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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-15
DISPATCHES CUT SHORT.

Henri Stuart, wel-known actor. died
| at New York
A. P. Miller of Oelwein, Iowa, CON-
mitted suicide at Dubuque.
Jessie Dougherty, a young girl, was
burned to death at Danville, III. Her
clothes caught fire from the CRATE
The son of the late Emory A. Storrs,
george H., was declared to be lunatic by
commission in New York. The custody
or his property was given to his wife who
recently secured limited divorce from
him.
Mayor Sherratt OF Rockford, H., has
extended an invitation to the executive
committee of the Farmers Alliance to hold
Its annual national convention in Rockford
next November.
At a caucus of Democrats of the Indiana
Legislature, Mason j. Niblack was nomin-
ated for Speaker.
The naval commission appointed to select
SITES Tor navy yard and dry dock on the
Guif coast Is still at work inspecting locali-
Ties. 1t Is now examining both banks of
the Mississippi below New Orleans.
Fire destroyed three stores at Cairo. IL,
causing loss of about sos, 900. The in
surance is figured at ST., 900
The thirteenth game in the chess match
Tor the championship of the world between
SIelnltz and Gunsberg, was won Wednes-
day by Steinitz after forty moves.
The Rev. Howard B. MacQuearv. rector
OF all Episcopal church at Canton. Ohio.
was placed on trial at Cleveland, Ohio,
wednesday, on the charge that in his
book, Evolution of Man and Christiani-
ty," he expressed heretical views.
receivers were appointed for the Laredo
Land Improvement company at Laredo,
Kan, Wednesday. The assets are $685.
600 and the liabilities $3.50, 900. A re-
celVer was appointed for the Farmers and
merchants bank of GAINESVILLE, Tenn.
Ferdinand Schleisinger, president of the
Chapm mine, the largest iron ore pro-
ducer in Northern Michigan, and a half a
dozen other mining companies, has retired,
ana Is succeeded by John Scott, president
OF the Iron Mountain & Escanaba railroad.
who becomes president of the York Iron
company, and M. A. Hanna of Cleveland.
who becomes president of the Chapin and
other mining companies.
Allan Arthur, son of the late president,
has been In England for some time, where
be is very popular in society. He has
grown portIy and is as handsome man as
his father was. After another year abroad
Mr.. Arthur will return to New York and
take up the practice Of law.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-15
LETTER WRITING.
GOOD Experience for Those Who Wish to
Perfect Their Experience.

For those who desire to become experts
In the art of expression. letter writing is,
perhaps the best early experience. By this
is not meant such letter writing as is done
by hurried, busy, harassed people, who
most necessarily sandwich this occupation
in between the severer duties of the day.
but the letter writing of the young and
ardent, whose inner selves are reflected
until the dull paper giows with life and
feeling, says writer In the Jenness- Miller
Magazine.
The man who is accustomed to having
his thoughts at his fingers ends is natural
ly much more apt to have them at his
tongues end but whether his ideas flowed
so readily before he gave free rein to them
with his pen, or not must remain mat
| ter of conjecture. 1t is reasonable to sup
pose, however, that the careful letters be
wrote in his early youth to his mother his
sweetheart, or his friend have had an APP
probable influence upon his later converse
| tional style.
The exercise of letter writing should be
entered upon with ZEAL Boys and girls
| should be encouraged in it as soon as they
are able to express themselves on paper
| The number of letters written should be
restricted to few, but the excellence OF
such efforts should be insisted upon by
competent members, who, if they will de,
vote themselves consciously to the task,
may thus be the humble instruments Of
| building better than they knew.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-15
L. S. ST. P. gu. P.
These Letters are the Initials of the
New Line through Wyoming and
Idaho to the Pacific Northwest

This line is composed Of the
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis &
Omaha and Union Pacific Rail-
ways, and reaches more Far
Western Cities than any other line
as follows:
Haley, Boise City, Lewiston.
Moscow and principal Idaho
points.
Walla Walla, Colfax, Farming
ton, Rockford, Spokane Falls and
numerous Washington points.
Baker City, Pendleton, Portland
and principal Oregon points.
Ogden and Salt Lake City, the
largest points in Utah.
San Francisco, Los Angeles and
all California points from Mt.
Shasta to San Diego.
And this line also reaches Butte,
Anaconda and many other points
in Montana.
Also note that by this line
accommodations are furnished in
Pullman Family Sleeping Cars at
very low rates to holders of
econd-class tickets going to
Washington, Oregon and Califor-
MIA.
When you get ready to go
West, before deciding upon your
route, call on agents of c., St. P.
Ms 0. Ry., who will cheerfully
furnish rates and information
about through car service over
the "Lake Superior, St. Paul G.
Union Pacific Line" and connec-
tons, or for pamphlets and map
address
fs T. w. TEASDALE.
Gen'l PasengerAgent, St Paul
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-15
THE CHEAPER WAY.
The Man Deserved Punishment But the
Matter Was Left to Providence.

lhe Man Deserved PUNISHMENT But the
Matter Was Left to Providence.
There's a man up my way" said a
resident of Champlain street to patrol.
man. who is the awfulest, wickedest man
in all Michigan. and who ought to be ar,
rested"
What has he donc?" queried the
officer
STOOD in front of my house and called
me all the bad names you can think
of.
Then make complaint in the recorder
court"
But he says he'll lick me if I do"
Then have him arrested for assault and
battery
But I'll have to go into court
Yes"
And waste considerable time"
Yes, but you want him punished, don
yon?"
Yes, of course, but think I'll lei
Providence take care of him. The wicked
can't live out half their days, you know
and he's about 40 now. Maybe this win
ter will fetch h'-a >
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-15

ton from the leaders of the majority of
the Irish party as will justify the hope of
a reunion of the party. In the meantime
OBrien declined to state whether in the
communications between himself and Dill
Ion, Mccarthy and others, they promise
the approval of further negotiations The
opinion of the Irish group in this city is
unfavorable TO the resumption of the con,
ference at Boulogne. Mme Raffolovitch,
o ,Brien's mother-in-law says, O'Brien
will not return to Ireland to enter prison,
leaving the party feud unhealed, while the
rupture lasts, she says. he can better serve
the cause here or in America.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-15
THE

Fast Trains with Pullman vestlbuled Drawing
Room S'eepers, Dining Cars and Coaches of latest
design, between Chicago and Milwaukee and
st. Paul and Minneapolis.
Fast Trains with Pullman Vestibuled Drawing
Room Sleepers, Dining Cars and Coaches of latest
design, between Chicago and Milwaukee and
Ashland and Duluth.
Through Pullman vestibuled Drawing
Room and Colonist S1eepers via the North
ern Pacific Railroad between Chicago and
Portland, Ore.
Convenient Trains to and from Eastern
Western, Northern and Central Wisconsin points,
affording unequaiied service to and from Wan
kesha, Fond du Lac, Oshkosh, Neenah,
Menasha, Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire,
Hurley, Wis, and IronwOod and Bessemer,
Mich.
For tickets. sleeping car reservations, time
tables and other information, apply to agents of
the line, or to Ticket Agents anywhere in the
United States or Canada.
;. II. AINSLIE. General Manager, MILWAUKEE,
WIS.
i. NJ HASNAFoRD, Gen1 Traffic Manager,
ST. PATrT- NJ
Fl. C. BARLOW. Traffic Manager, CHICAGO,
LOUIS EcKsTEIN, GenI Pass'r Tkt Agt,
CHICAGO, ILL.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-15

A Company Incorporated to Produce thi
Necessity

Company incorporated to Produce this
Necessity.
A Pittsburg dispatch last week announc-
ed that the Chicago Tin Plate company, a
new concern, has ordered a plant
for capacity of $500 boxes per
week. The plant includes four mills,
Fights sets cold rolls and the requisite
machinery Of the latest type. The presi-
dent Of the new company is the general
manager Of one of the western systems
Those interested in the venture are all
railroad men. but their names are not
given for publication. The general man
ager of the works will be Mr.. Parkers,
formerly connected with the Illinois Steel
company.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-15
COMMERCE BETWEEN STATES.

The decision of Judge Reed in the cleo.
margarine cases is simply an application
to that particular commodity of the doc
trine set forth by the supreme court of the
United States in what is known as the
original package" decision. The power
to regulate commerce between the states
has been constitutionally vested in the
congress, and no state, therefore, can
prohibit the importation from another
State, and the sale in the unbroken pack
age of articles that are legitimate subjects
of commercial interchange. The Penn
| sylvania statute assumes to do this with
regard to oleomargarine. just as the Iowa
statute did with regard to alcoholic
| liquors. The congress of the United
states, inthe exercise of It's constitutional
power to regulate commerce, has reeogniz-
| ed oleomargarlne as merchandise
article and subject of taxation. The
state cannot, even under its police powers,
prohibit the sale of such an article, any
more than it could prohibit the importa-
ton of liquor and its sale in the unbroken
packages, whatever police regulations it
might make for its retail distribution.
This is perfectly plain law and it knocks
out number of prohibitory statutes in
several of the states. Whether congress
will now be called upon to divest itself of
its constitutional power over oleomargar-
inc, as it undertook to do with reference
to liquor, is yet to be seen. The subject
Is fortunately of no zeal importance, and if
all the statutes relating to it were nullihed
1t is likely that nobody would be any the
worse of.-Philadelphia Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-15
FARM NOTES.
Cheap and Good Food for Cows.

A good bundle of cornstalks twice day.
with two pounds Of linseed meal at each
feeding, will keep a COW in excellent con-
dition, and enable her to give large mess
Of milk. Is not this better, as well as
cheaper, than the feeding of meadow hay,
costing more than the cornstalks with
nothing besides? We have often said
that if a farmer would grow plenty of corn,
or even corn fodder, re had the foundation
for keeping as large herd of cows as he
could find, or they could supply the money
for purchasing grain or oil meal as sup
plimentary feed to keep through the win
ter
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-15
Drawing the Line.
Washington Star.

They are teaching the swell little New
York girl to count.
Three hundred and ninety seven,
three hundred and ninety-eight, three
hundred and ninety nine, four hundred. y
said the mother.
And the child followed correctly.
-Four hundred and one continued the
mother.
But the child stopped.
go On, said the mother, you were
doing very nicely"
mo, mamma" she said with dignity.
Il can go beyond the AGO.
And there she struck
Mrs. Bessie Helmer, the president of the
association of the collegiate alumna, ha:
edited twelve volumes of the appellate
courts for her father. Judge Bradley. II
is her intention to practice law.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-15
Will Not Serve in Prison

PARIS, Jan. 3.-O'Brien will not resume
the conference With Parnell unless the
proposed negotiations obtain such a sane
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-01-15

ABOUT SIS. co Yes realized by th
charity ball at Newrk Tuesd night.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-06-12
Or. BRIGGS. CASE.


The directors of tho Union theological
seminary have met and declared their
position on the question on the right Of the
general assembly OF the Presbyterian
,hurch to veto the transfer Of Prof. Charles
A. Briggs from the chair OF Hebrew TO the
hair Of biblical theology. The resolution
passed at their meeting held Friday after
loon is as follows:
''REsoLvED, That the board Of directors,
after having taken legal advice and after
iue consideration, see no reason TO change
heir views on the subject Of the transfer
If DIR. Briggs, and feel bound, in the dis
:harge of their duties under the charter
ard constitution Of the seminary, to adhere
20 the same"
The intent Of the veto passed by the
general assembly at its recent session in
Detroit was that DR.. Briggs should cease
% be a professor in Union seminary. The
Effect OF the resolution given above is that
Is the judgement of the directors that
he veto was usurpation OF powers never
given TO the general assembly; and since
he veto was illegal the appointment
stands. and DIR. Briggs will continue as
professor during the coming year as during
he past seventeen years.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-06-12
Lively Eluid.

There was an energetic electrical storm
Monday afternoon and night in Cincinnati
and Covington accompanied with IA strong
gale. The telegraph wires were more or
less useless for several hours and 200
telephones were burned out. The chief
loss, however, happened to the Cincinnati
electric light company. Like all other
electric plants it is supplied with lightning
arresters 10 be ''cut in" when storm
approaches, but in some way the lightning
found its way beyond the place occupied
by the lightning detective and in an instant
the copper OF So, 900 dynamo was fused
and the lights dependent on that line were
at once extinguishei. In Covington the
lightning struck in many places-one being
the clock il St Aloysius Catholic church
steeple The clock was shattered but the
steepe was not injured. Quite number
Of fine shade trees were uprooted by the
wind, but there were no injuries to persons.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-06-12
Canada and the Behriny Sea.

a dispatch from Ottawa, Ont, dated
June 2, says: IN the senate last evening
Senator Macdonald of British Columbia,
asked whether the Dominion government
was in consultation with the imperial
authorities, regarding Canadian interests
in the present Behring sea negot iations.
Mr.. Abbott leader of the government,
replied 1T is fact that ali along and up
10 the present moment the imperial gov
eminent is in active consultation with the
government Of the Dominion as regards
the settlement of the Behring sea question.
The Canadian government has taken the
greatest possible pains TO lay before the
imperial government their views on the
subject. including their views with regard
TO the stoppage OF the traffic of those seal
ers who have already left the Pacific coast,
and some of them from the Atlantic coast,
for the fishing grounds. 1t would not be
proper for me at this stage, without the
papers, TO discuss the details of the
arrangements, which are not absolutely
completed, although approximately near
completion, but l may say there is no
point on which any precaution TO preserve
the interests of Canadian fishermen has
been neglected in our communications with
the imperial government"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-06-12
MICHIGAN STATE ITEMS.

The Manistee bicycle club is captained
y Miss Kay.
Luther is to have a new 81, 500 brick
own hall this summer.
Hon. George L. Yaple will deliver the
ration at Muskegon July 4.
The mortgaged Indebtedness of Ionia
punty decreased over SIS, 900 since May,
500.
] IL requires the drill and blasting powder
v make a cellar ia some parts Of Manis
lquc.
sThe annual convention of the Michigan
r. C. II. u. I'd in Grand Rapids
II Tuesday.
oThe Calhoun county court which opened
Londay has IL criminal cases and ID
4vorce suits on the docket.
Big Rapids has organized a coal COM
any with az, 600, 900 capital, on paper, to
,yelop coal mines in Kentucky.
Altoona claims to be the banner trout
..uuty OF the state, aud all because Miss
Ora Anthony recently caught six pound
l'auty there.
THE Presbyterian general assembly, pre-
bus to adjourning adopted resolutions
pclariug card-playing and dancing to be
I1cked amusements.
The Macomb county pioneers held their
tn annual meeting at Utica on Wedues-
W. They elected 5. h. Warren president
I'D w. II. Marvin secretary.
I'll. X. Streeters house in Grand Ledge
isrned Saturday night with most of the
untents. Loss 800; fully insured. A
Effective chimney caused the blaze.
stMichael Jarg, Hungarian miner at the
hjnthrop mine, fell 40 feet down the shaft
tIturday, fracturing his breast bone and
!, lar bone. He will probably die.
1.-The 2sth annual commencement OF Al
"a college will be held from June IL to
The %, ending with the usual commence
sont dinner aud comforting of diplomas.
PIT is probable that the Grand Rapids
lnitia companies will join in the Fourth
wJuly celebration at Muskegon, 1900
we being feature enough 70 attract them
cITames Potter, 22 years old, of Traverse
~, was shot and instantly killed by the
Tidental discharge Of revolver ia his
g pocket Sunday while drawing water.
anrhere is good fishing at Sand Beach and
cahe waters near by, and the beachers
70 formed large club 10 agree on the
:. rally large stories told about the catch.
rirebugs have struck Marshall and set
Vo) fires Saturday. One burned 5000
atm, owned by J. S. White, and tho
4aer was discovered before it burned any
chg.
4 ohm Mitchell OF Horizons Bay, Leela-
VA county, drank too much whisky for
j, . own good AID when he was found dead
an out OF the way dock at Harbor
alings, IL took the doctors but few
h,utes TO decide that alcoholism caused
"a sudden end.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-06-12
Schweinfurth Runs Away.

A dispatch from Kansas City, Mo-,
June 3. says: Schweinfurth, the pre-
.ender, has shaken off tho mud and dust Of
Kansas city from his feet, and it is proba-
ole that his ''branch heaven" here will not
DC graced by his presence for many day.
Yesterday morning Schwenfurth declared
that his resolution TO remain here was I'M
shaken ard that no amount OF persecution
could drive him away. AS the shades Of
evening gathered, however, his courage
seems to have oozed out of his finger tips,
and little after eight o'clock tonight
carriage bore the new messiah" to the
depot and u Missouri Pacific train soon
carried him beyond reach Of his perse-
cutors. He did not purchase "a ticket at
the depot and must have secured one by
proxy before leaving his heaven" Mrs.
Ward, the housekeeper for the faithful,
professed entire ignorance as TO
Schweinfurth's movements, but de-
clared that his departure, TO which
ne had been moved by the spirit,
would not prevent his followers from con-
tnuing to practice his precepts. In an
interview Schweinfurth was exceedingly
bitter against reporters and the newspapers,
that they had invariably misrep-
resented him and garbled his words in such
a way as to give the world false i'm
preston Of his teachings.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-06-12
State Pioneers.

The 18th annual meeting of the state
pioneer society was held at Lansing We'd
nesday with over 100 members present.
The annual address by President John Ii.
Forster, of Williamson, was considerably
briefcr than those delivered by his prede-
cessors, but it was of unusual interest.
The report of the recording secretary, Mrs.
Harriet A. Tenney, showed that the
society now has $50 names on its member
ship book. IL having been added during
the year Corresponding Secretary Geo.
III. Greene reported that 20 members had
died within the year-an unusually large
number. Treasurer M. l.. Coleman stated
that the society had on hand s977.9 90. The
receipts for the last twelve months
amounted to 81, 032 %. For the publish
ing fund the disbursements were 81, 041. 6S
aud for the general fund 1886. 55. During
the afternoon the report of the committee
on historians was read by Col. Shoemaker
of jackson, the report of the committee on
memorials was made by counties, aud Mrs.
Betsey WebDer, OF Lansing, read an his
torical paper. In the evening Lieut.. Gov.
Strong gave a memoir of Joseph NJ. Ster-
ling. OF Monroe. and papers were read by
President Forster. Mai. l.. G.. Wilcox and
Judge Abner Il. Miller, of Bay City.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-06-12
MEN AND THINGS.


Canadian crops are suffering from long
continued drouth.
Mrs Russell B. Harrison and Mrs. Nc
Kee sailed for Liverpool Thursday.
A deficit of 10, 900, 600 francs has been
discovered in the Peters Pence fund.
The bill to provide for township support
Of paupers passed the Illinois house Tues
day.
The Berlin municipal council has APP
proved the proposition to suspend the tariff
on cereals.
Heavy rains have stopped the depreda-
tons of the Hessian fly in the grain fields
Of Kansas.
Emperor William will shortly hold
council 10 consider reduction of the corn
tariff TO Pa marks.
Nearly all the oat meal mills of the
country have been consolidated, with a
capital of s., 800, 600.
Bishop Fiasch, Of the Catholic diocese
Of Milwaukee, is thought to be dying OF
cancer Of the stomach.
John Osborn, of Goshen, Ind, died
Monday night from fright produced by
vivid flash of lightning.
There was most satisfactory increase
in the output of the Pennsylvania Oil fields
during the month of May.
A student who was arrested at Warsaw
on the occasion of the Polish celebration
has committed suicide in prison.
At the templars' congress held in Edin-
burgh last week Des Moines. Ia, was Sc
lected as the meeting place for 1898.
dispatch FROM Iquique says the Itata
has arrived at Tocopila and has surrend-
cred to the U. S. war ship Charleston.
At New Philadelphia, O., Thursday,
Henry Wenrly was found guilty of murder
in the first degree for killing James Booth.
The British house OF commons has
passed an act superseding the Knuts ford
bill relating to the Newfoundland arbitra-
ton.
The Minneapolis mills turned out bit
112, $50 barrels of -four. last week COM
pared with l41, o75 barrels the week pre-
vious.
The public debt increased 1922. 9l5 dur
ing the month OF May. The total amount
OF cash in the treasury June l was $685.
077, 500.
The total amount of wheat in the eleva-
tors at Minneapolis and Duluth is 1,O63. =
Az bushels, a decrease of 410, 97s bushels
for the week.
Gov. Fifer has issued requisition on
the governor of New York for Walter Il.
Dempsey. in custody tnere for embezzle-
ment in Chicago.
The Western furnace company Is said to
be back CT the scheme TO build the Manis-
tique & Northwestern railroad TO Nea-
ounce. II Is also reported that new
furnace will be built at Manistique when
the road is done.
II is reported that Germany and Austria
have informed Switzerland, Italy, Servia
and Roumania that they must conclude
treaties Jointly with Germany and Austria
or renounce the separate treaties they have
| with the two countries.