu-
lions that have permitted only the squarest
of square dances are countenancing casta-
nets, breakdowns and fandangoes. At the
gala day at Wellesley, the freshman class
of girls, dressed as sailor lads, boarded q
ferntrimmed craft and danced songs sung
by classmates.
If cloth can be made out of fine spun
glass it would seem simple matter to
make it out of wood. This is now done
by boiling strips of fine grained timber,
crushing them between rolls, carding the
filaments into parallel lines, as with ordi-
nary textile material, and spinning them
into threads from which the cloth can be
woven in the usual way.
The new spectroscope without lens
consists of q paper tube with two-and-
one half inch adjustable slit, similar to 8
parallel tube at one end, and prism at
the other, the length of the tube being such
as to allow of the slit being at the distance
u the distinct vision, equal to the pur-
poses Of observation; for, though the spec
troscope is destitute of lens, the eye acts
the part, and produces the image on the
retina, which image is dispersed by the in
terposed prism. Comparison prisms or
mirrors easily can be placed before the
slit
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-08-12

a star chamber examination was carried
on at Dickinson for the purpose OF securing
evidence on which to. arrest saloon men.
Ihere has been nothing sufficient for a
criminal charge SO far. Witnesses will
continue to be examined before the states
attorney
Rickert Larson, the 10 year-old son of
Tobias Larson, met death in strange
manner at Sims The lad was leading a
horse with picket rope, which he foolishly
at some object, upsetting the boy, and ran
away, dragging him nearly mile before
captured. The boys neck was broken and
the body frishtfully mangl@d.
Bids for building the school for deaf of
North Dakota were opened the other day
at Devils Lake, N. J.. Sampson, Libby &
Libby, Kilroe Bros, E. Siskron and Emil
Bruce, all of Minneapolis bid respectively
s13,075, 1900, $13,Oo5, $11, 300 and $15 6OO
Crandall Bros, of Fl. Totten, $11, 4S9;
Morland & Alsip, Grand Forks, 81, $780, and
IL. G. Paul, OF Devils Lake, $10.7sO. The
contract has not yet been awarded, but
Paul will undoubtedly get it.
For the past few days raids have been
made on the blind pigs in Trail county.
The sheriff dropped into Mayville few
days ago and in a short time had every
thing quiet. Mr.. Decker, who has been
one OF the most persistent in inventing
schemes by which he might carry on the
illegal traffic, is now languishing in Jail,
being unable to furnish bonds for his ap-
pearance at court, as IS William Krienke Of
Blanchard. William kreeger left for
parts unknown as soon as the sheriff ap-
peared with search warrant,
At Devils lake the Moline, Milburn &
Stoddard company have commenced re-
plevin against A. o. Whipple. assignee of
Ed 1. P. Staede, to recover possession Of
notes and machinery claimed as property
of the plaintiff, but included as Staede's in
the assignment. Marshal Price, of the
United States court: Agent Judson and At
torney L. A. Reed are here in plaintiffs in
terest. The inventory of notes weighs
several pounds. Marshal Price has not sue
in getting the notes. the lace value
of which is over 100000.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-08-12
NORTH DAKOTA,

At Dickinson the hardest rain ever known
fell the other day inundating all the low
lands and laying the grain fiat. The dam
age is great.
Imposing ceremonies attended the lay
ing of the corner stone ofthe new Lutheran
college at Grand Forks. There were adj
dresses from Reverends Roalkvim and Ges-
berdng andn college banquet in the even
ing.
The remains of Mrs. Mary F. Duffy. wife
of Editor Frank J. Duffy, who died from
heart failure at Grand Forks, were taken to
Watertown, Wis, where funeral services
were held She had been married three
years and Leaves two children, one an in
FAINT six weeks old. s
The contract for building the new Great
Northern passenger depot for Grand Forks
has been let to Moore & Hackett of AIinne-
apolis. Work will be commenced at once
and co lpleted Dec. 1. It will be 137x6o3
two stories Of Kettle river stone, fronting
on Demers avenue. 55SH
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-08-12
SOUTH DAKOTA.

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All places in Huron where liquor was
illegally sold were raided and the stocks on
hand were gathered in.
The state railroad commission visited
Pierpont by request of the farmers who
desire site on which to build an elevator.
They afterwards went to Ferney on the
same Grand.
Chas. M. Brown, of Rapid City, was
unanimously nominated by the Republic
cans for circuit judge of the Seventh dis
trict at a meeting of the bar held at Rapid
City, and W. H. Frye, of Hot Springs, is the
Democratic nominee.
A terrific hail storm laid waste large
share of the uncut grain in Miner county
The storm was confined principally to the
extreme eastern part of the county, and as
harvesting was largely finished it was not
as damaging as it might have been.
Sam Smith was arrested by Sheriff Hovcn,
OF Bangor, for raping young Norwegian
girl whom he was bringing to Bowdle to
do housework. He had his examination at
Bangor and was held in bail for $500, and,
not securing the bail, he was ordered to be
confined in the Ipswich jail for trial.
Some farmers report the appearance of
which resemble the hoppers of years ago,
so destructive to vegetation in Iowa and
Nebraska. While no damage will result
from these grasshoppers this year, it is
feared by many that next season may see
them in such numbers as to destroy the
crops.
1t has been discovered that diptheria is
prevalent in the South Dakota hospital for
the insane, located near Yankton. There
are 300 people in the institute and great al
arm is felt. Six we'll developed cases are
being treated It is feared that the scourge
cannot be confined to these. The hospi-
tai has no sewerage connection save with
huge cess pool on the premises, and the &C
cumulated refuse of two years is deposited
there swelterlng in the August sun. The
hospital is under rigid quarantine, and at
taches OF it are forbidden to visit the city
The interior department in the person of
Special Agent Cooper is attempting to APP
praise the damage done by the hostiles to
friendly Indians at Pine Ridge agency last
winter during the disturbance Itwas sup
posed that the total damages of this char
acter would not exceed $25, 900, but claims
have so lar been put in to the amount of
9ooo,oOV anu Cle WORK Is not yet competed.
AS to the manner in which the Indians are
putting in their claims the matter of trunks
may be taken as criterion. Some Indians
claim to have lost as many as sixteen
trunks, with their contents, worth from
500 to $500 each. Special Agent Cooper,
however, was on the ground last winter,
and is in position to know personally
with reasonable accuracy the exact damage
done. A wholesale pairing of accounts will
be certain to take place before the claims
are finally allowed ~
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-08-12

When New Bedford, Mass, grocer
entered his store the other morning he
heard a noise behind the counter and
upon investigation found that clam
had seized mouse by one leg, and the
rodent was making desperate efforts to
escape. The grocer thought he would
put the curiosity in the window, but,
on returning after fifteen minutes alb
sence, found the clam had allowed the
mouse to escape.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-08-12
Too Strict.

In Germany the police regulations
are very strict and any violation of
them is promptly punished. The peo-
pie have a holy terror of the law.
Two gentlemen happened to meet in
Berlin and the following conversation
took place:
''Have you heard the dreadful news
about Miller?"
No; what is it?'
"He was in a boat in the river. He
fell overheard and was drowned, The
water was too deep"
'tDidn't he know how to swim?"
Swim? Don't you know that all
persons are forbidden by the police to
swim in the river?"-Texas Siftings.