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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17
THE ELM TREE BEETLE.
Preventive and Destructive Measures
Are Adopted

The advance of the elm leaf peetIe
into New England has been extremely
rapid. When attention was first called
to their probable advent, a month or
TWO ago, the entomoIogists had NOT
evidence that there was one in New
England, but they had probably then
begun their visitations, and about a
fortnight ago they were reported in
full force in several towns in Connect
ford, Milford. Bridgeport and other
cut and western Massa chusetts. STAN
towns along Long Island sound have
been rayaged, and from New Haven
they have come up the valley. and
are IN Hartford as we'll as in this city.
The damage done in the famous elns
OF New Haven, the Elm city, is mel
anchoIy to contemplate. The trees are
as brown ats in the last fall, and no
work has as get been done to stop the
deSpollnent. Last week the CITY
council determined to take measures
against the pest. Most of the mis-
chief for this year had been done. and
that will be the case almost eyery-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17

a member of the Texas rangers today
who would not go merrily to certain
death to uphold the ancient glory Of
the name that he bears.
The rangers are paid $40 a month
and their TatiOns and arms and am
munition are furnished by the state.
They provide their own horses, the
state paying for them if they are
killed. They are unencumOered with
baggage. They will take the saddle at
a minutes notice to go on scout Of a
months dura ton. They have no uni
form. They have no military disci-
pline, as discipline is generally under
stood, but they obey their officers and
will go with them to certain death
without a murmur.
All of these things are we'll known
to Texans, to the cowboys, better per-
hapS, than to the inha bitantS Of the
cities, and it is extremely unlikely
that any considerable number of Tex
ans will care, under any circumstan-
ces, to try conclusions with the Texas
rangers when the latter are out for
business. Much as the people of
Dallas wanted the big fight to come
off in that city, they would not have
tried to bring it off if the governor
had sent the rangers there to prevent
it, even if there had been no legiSla-
tive action prohibiting the fight.
Dallas wanted the fight and the
money would have brought more than
the people Of the north who have
never been here can possibly under
stand. Dallas had a boom" a num-
Der of years ago and at that time
twO-thirds of the real estate in the
city was mortga ged to half it's Chem
value. The bottom dropped out Of the
boom and the value of real estate
fell. Then the citizens awoke to the
fact that the city was practically
mOrtgaged almost to it's full value.
The mortgages were held in the east
or in England, and they bore interest
at the rate of ten per cent. a year.
Only in the fall is money at all plenti-
full here. During all the rest of the
year it is very scarce.
When the rangers start '7in to have
law and order, they will get it, if theS
have to kill every man within range
to obtain it, and there is one rule
which has ever obtained in all ranger
companies, namely: Don't wait for |
the other man to shoot first"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17
POOR-LAW ADMINISTRAT ALTON.

A delightful story of poor-law adj
ministratiOn comes to me from ThilSk.
At Carlton Husthwaite a small village
in that neighborhood, lives a verteran
of 96, who was at the battle of Water
loo. For some considerable time he
has been on the union books as a re-
cipient of outdoor relief. But recently
great doubt arose in the minds of
the guardians, why the old man did
not earn his own livelihood So the
expense was incurred of sending a
medical officer some miles to examine
the nonogenarian and report whether
b was fit for work or not. 1t is need
less to say that he was not. The doc
tor might, indeed, have been more
usefully employed i'm inquiring into
the state of mind Of the BUNDLES who
sent him on such an errand London
Truth.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17

on the border for the most part. They
live in the open air the year round.
Nearly every night in the year, rain or
shine, they have only the sky for a
roof and the bare ground for bed.
Their pillows are their saddles. They
live the hardest, toughest of lives and
danger is their delight. They are all
young men-too young to count the
cost, when duty is to be done and odds
faced. They are made up Of the
flower of Texas manhood. A wild,
yelling, cursing cowboy is looked upon
with contempt by them. They de
pend upon their siX-shooters and car
bineS, their GOODNESS and markham
ship, the known courage Of their COM
rades and the fact that they are
backed by the law Of the state, and
opposition to their will is a thing to
be put down at all hazards with an
iron hand.
The governor Of Texas is the chief
officer of the rangers. What he says
is law to them. The sheriff, the
police, the militia must not stand in
their way if the rangers have orders
from the governor. The rangers hold
Individually as much power as any
sheriff in Texas. They hold more.
They are not bounded by county lines.
They may summon a posse at any
time to assist them in making arrests.
That they seldom or never do sum-
mon posses is alone due to their reli-
ance in their own efficiency. They are
proud of the great name which they
and their predecessors have made in
Texas. They are selected with the
greatest care and the standard is a
high one. Every member of the force
must so deport himself as to reflect
credit upon the service; to compel that
respect which is due from the people
to every cOnSeryatOr Of the peace
Any conduct prejudicial to the service
is not tOlera ted
The section which the rangers po-
lice is larger in area than all of New
England and it is of such a charac ter
that, were it not for their work, it
would be given over to lawlessness
and disorder. The rangers are sent to
those sparsely settled sections of the
country where opportunity for escape
from the regular peace officers is af-
fOrded. Whenever a sheriff is unable
to cope with laWlessness he calls on
the governor. and the rangers are sent
to take charge. Many times in the
past has the governor of Texas Or
dered the rangers to go to counties
where the sheriff was in sympathy
with the lawless element and in such
ca ses. they have acted independently
and without regard to the wishes of
the sheriff or other officers.
The Texas rangers put an end in
1870 to the cattle stealing which had
cursed the lower Rio Grande border
for many years. With forty men
Capt. l.. H. McNelly, perhaps the
most famous Of all the ranger cap
tains, swooped down on the border
and with hard riding and harder
fighting did what thousands of Uncle
Sans troops had been una BILE to do
rut an end to the raids Of Mexican
cattle thieves IN Texas.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17

1t is pretty we'll understood in Texas
that had the legislature failed to pass
the law making prize fight in the
state felony it was the intention of
GOV. Culbertson to call out the Texas
rangers, locate them at Dallas, and
stop the fight at all hazards With
thirty or forty thousand men on hand
to see the fight, including all the tur-
bulent chaa cters Of the state, such as
professional bad men," cowboys and
gamblers, many people thought that
the rangers would be unable to carry
out the governors intentions against
such terrific odds
Those who talk IN this way cannot
know the Texas ranger. They certain
~ have never met him face to face
when fight was imminent. The
Texas rangers have for years held a
record for bravery and efficiency
which cannot be equalled by a like
body Of men the world over. The
-angers are all fighters. They are
superb horsemen, splendid shots, deX-
ferrous in the use of six-shooters and
and even anxious to try conclusions
with those to whom they are opposed
Here is the official report of what
the rangers accomplished during the
year 1898: Miles ridden, 40 1854; scouts
made, 451; arrests, 320. The arrests
were all for grave Offenses, such as
u urder, horse and cattle stealing,
train and stage robbing, highway rob-
berries and other crimes Of violence.
Most of those arrested were brought
to terms at the business end of a re
yolver. In addition to the arrests, the
rangers by their activity, made it i'm
possible for cattle and horse thieves
to ply their traffic successfully.
There are at present about two hun
dred rangers in Texas. They are
separated into companies and are kept
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17

eighteen men for his work, as Arm
strong had had but twenty-five for his
The rangers have fought against
odds for years. They fought against
-powering odds when, Immediate
ly after the war, as state police, under
Davis, they brought order to the lone
star state in the most turbulent times
of the reconstruction days. The two
hundred men who fought and died at
the Alamo, who checked the advance
of Santa Anne's army of ten thousand
men, so that Gen. Sam Houston could
gather his forces together, were made
up, in part, of Texas rangers.
There is, l will venture to say, not
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17

In the latter part of the same year
the rangers, under Sergt. John B.
Armstrong, of McNelly's company,
raided the stronghold of King Fisher
and his great band of horse and cattle
thieves in Texas, near Eagle Pass, ar
rested members of the band wherever
found, killed number Of them in
fights and made the country what it
had never before been-safe for peace
able settlers. The following year Capt.
Jesse Lee Hall, who succeeded to the
command of the company upon the
death of McNelly, stopped the terrible
Taylor-Sutton feud in Dewitt county,
feud which had ragged for twenty
years, and which had resulted in hun
dredS of murders-and Hall had but
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17
FUN THAT COMES HIGH.
What Owners of Private Yachts Pay
for the Pleasure

William K. Vanderbilt easily heads
the list as the biggest spender Of
money on yachts in the country.
With an income Of 100000 a year
he possesses certain advantages over
the cheaper millionaires which it is
difficult for the latter to overcome.
Then, again, he keeps his yacht. the
Valiant, in commission almost the en-
tire year. and as she carries a crew
Of fifty-tWo men and consumes large
quantities Of coal. this adds consid-
erably to the total.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17
POPULAR PARTISAN ACTRESS.
Suzanne Richemberg's Powers on the
Stage and Off.

Easily the queen of the Partisan
theatrical world is Mile. Suzanne
Richembe"g, the Incompatible IN
genue of the Comedie Franchise. Her
age is a problem. She looks 50 off the
stage but confesses eight years more,
and is the first Of the women artists
who obtained recognition in society,
and she is as popular III the dra wing
room as on the stage. In face, figure
and voice she is young. From her
earliest childhood she was a prodigy.
Nursed in hisTionic art by two fam
Gus sisters, Augustine and Madeleine
BrOhan, little Suzanne acted from the
first as naturally as children Of her
age play with their dolls. She en-
tered the conservatory in short
dresses, almost a finished actress then
and she easily acquired the first prize.
The Coincide Immediately set to WORK
to secure the clever young actress
Her debut twenty-siX years ago was
as Agnes in MOliere's ''L'Ecole des
Femmes," and her success was enor-
nous.
Fair, petite and supple, she is not
thin, and her muscles are like steel
Her eyes are bright and piercing, her
fea lures refined and her crystalline
voice, light. yet strong,
reaches every part Of the house with
out an effort, and is in turn pathetic,
biting or caressing. As an ingenue
she is as inimitable as when she was
Ii and in the modern woman she
realizes the type with it's winsome
and sympathetic attraction, which
belongs to the woman as much as to
the actress.
Mile. Richemberg is somewhat of an
autocrat in her world, and tyrannizes
over her comrades, authors and di.
,ectors, more or less, and all Paris
Knows that its dOyenne is not on the
most amicable terms with NJ. fAd-
There have been re-
-olts. pouting and sulks and every
low and then CONSERVATION is spread
bout by threats of a resignation, and
hOugh she looks forward to the pen
ion that will come in four years for
hirty years service she nav con-
lude some of these days to retire.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17
AN UNNATURAL SUPERSTITION

Magistrate Ito prisonerl-"You say
You took the ham because you are out
of work and your family are starving,
and yet l understand that you have
four dogs about the house,"
Prisoner-"Yes, your honor: but
wudden't ask my family to eat dogs,
your honor. "-EXchange.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17
BICYCLE RUNS ALONE.
Invention of a st. Louis Man and
What He Says 1t Will Do.

Down in st. Louis a ma, named
Christy has invented a wheel which,
be and his friends claim, will almost
r'1n itself. They do not hesitate to
say, that they have the biggest thing
on ice" and if the invention will do
half what they claim it will revolu
tiOnize the bicycle business. In the
ordinary safety Of today the weight
of the rider comes on the wheel hubs
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17
THE TEXAS RANGERS
WOULD HAVE STOPPED THE
CORBETT FIGHT ANYWAY.
AFFAIR RIGHT IN THEIR LINE

Are the Sworn Enemy Of the Bad
Cowboy-How They Are Organized
and What They Do-Their History
Governor Culbertson's Sturdy Re-
lance.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17

Capt. John NJ. Brooke, inventor OF
the deep sea sounding appara tus and
one Of the few living survivors of the
Monitor fight, is now a pro-
fessor in The Virginia military inst1-
tute.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-10-17
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE.

Switzerland grants one divorce to
every twenty-five maria ges, as COM
pared with one to 132 in Holland.
and one to ST in England.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-02-08
A VETERANS VERDICT.
The War IS Over. A weIl-known Sol.
der. Correspondent and Journal
list Makes a Disclosure.

Indiana contributed her thousands Of brave
soldiers To the war. ard no state bears a bet
ter record in that respect than IL dos. In
literature IL is rapidly acquiring al
enviabic place. In war and literature
Solomon Icweli. well known a writer az
SOL" has Won an honorable position. Dur
ing the late war lac was member OF Co VI,
I'd. n. Y. Cavalry and of the 18th Indiana In
fantry Volunteers. REGARDING an important
circumstance lac writes a. follows:
several Of us Old veterans here are Using
DIR. Miles Restorative Ncrvine. Heart Cure
and Nerve and Liver Pills. all of them giving
splendid satisfaction. In fact, We have never
used remedie, that compare with them. ut
the Pills We mist say they re the best conn
bination Of the Qualities required in a prep
aratiOn OF their nature we have ever known
We have none but words of praise for them
They are the outgrovth OF a new principle In
medicine, and tone up ;he system wonder
fully. We say 10 all try these remedies"
Solomon Yeweli. Marion. Ind. Dec. ). lSl2.
These remedies are sold Ivy all druggists ~
a positive guarantee, or sent direct by III.
DIR. Miles Medical Co, Elkhart. Ind. on re-
reipt of price 81 per bottle, six bottles .. e1>
Dress prepaid They positively contain ne1fDee
oplates nor dangerous drugs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-02-08
aherlM,N SalA.

\ By virtue OF execution and fee bill issued
out Of the otce Of the clerk Of the circuit court
Of Rock Island county. and state Of Illinois, and
directed. to the shelf Il Rock Island q UNITY
whereby the said sheriff il commanded to make
the amount Of q certain Judgment recently cb-
tanned against hicnael o'Gonnei and in favo- OF
Hannah rlske ont Of TIE lands. tenemenis. goods
and chattles Of said defendant. Michael o. on
nell. have levied upon the following ce.cribed
property, to-vit:
Fart (X) one-haf northwest C&) one quarter
Of section (sll Iwenty-one. town hip tl9l nine-
teen. north range (3) three, eAst OF the principal
meridian, situated IN the county Of Ro < Island,
state OF llinole.
Therefore, In compliance With said command
VIII excoee for saie at public auction al the
right, title and interest Of the above named,
Michael Old -nusl,, in and TO the above described
pgUperfy. on SSH day OF February, A. D.. isa5.
- ca two o'clo;k p m, at the north door OF the
Coort Houee, in the citv Of Rock Isiaus. in the
bounty OF Rock Island and state Of Ill7ois, for
|eaah in hand to safisfy said execution and fee
IN FREDERICK c. HENENWAY.
Shen6 Of Rock Island County. nlinoia
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-02-08
ABBREVIATED TELeeRAMs.

The Kansas senate has passed the bill
appropriatiDg 500. 900 for the purchase Of
seed for sufferers in western Kansas.
Supporters of the bipartisan police bill
in New York held SHINY attended meet
ing in Cooper Union at which DIR. Park
hurst and his crusade were sneercd at and
denounced.
The territory of New Mexico has ex-
ceeded the limit of bonds issued as allow
I'd by congress, and this issue of SO, 600 to
rebuild tho capitol at Santa Fe has there
tore Teen enjoined-
The committee appointed by Governor
Altgeld to locate the position Of the llli-
nois troops in the battles of Chickamauga,
Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain
has submitted the report, which fixes the
positions of ninety-two Illinois regiments
on these fields and recommends appropri-
ations for ninety-two granite monuments
and 100 marking slabs.
The steamer City of Racine is stuck in
the ice ut the mouth of the harbor at She
boygan, Wis.
D. Matt Aubrey, who six years ago
eioped with Pauline Fuller, daughter Of
the chief justice, has been arrested in
Sioux City, Ia, charged with defrauding
the Hotel Garrctson out of two weeks
board bill
The freeze up at Baltimore has caused
an oyster famine and prices have gone up
20 to 80 cents a bushel in two days. Ell
forts are being made to release the oyster
vessels that are now wedged in the ice.
howell Osborn, the profligatc son OF
wealthy parents and the reputed nd
Of Fay Tenpleton, died at New York,
aged 81.
A.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-02-08
Legislation for Michigan.

LANSING. Feb Son account of the
funeral of Senator Watts the senate was
not in session. Bills were introduced in
0o1 for improvements at the Traverse City
insane asylum; abolishing the annual tax
upon registered pharmacists to sustain
the board Of pharmacy; to create jury
commission for the upper peninsula; ap-
propriating $4,000 for support of tho
blind school. and providing for IA state tax
statistician. The only bill of Importance
passed was one providing that inmates
of the Soldiers home admitted to insane
asylums shall at once become q state
charge.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-02-08
Decided to Contest Fairs Will.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. S.-The children
of the late James q. Fair have decided to
contest their fathers will. One of the
daughters attorneys made the statement
in court that the probated will would be
opposed, and the court allowed a contin.
uance OF two weeks to inaugurate the con
test Fairs daughters and his son,
Charles l.. Fair, are acting in concert in
in the matter. According to the terms of
the will any lcgatee making a contest is
to forfeit his share of the estate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-02-08
Doings of Illinois Soions.

SPRINGFIELD, Feb. SIN the state sen
ate letter from Vice President Steven.
son was read thanking the senators for
their sympathy. Several petitions were
read, one being from letter carriers who
want street railways forced to carry them
free. The Chicago library bill was aa-
vanced to third reading, as were the bills
giving 5000 in aid of the State Hertz
cultural Society and $1,000 annually
to the Dairymen's association.
Recent nominations ty the gov
erncr Were confirmed. The house
sent to third reading the bill tc make in
durable insanity grounds for divorce. A
number Of bills were introduced, :mony
them one appropriating $1,000 for new
state normal school, probably at Nation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-02-08
O'Hern Needs Nerve and a Gun.

CHAIFIELD, Mimi, Feb s.-A note was
left at the residence of Rev. Father Mad
dock, reading as follows: You are here
by notified not to marry James OHern to
Estelle McGrand. His new home is in
ashes. He will be a dead man inside of
ten days" The signature was heart
with a dagger piercing it. A messenger
who was dispatched to where OHern
lives found that all that remained of his
well-furnished home was a heap of ashes.
The priest refused to marry the couple.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-02-08
THE MARKETS.
New York Financial.

NEW YORK. Feb !.
Money on call easy at l9Iis per cent Prime
mercantile paper Jls ir5 per cent. Sterling ex-
change steady. with actual business IL,
bankers bills AZ ASH iSs]s for demand and
4s.is ie4>,s Tor six days: posted rates 4S7 y D
1884, and 1850 i>.I4; commercial bills iSS q
4s5,l.
Silver certificates 6p4l5J,s bid: no sales: bar
silver, 51;s Mexican dollars 49,
United States government bonds steady;
SIS reg. iiil2: SIS coupons llt.; As reg.
no: 4; coupons Ito; rs reg. Is. Pacific 6s
of 81 lo0.
Chicago Grain and Produce.
CHICAGO. Feb. !.
Following were the quotations on the
Board Of Trade today: Wheat-f February
opened 5lisc, closed aUi.c: MAY. opened a4,Ic
closed 53ssc; July. opened 55i &C. closed 54asc.
Corn - February. nominal closed 4254c:
May. opened 4s:sc, closed Al, :: July, opcnei
45S4c, closed i5isc. Oats-sebruary, opened
sc. Closed -.3lc. May. opened :9t4c, closed
2sl.c; June. opened 2sH.', closed .al4c. Pork
February nominal, closet Slu.I5: May
opened 5000. closed 500 Lard Feb
ruary nominal closed s6.63,a.
Produce: Butter-Extrs creamery oS.
per Id; extra dairy. .Ic; packing stock. 749c
Eggs Fresh stock. PC per doz. loss Off
Dressed Poultry Spring chickens. .;slsc per
h.: turkeys. S1loc; ducks, Sallc, geese. 1lDl0c.
Potatoes--Burbanks good to CHOICE, 56d61c
Sweet Potatoes-Illinois. Sl2j0L5J per bbl.
ranberries-Jerseys. Sl0p0ll.OO per bbl.
Honey-White clover, Lib sections. new stock,
l31se1l4c; broken comb. IDa.lsc: dark comb
pcor packages, sc; strLinei & ,lifornia. 5G5c.
Chicago Live Stock.
CHICAGO. Feb. 3.
Live Stock-Prices at the Union Stock yards
today ranged follows: Hogs-Estimated
receipts for the day 2l,0)t sales ranged at
S.@G4.D pigs. $39OGi.2j light, Sioo0ll Is
rough packing, A.OlDiiO mixed, anu s4..0iD
40 heavy packing and shipping lois.
Cattle-Estimatel receipts for the day,
.uuO: quotations ranged at Sj.00I565 choice
to extra shipping steers. s4.40Gi % good to
choice do. SIVt9i.GO fair to good. So 41te LOO
common to medium do, 81 l0I36u butchers
steers. s.. aGJs.9J stockers. Ss9ily,.60 feeders,
Sl4t12S COWS, S2-.OG;(6j heifers. S2.0ft3..
bulls. ss.soGi.l5 Texas steers, and S.plel.. %
veal calves.
Sheep-Estinated receipts for the day,
eOUO; sales ranged at sa.51G43J westerns,
&2DG35j Texans. s2.0JIi.jJ natives and s.. -
3D. lambs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-02-08
Terrible Suffering of sailors.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. S-Only two YES.
sells succeeded in getting up the river
An attempt was made to reach the dis
tressed schooner Richard L. Leaning,
but it failed The situation of those on
board this vessel is deplorable. The sig.
mails announce that food and water are
shert- Ont of the eight persons on board
only two are fit for duty-thc captain and
the cook-thc rest being very badly
frozen and the mate is suffering with o
broken ier