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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-06-01
FIVE DOLLARS AND PLUCK.
The Capital Upon Which 600 Miles OF
Railroad Was Built in Texas.

From south Texas came a man VINO
built 600 miles of railroad with a So
bill and faith, and the bill was Dor
rowed one, says a San Antonio letter.
He moved up from Corpus Christi to
San Antonio with all his possessions
heaped up ON a twO-wheeled cart. He
got a charter to build a railroad from
San Antonio to Arkansas Pass. He
graded a mile of it, throwing a good
deal more than one shovel of dirt with
his own hands.
The receiver of another road loaned
this indefatigable builder enough old
rails for a mile of track. In a distant
part of the state was purchased an
engine which had been condemned six
years before and sent to the shop to
be worked for scrap iron. Two old
cars were picked up somewhere else
at a bargain. And that old engine,
drawing those old cars, steamed into
San Antonio. On engine and cars, in
bold lettering, was painted in lamp
black, IS. A and A. P" With one mile
of old rail track and with the equip
ment of the old engine and the two old
cars Uriah Lott started the Arkansas
Pass system.
There has been some tall fnanclering
in the history of railroad building IN
this country, but there isn't anything
which, for dazzling pluck, quite ap
proaches the story of the building OF
this 600 miles of road in south Texas
20 the one mile of track three were
added-three miles by a dicker for some
secondhand rails which a street Cal
company had bought from a narrow
guag' company. On this basis a credit
trade was made with a Pennsylvania
rolling mill for 10 miles of rails.
! When they arrived there wasn't
money enough in the treasury to pay
the freight But it was got som how
Tea miles of track gave the Foundation
for bonds, which built 40 miles IS. y.
and so the road grew into it's present
proportions The man who built the
Arkansas Pass system rode from SaI
Antonio to Chicago at one critical per
iod in his enterprise without cent
in his pocket. He had transportation
but he hadn't anything to buy foO6
with, and he went through hungry
Chicago Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-06-01
NAKED AND NUDE.
ONLY Perfection VIII Justify It.

only Per1ec1On VIII Justify II.
Buffalo Commercial: In view Of the
discussion that has arisen over some
of the pictures in the Chicago art eX-
hibit the following from the Christian
Union will be read with interest. 1t
puts the distinction between what is
simply nude and yet artistic without de-
mOralizing, and what is naked, inartiS-
tic and degrading, with great force.
What Nh. Hamerton says in the fol
lowing para graph ought to be final with
every person of unhampered intelli-
gence:
1.-THE times we live in are remarkable
for no artistic development SO much as
growth of manual skill without
grace or delicacy. We are, therefore,
in perilous days for the nude in art
when men can paint it so truly that to
look at their picture is like peeping into
bathroom, and when they bring to
it so little Imagination that they keep
us in the common world. Rembrandt
did this occasionally from sheer lack
of the ideality which is needed; the
moderns appear to do it in cynical in
difference"
Two examples both pictures of I'M
draped young women at their baths
come to mind at the moment as con-
crete illustrations of Hamerton's con-
tentiOn.
The one is the winner of the Shaw
prize of 1,5OO at the annual exhibition
of the Society of American Artists
which has just been held in this city.
It is the public portrayal Of bath, so
matter Of fact, so sure to have happen
ed day before yesterday in some of the
homes on Fifth avenue, that it is not
merely unsophisticated people from
the interior" who protest against it's
vulgarity.
The other is Millet's "Goose-girl,"
whose graceful, simple figure, stretched
out in an effort to try the temperature
of the forest stream into which she
means to plunge, is wholesome and
beautiful in the highest degree.
There is a class of narrow-minded
people, although they may esteem
themselves very broad, who, at the
condemnation of indiscrimnate depic
ton of the nude, cry out, bigotry! In
reply to such people it is only necessary
to say, with Hamerton: ''The repre-
sentation of the nude in works of art
is permissible only when it is elevated
by idealization.''
A great many of the artists who
are vociferously clamOring for the priv
lege of depicting the nude if they
told the truth would have to admit
that they feared that if they did not
resort to some such device very few
persons would be persuaded to look at
their pictures.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-06-01

terribly burned about the face and arms
before they succeeded in reaching d
place of safety.
Conductor r. G. Palmer and Train
Dispatcher W. III. Strachem We're
caught in a barbed wire fence in try
ing to escape from the sea Of flames
and had their clothes burned off. They
were both seriously burned about the
head, hands and legs.
A section hand was found ifeless with
his face down in the water. After ten
hours Of hard work the track was put
in shape for trains to pass. A special
with the Wisconsin Central company S
surgeons from Waukesha and along
the line arrived about 1'oclock, but med
zeal aid had been afforde the burned
ones and they Immediately returned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-06-01
A BRITISH IRONCLAD.
The Thunderer Detailed for Duty at
the Naval Barracks at Sheerness.

The replacing at SheernesS of the
Northampton-the lame duck of the
British navy"-by the Thunderer is
something more than a mere chance of
ships. Some while back the naval bar
racks at SheerneSS We're practically
emptied, those serving there being sent
on to Chatham, where the old convict
prison is being turned into barracks.
Sheerness in future is to be the home
of the gunnery men; and the Thunderer
as an ironclad carrying the latest thing
in modern guns, is practically the float
ing part of the establishment.
The Thunderer is not a new vessel,
but she has recently been almost re-
built, breech-loaders being substituted
for the old armament, new engines
(Which, by the way, have proved very
unsatisfactory being put into her, and
numerous other alterations effected,
which have made a great change in her
appearance.
She now carries four 10-inch cotton
breech-loading guns in her turrets, II
quick-firing guns and four Nordenfelts
on her supersructure. In addition to
being employed in connection with the
gunnery school, the Thunderer will al
so be known as my flagship and port
guardship' at Sheeness, and as such
will be as familiar an object at the
More as the lofty-masted Northampton
has been in the past.-St. James Bud
get.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-06-01

demand was promptly acknowledged
on behalf Of the company by Present
Greenhut, who takes the ground that
no rent is due. On June 8, 1892, written
notice was served on Mr.. Corning by
the DiStilling and Cattle Feeding COM
pany that the original valuation on
which the lease rentals We're based had
expired by natural limitation. The five
years Of its contract eXiStance having
run out. He was informed that the
company or trust or whatever the fam
cy of the individual reader chooses de-
sired a revaluation, and was ready t,
name its appraisers with a view to
speedily settling the new rental basis
Mr.. Corning was requested to select
his appraisers, but he did not do SO
Several times since then similar de-
mands were made, but without elicit
ing any practical response. The re-
valuation never materialzied,, not by
virtue of any failure on the part Of
the company to facilitate the process.
but solely insofar as the Monarch dis
tillery is involved, through Warren
Corning's neglect. The company an
nounces its willingness to pay every
cent of rental to date as soon as the
valuation is adjusted.
Late in the afternoon of yesterday
VIII Rich. local representative of the
Monarch, served a notice of canella-
ton Of lease similar in form to the
written announcements made by the
five original secederS. This, too, was
romptly acknowledged, and in response
President Greenhut served notice that
the lease is not subject to cancellation.
Such being the case any attempt to
Monarch Distilery or any loss due TO
such interference will be directly charg-
ed to Warren Corning, and he was ac-
cordingly informed that he would be
held individually responsible. He was
further notified that no interference, di-
rect or indirect, in the control of the
distillery would be tolerated and all
damage or loss would render him liza,
bic to the stockholders and officers OF
the company to whom his house was
sold utright and paid for six wears
ago. This then, is the exact relation
of the Monarch Distillery to the com
plication.
Sam Woolner and his associate wreck
ers wallow in the glory of the Monarch
withdrawal, if such indeed it can il
any sense be termed, but the odds in
the race are heavily against them
their actions and attitude create a SuS
picion which time serves to irritate and
foment The MYSTERIOUS alamiticS which
seem on the surface to overtake the
trust are coming too thick to be the
result of accident. They seem infected
with the poison of design. There art
facts commencing to leak out that give
the affair a sable tint. Here are q few
of the factors:
1t seems that IN alleged failure tt
pay rental on leased grounds is the
basis of the so-caIled secession. This
failure is very singularly discovered
shortly after the time for the regular
stipulated revaluation provided for il
the original contracts. The revalua
ton failed to materialiZe, not because
of the company's action but because
the owners of the leased ground failed
to name or select their appraisers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-06-01
ORGANIZED AT BELOIT.

Third Regiment of Uniformed Rank
X. of p.
Beloit, Wis, May pat meeting
of the officers of the uniformed rank,
Knights of Pythias, held in this city
the third regiment Of Wisconsin was
organized. The new regiment will con-
sist of eight divisions as follows: Be
lott No. -; Mineral Point No. Is; John
A. Hinsey No. II, of Monroe; Baraboo
No. %; w. A. Hinsey No %, of Ocon,
omowoc; Lafayette No. q, Of Shulls-
burg; Gateway No. 4, of La Crosse,
and Frank Barry No. Z, of Beaver Dam.
All but the La Crosse and Beaver
Dam divisions were part of the third
battalion. The La Crosse division is
transferred from the second to the
third regiment.
The following officers were elected:
Colonel, P. P. Crahen, Beloit; lieuten-
ant, S. /. Osborn, Mineral Point; ma jOr,
E. G. Rodolf, La Crosse; surgeon, R. B.
Clark. Juda; adjutant, G. A. Still, Be
lott; quartermaster, G. G. Gratiot,
Shullsburg.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-06-01
HAJuED DOWN THE FLAG.

Chattanooga, May 24.-In Athens, 8
little town forty miles from Chatta-
nooga, is the q. S. Grant university. a
child of the northern Methodist church.
On Saturday night some one gained ac-
cess to the tower of the main building
and hauled down the United States flag
and substituted a canvas bearing the
stars and bars of the southern con-
federacy. The flag was found floating
on Sunday morning, and it was some
time before it could be removed, as the
hatchway had been securely fastened.
AS northern money maintains the big
Institution, the Indignation of the faculty
can be imagined. They are making
every effort to locate the offender
against the peace and dignity of the
school.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-06-01
MODERN COON HUNTING.
Fireworks Better Than Cutting Down
the Tree.

THE old-style coon-hunt is about
played ont" said Jim Timbernan at
the st. James, where he is quite an
GRACE on country sports when he comes
to town, says the st. Louis Globe-Dem-
ocrat. "A new-fangled notion was in
troduced in our country last fall that'll
mebbe git more coons in the long run
and probably save some good timber
trees, but / tell you it knocks a big
hole in the fun of the thing. You see
the old style of runnin' the coon I'D
big poplar or gum tree with dogs
and then havin' to cut down the tree to
get the varmint was lively and lasted a
long time. But, by lingo! they do it
all in short order now You go out
after the moon sets, stumble along
while the dogs are takin' a 'poSsum or
two off the fence-stakes, and finally
in the deep woods you hear inset up
Il howl which you know means COON
You don't carry axes any more nor
guns. One of the boys jist pervides
hisSelf with an armful of Roman can
dies and another one carries a big
camphene torch. When you get around
the tree where the dogs are howlin'
and scratchin' you light your torch to
find where the coon is trying to hide
hissel, put a match to your Roman
candle and proceed to give Mr.. Coon
touch of last Fourth of July 1t beats
the dickens how they operates on the
coon. The first ball of white fire gen
orally brings him to his feet in astOniSh-
ment, the second one of green fire turns
him around to look for another roOSt,
the third ball of red fire starts him
down the tree. He comes hustling, too,
I tell you; don't seem to mind men and
dogs below-his own idee bein' TO get
away from that tree and the fireworks
You sees 'em jump right into the dogs
mouth from the first limb. A funny
thing happened the last time I was out
When the coon settled hiSself down to
about twenty foot Of the ground he
made Il jump clean over the dogs head
and landed on the little niger who
was holdin' the torch Out went the
torch and over went the two cOons
in the underbrush. The dogs jumped
for both Nv 'em and we didn't know
what had happened till the boy got
to hollerin' louder than the animals.
When we took him out he'd lost nearly
all his wool and some yards of shirt
and breeches. Well, as I said, that
kind of hunt gets more cOons and saves
the timber, but it makes you kind o.
tireder. It's too soon over, and it's
bound to break up the whole bizness,
except to the fellers who go out jist
to get he skins and nOthin' else"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-06-01
A FEARFUL THREAT.
1t Brought a Crew of Boisterous Sea
men to Their Senses

1t Brought Crew of BOiSterOuS Sea
men to Their Senses.
In the royal navy sailors are often in
the same ship for three OF four or even
more years, says the Milton. During
this time their craft is their home, and
they speak of it as such, and with an
affection as if it were a living thing.
wonderfully Influenced. The late Cap
tain Hall was in command of a remark
ably fine trigate on the South Ameri-
can station, of which he and his crew
were justly proud
The handsome bust of her beautiful
figurehead was brightly gilt, and great
care was taken Of it. The harmony
which had generally prevailed on board
was somehow disturbed. But instead
CT resorting to corpOreal punishment
in Il simple, manly speech pointed out
the improperly of their conduct, and
concluded thus:
80, now, my lads, if this be not put
an end to, and hearty good viii restor-
ed, I'll blacken your figurehead and put
the ship in mourning"
Had a bombshell fallen at their feet
the men could not have been more as
tonished. To have their figurehead
blackened, No, anything rather than
that, and in this way order and harmo-
ny was restored.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-06-01
THE BOSS OF ALL BORROWERS.

He Obtained Over a Million and a
Half Without Any Security.
THE man who can start in life on
nothing and borrow a million and a
half without security is a beauty"
said Joe Campbell to st. Louis Globe
Democrat man. yet I know 4 man
that did that identical thing. In fact
he was an uncle Of mine, my mothers
brotherin-law. He was a German
and lived all his life in Berlin. He was
a very sauve, smooth gentleman, knew
everybody worth knowing, hobnobbed
with the mobiles of Emperor Williams
court, and loved to live. He was en-
gagged in living; that was his entire
occupation of life, and yet he was one
of the greatest artists In Europe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-06-01
ARRESTED AT MINNEAPOLIS.
Wisconsin People Have to Face a Sc
riouS Charge.

Minneapolis. Mimi, May 24-Henry
Palmer, Abbie Gray and Ada Palmer
were arrested last evening as they were
about to board a Northwestern train
for Menomonie, Wis. Palmer was
en- were booked on a more serious
charge.
Two young girls of II years both
servants, were the victims They had
been induced, they said, to go to Me
nomonie to work in a hotel The two
women and the man will be examined
in court today. The girls are held as
witnesses.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-06-01
FACTS OF THE WITHDRAWALS.
Mysterious Coincidence of Distillery Sc
cessions and Retaliation Period.


cessiOns and Retaliation Period.
Peoria, ILL.,, May 24-The Journal
publishes today what purports to be the
inside facts concerning the alleged
withdrawal of certain distilleries from
the whisky trust as follows:
There is a meeting of directors Of
the Distlling and Cattle Feeding COM
pany in CO Irse today. Those who are
in consultation are Messrs. Greenhut
Beggs, Hobart. Green. Freiberg. Hen
messy and Morris. That it is an import
ant session is evident in the fact of
recent sensational developments and ii
may reasonably be deemed the most
important Of its kind that the organi-
cation has ever seen. A sixth factor
was added to the complication of yes
terday afternoon. This in the form Of
a demand in writing from Warren
Corning. of Cleveland Ohio. for rental
alleged to be due on account Of the
Monarch distili cry. The receipt of this
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-06-01

The Texas legislature has passed
law providing that the money from
the direct tax fund shall be restored.
as far as possible, to the persons who
paid the tax or their representatives.
were 1,701 100000 francs in gold and
At the beginning of this year there
1,257 100000 francs in silver in the
vaults in the bank of France. 1t would
require 6S3 cars of a capacity Of ten
tons each to move the metals.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-06-01
MURDER AND SUICIDE
JOHN MARIO KILLS HIS WIFE
WITH A CLEANER.
THE WOODS.

The Shocking Tragedy Takes Place
Near Fort HOward-BloOdy CulIni-
Unhappiness- People in
Trouble at Minneapolis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-06-01
WITH THE WOMEN
MEETING OF THE PRESS CON
GRESS IN CHICAGO.
OWN WAY.

The Men Get Little Chance But They
Do Manage to Hold One Small
Meeting All by Themselves in the
Afternoon Proceedings of
the Press Congress.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-10-20
Literary Notes.

The Real Conversation in Mcclure:
Magazine for November is a dialogue be.
tween Frank r. Stockton and Edith nj
Thomas. In this dialogue Mr.. Stockton
tells a great deal about how his stories
come to him, and reveals the origin Ct
many of his most interesting plots. Mr.
Stockton is not poet, but be has written
a few lines of verse, and these few lines
are taken by Miss Thomas as a basis fol-
a collaborated poem, which appears in
the dialogue.
80" the famous author of Dead Mans
Rock" The Splendid Spur and other
powerful stories of adventure, contributes
a mastery short story to McClure's for
November, which will lead many readers
TO class 90 with Thomas Hardy. The
other stories in the November number
are by Joseph Kirkland, Of Chicago, and
| Zangwill, whose recent stories have
ranked him with the foremost of the
younger writers.
The Personal Force Of Cleveland' is
the subject OF an article in McClure's
Magazine, in which E Jay Edwards has
made a careful study Of that peculiar
quality Of Mr., Cleveland's character
which enabled him to have his own way
TO such an extent.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-10-20
COMING AND GOING.
Durham People on the Move and Visitors
In the City.

Durham People on the move and visitors
In the City.
Mr.. S. c. Lyon, of Creedmoor, is in tie
city.
Mr.. ]. A. Cook, of Alamance, is in the
city.
DR.. W. B. Crisp, of Roxboro, is in he
city.
Mr.. r. H. Wright has returned to the
city.
D. G. Caldwell, Esq of Newells, is in
town.
S. P. Mayo, Esq of Richmond, is here
to-day.
Mr.. T. G. Hicks, of Richmond, is here
to day.
Mr.. r. G. Morisey, of Clinton, is in the
city to day.
Rev. w. C. Tyree returned to the city
this morning.
! John G. Corbett, Esq of Philadelphia,
is here to day.
Mr.. H. H. Wentz, of New York, is at
. the Carolina.
Mr.. J. c. MaYield, of Richmond, is at
the Carolina.
Mr.. c.. Horner, of Greensboro, is at
the Carolina
Mr. Romulus Homer, of Oxford, was
here last night.
Mr. J. C. Wood, of Washington, d c.,
! is at the Carolina
Mr.. Walter Bradsher has returned
from the State fair.
Mr.. W. T. Tucker, of Raleigh, is regis
tered at the Carolina.
Rev G. B. Williams, of Elon College
passed through to day.
Mr.. G. Y. Haggard, Of Knoxville, is
registered at the Carolina.
W. F Clegg, Esq, of Greensboro, is
registered at the Carolina.
MI. Edward Hendricks, of Richmond,
is stopping at the Carolina.
Misses Mamie Heartt and Carrie Niche
went to Raleigh this morning.
Mr.. J. G. Paris, one of Oxford's promi-
mem merchants, is in the city.
Col. W. B. Surles came up from Raj
eigh yesterday and went back this morn
ing,
Rev. P. l.. Groome, editor of the Ashe-
vile Christian Advocate, passed through
last night,
J. S. Ragsdale, Esq of jamestown, N.
c., spent several hours here yesterday
afternoon.
Mr.. J. r. Lindsay, accompanied by his
stenographer, left last night for his home
at Yorkville, S. c..
Misses Mae S. Clarke, of %Lynchburg,
and Jessie Payne, of Kinston, are stop
ping at the Carolina.
W. W. Fuller, Esq, went to Raleigh,
where he argues a case before the state
supreme court to-day.
Mr. II. S, Dalton, a popular New York
travelling man, is here to day interview
ing the millinery trade.
Mr.. w. II. Toms, a University student,
spent yesterday with his brother, Pro-
fessor Toms, of this city.
Rev. II. T. Darnall returned to-day
from Hillsboro and reports Rev. Mr.. Will
helm improved, though still quite sick
Col. W. a. Albright returned from Bur
lington this morning, where he presided
over Mt. Zion Association during the ses
sion which closed last night.
1t will astonish you how quick John
sons Magnetic Oil will kill all pains.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1893-10-20
A CATTLE DEALER HELD UP.
A Negro and a White Man Who Were
Evidently Green in the Business.

A Negro and a White Man Who Were
Evidently Green in the Business.
On last Wednesday Mr. al Clay, OF
Hickory, who had come up to Lentlr
and brought horses here for Henkel,
Craig & Co, and who had gone up on
johns river and in the Globe to buy
cattle, was robbed by a white man and a
negro about six miles above Collettsville
The facts, as we are able to gather
them, are about as follows: Mr.. Clay
was riding along the road and met two
men, white and black, who talked TO him
and after talking awhile one of the men
drew a pistol and told Mr.. Clay 10 give
up. The other man deliberately walked
up and cut Mr.. Clay's pocket and took
out all the money he had in it, forty two
dollars, and then they both walked OFT.
Another version Of the affair is that the
men had a scufie and that Mr., Clay was
cut several times, receiving n painful
stab in the thigh, and several other
| scratches with a knife On his breast.
These are the facts as we can learn them.
Deputy Sheriff A. H. Boyd left Lenoir
Wednesday evening, just as soon as he
heard of the affair, in search of the
parties, but up to this writing he has not
arrested them.
1t is thought that the men who robbed
Mr.. Clay knew him and knew that he
had some money. The robbers didn't
get all the none he had. He had about
$500 in his coat pocket which they failed
to find.