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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-07-01
Sullivan IS FOUND GUILTY.
Jury Returns a Verdict Of Murder in
Second Degree.

Viroqua. Wis, June 26.-George
Sullivan has been found guilty of
murder in the second degree for the
killing Of Asa Gorham on January %
last. Sentence is suspended until July
-. This ends one Of the most SEN
satiCnal trials that has ever been be-
fore Vernon county court. The trial
lasted four days and about sixty wit
nesses were examined. On January 25
last, Asa GoTham called at Sullivan's
home to demonstrate with him for pay
ing attention to his (Gorham's) wife.
It was brought out in the testimony
that Sullivan had been more or less
familiar with Mrs Gorham and her
husband became so jealous that he
left home. Returning, few weeks
later, he decided to ask Sullivan to
keep away from his home During
the conversation, the men became
angry and as it is alleged, Sullivan
pulled revolver and was about to
shoot Gorham when the latter grasped
him and after a tussIe succeeded in
wrenching the weapon from his hand.
He then turned and was about to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-07-01

Pollard, cOlored, was hanged hero Fri
day for the murder of Joseph irwin,
also colored. The murder was com
mitted in July, 1895. Pollard had
threatened to kill Dave Irwin, and
going to his home he fired at Dave but
missed him, killing the latter's broth
er, Joseph.
Fayetteville, W. Va, June 26-Clark
Lewis was hanged here Friday in pub
lie before large and orderly crowd in
a natural grove. The condemned man
sang Oh the scaffold. Lewis was
hanged fer the murder of Charles Glib
sen, whose death appeared to be de-
sired by Mrs. Gibson, to enable her to
continue uninterrupted her carousals
with Lewis and one or two others, who
were Jointly convicted with Lewis.
Atlanta, Ga, June 26.-Terrel Hud-
son, negro who was to have been
hanged two weeks ago for murder, but
who was reprieved at the last moment
died on the gallows at Decatur Friday.
Hudson killed Holborn Malcolm, an
other negro, in quarrel about a dog.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-07-01
UNCLE SANS FLAG.
1t Flies AIoft on the Portsmouth
Town Hall.

Portsmouth, June 6.-Everything is
in readiness for today's great naval
spectacle. Portsmouth and the south
sea and their environs are getting Lon
dOn's jubilee fever Decorations are
universal, profuse and distinctly naval.
notably at the gateway of the wharf,
where there is a brass cannon mount
ed in two turrets and in charge of
pikemen in full armor Matchlocks pro-
trude from portfolios. On the outside
of the buttresses are figures of pike
men, while over the gateway is a
knight in full armor Of the Queen
Anne period. The town hall is also
decorated, among the decorations be-
ing group of American flags with the
name brooklyn in the center Fes-
tivities began Friday afternoon with a
garden party given by Sir Newell Sal
mon, who will be in supreme command
of the review. Friday night banquet
was given at the town hall at which
Ri. George J. Johen, first lord
Of the admiralty, presided, and the Of
fceTs of the Brooklyn were present.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-07-01

A crew of American college youths
trained under an American coach won
from two other American college crews
in the eight-bOard contest, the two
other crews having studied, one under
an American coach with a mixture of
English and American methods and the
other discarding all American teach
ings anu methods and importing an
English coach in an endeavor to prove
superiority 4Or Henley methods. No
such contest ever occurred in this
country before. Cornell university had
not been able to meet Yale university
on the water since 1875 and then as
Friday she defeated the boys of blue.
After long chickering's Yale university
consented, under pressure from Har-
ward to again meet Cornell. The match
was arranged and Friday the leading
crews Of these three leading colleges of
this college strewn country started
down the four mile stretch together
Yale finished second and three and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-07-01

ployed her trained down muscle with
out beef in a leisurely, confident man
ner, that pulled her at every stroke to-
ward victory.
1t is a singular coincidence that the
English trained crew, Harvard, pCr-
sued exactly the same method as to the
number of strokes per minute as did
the winning crew, and although Har-
ward weighed on an average of ten
pounds heavier than Cornell's men, that
extra weight held for nothing, and
either from too much ''fineness in
training or lack Of ability to pull the
stroke set Cor the crew, it was prac-
tically dead after the second mile.
Briefly the result of the race is that
Cornell asserts her superiority in row
ing, method of training and capability
over two larger universities, and she
still holds the record for inter-col-
legiate Fights of - minutes and %
seconds, which she made last year.
The race FRIDAY was one of the most
brilliant in the history of acquatics in
this county. The crews started W.T.
a stroke If 90 TOR Cornell and Sc for
Harvard and Yale. 1t was apparent
within the first quarter Of a mile that
the Cornell crew was using the same
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-07-01

half boat lengths separated her from
Cornell. Harvard with her newly &C
CURED English methods, finished third,
and she was over eight and a half
lengths behind Cornell, her eight thor
oughly exhausted, while the opponents
of the American .heory as applied to
propulsion of eight cared SHELLS, fin
ished at hot pace without any distress
being apparent. The tide was slack,
the wind favored no particular crew
and absolutely no favor of any kind
was shown by nature toward the result.
The race was rowed entirely on its
merits. The race also set conclusion
upon the long mooted question concern
ing weights. The Yale crew stripped
in it's boat an an average of l l
pounds and Cornell at 1853; Yale used
every pound of her ''beef'' and lever
age on the oars and at times with a
nervousness which made the boat fair
ly lift from the water. Cornell en-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-07-01
ONLIMB AND SCAFFOLD.
THAT'S HOW SEVERAL BLACK
BRUTES SHUTTLE OFF.
One Negro Murderer Is Lynched and
Three Others Are Hanged by the
Authorities

Crystal Springs, Miss, June 90
The negro, John Moses, who murdered
an old man named Strong near this
place a few days ago, confessed to The
killing Friday morning and shortly af-
ter the guard was overpOwered by a
mob of about three hundred men,
mostly farmers, and Moses was taken
from the Jail and with a rope around
his neck was dragged through the
streets to a tree near the railway ard
hanged. He was dead, or nearly so
when they reached the place Of hang
irg. After hanging Moses to the tree
some of the mob made a move to shoot
him. The leader declared it should not
be done as justiced had triumphad and
that was all they wanted. The mob
then started on a search for a negro
preacher who had sworn that the muir
derer had spent the day on which
Strong was killed out at his house and
knew he (Moses) was not the guilty
person. Ee swore 20 deliberate lie
and the mob caught him and gave
him an unmerciful whipping Tor
false swearing.
st. Joseph, Mo-, June 26.-James
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-07-01
FORTY-THREENEW LAWYERS
THEY'RE ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
BEFORE SUPREME COURT.
Members of State Board of Law Exam
iners for Next Year Are An
nounceG-Opinions.
Madison. .Tune o.


The supreme court held a short SEES
son Thursday afternoon and then ad-
journed until fall Chief Justice Cas-
scGay and Justice Newman were alb
sent and Justice Winslow, the senior
Of the members present, took the chief
Justices seat. On the opening of the
court he announced the state board of
law examiners for the next year as
follows: A. L. Sanborn, Madison; L.
j. Rusk of Chippewa Falls; G.. M .
Woodward, La Crosse; S. N. Dicken-
son of Superior; Charles Quarles of
Milwaukee. The board will meet in
Madison the last Tuesday in August
and in Milwaukee the third Tuesday in
December and the last Tuesday in
April. Forty-three graduates Of the uni
versity law class were admitted to
practice on motion of Dean E. E.
Bryant. The court handed down
opinions in the following cases:
Merrjman VS.. Mccormick Harvester Ma.
chine Co.; reversed.
In re will of James LittlewOOd; affirmed.
Monitor Mfg. Co. VS.. Jones; affirmed.
Montague VS.. NJ, st. p. & s. Ste. NJ Ry
Co; reversed.
st. Joseph's Hospital association VS. Ash
land county ct al; affirmed
GuetzkoW Bros Co. VS.. Breeze ct al; af-
firmed.
Roby VS. State; reversed.
Blakely VS. Smock ct al; reversed.
Randles VS.. Waukesha county; reversed
BergerOn vs.. Hobbs; affirmed, Justice
Marshall dissenting
McCue VS.. City Of Waupun; affirmed.
Won Reuden vs.. State; affirmed.
Hubbard vs. Haley; affirmed on both ap
peals.
Rothe VS.. S. E. Barrett Mfg. Co.; af-
1irmed.
Smaller vs. C. & n. w. Ry. Co.; affirmed
Clune vs.. Wright ct al; reversed.
Kendall VS.. Hynes Lumber Co; reversed
Mccain VS.. C. st. P, NJ. & o. Ry. Co.
reversed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-07-01

Poughkeepsie, n. Y, June 26.-Cor-
nell won the three-cornered boat race
on the Hudson Friday, the course being
miles down stream. Her time was
20 minutes and 81 seconds. Yale was
second by three lengths ana a half,
time 20:44; Harvard, third, five lengths
astern Of Yale, time q minutes. Cor
nell's time by miles was: First, min
utes, As seconds; second, 1920; third.
1884 3-5; fourth, 20:34.
American grit, American methods
and American training won the game
as against American grit coupled with
English methods and English training
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-07-01

and signed Thursday in Jersey City by
of the two heavy
weights. The fight will be before the
club offering the best terms and for
side bet of $4,000 They met in New
York recently, but the police stopped
the mill. Both representatives OF the
fighters deposited $4,000 each to bind
this last match. On August another
deposit of $500 from each viii be
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-07-01
SEPARATION.

He went upon a journey
And she was left at home;
And yet twas he who staid behind,
And she that far did roam.
For though he went by mountain,
And wood and stream and sea,
A little cot enwrapt in green
He saw perpetually.
And she, within the green leaves,
Unknowing that he stood
Forever by Der, dreamed her way
With him by mount and wood
Now heaven help these lovers,
And bring her safely home,
Or drive him back along the track
Where she cen now doth roam.
-EthelWyn Wetherald
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-07-01
TRIED TO BURN A CHURCH.

Lancaster, Wis, J!ne 26. 1t has
just been discovered that an attempt
has been made to burn the Methodist
church A pile Of charred papers were
found in the secret room Of the church
and in the main room the bible had
been burned on the outer edges. This
had been done with a candle as the
were found al over the pull
pit. There is no clue to the perpetra-
tor Of the crime
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-07-01

leave the place when, Sullivan darted
into the house, took down a Winches-
ter rife and shot Gorham, who died
shortly after. 1t is said that the
woman in the case sided with SuIli-
van during the trial.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-07-01

New York, June 25.-Articles for a
fight to finish between Peter Maher
and Thomas Sharkey were drawn up
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-07-01
BRIGHTENS UP A BIT
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT GRADU-
AL BUT TIDE HAS RISEN.
NEW CROPS MAIN FACTOR

Season OF Midsummer Quiet Near but
Removal Of Uncertainty VIII Bring
Buying Forces Out-Enormous
Wheat Yields III the West-Iron is
Firmer
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-07-01
CORNELL IS FIRST
HER CREW WINS THE GREAT
SHE'LL RACE.
YALE GETS SECOND PLACE

Poor Harvard Isn't in the Contest AT
ter the First Mile-American Grit.
American Methods and American
Training Prove Superior to Euglish
Methods and English Training.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-07-01

paid, making the full amount $4,000 a
side. The articles call for the bout to
take place within three months after
the final deposit is made.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-07-01
WILL MEET AGAIN.

Articles Signed for Another Fight
Between Maher and Sharkey.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-07-01

st. Joseph, Mo-, June 26.-James
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-11
FLOWING IN SPRING.

Deepening Old Ground Should Al
ways BE Done Gradually.
Good crops are dependent upon the
blowing being done well. As it is rather
slow, heavy work, and in the spring is
usually hard on teams, it is always an
item to lessen the amount to be done as
much as possible. If the ground is well
plowed in good season under ordinary
conditions it is comparatively an easy
matter to get the seeding done in good
season. But it is important that the
work be done thorough. There should
be no cutting and covering, nor should
there be any skips. If a stone or root
throws the pillow out, the team should
be stopped and backed up and the fur
row caught again.
With all spring crops it is an item to
stir the soil thoroughly and reasonably
deep. One of the essential conditions in
securing a good growth and yield is to
have the soil in fine filth when the
planting is done, and thorough blowing
is a great aid in getting the soil in
this condition.
In order to lessen the work of the
teams, and at the same time lessen the
cost of the blowing in many cases, it
will be found economical to use a some
what larger plow-one that turns a
furrow IA or 16 inches in preference to
one that turns only 10 or II. With a
large pillow and three good horses one
man will be able to dc not only more
work, but better work.
It is a good plan to take every OPP
portunity to pillow. Sod land can be
plowed when fallow land would be too
wet. It is an exceptional case after
this, when it can be considered good
economy to pillow old land when it is too
wet to work readily into a good filth.
While deep stirring of the soil is
best-giving not only a better yield,
hut lessening the risk of failure-still,
If the blowing is delayed until spring
it should be done very little deeper
than the land has been plowed before.
as bringing up to the surface of any
great amount of fresh subsol will prove
more or less detrimental. Deepening
old ground by blowing should nearly
always be done gradually.-St. Louis
Republic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-11
ALL SORTS.

In the last 25 years, as indicated by
life insurance statistics, the average life
of woman has increased from 40 years
to 46 years, an increase of over nine per
cent.
Near Lakewood, \. J., there is ferret
farm, where these useful animals are
raised. The chief service is to cap
ture rats in dwellings and storehouses.
Last year 1900 ferrets were raised OIL
the farm.
A perilous performance is witnessed
nightly at a London theater. The per-
former is tied up in sack soaked with
kerosene. The sack is then set on fire,
and when it is all ablaze he leaps into
q tank of water.
Emma McCue, so years old, who mar
ried George McCue, three years older,
at Franklin, Ind, last December on his
promise to support her in ease and
comfort, has sued for divorce because
she has had to do farmhouse drudgery.
A citizen of Suffolk, Va, has Of
fered a factory site free to anyone who
will establish a manufacturing indus
try there, and one of the inducements
held out by a local paper is that ''the
morals of the people are equaled in few
other places"
Farms in England are selling at
ruinous reduction of their former value,
and in many cases cannot be sold at
all. In many cases farms have been
sold for less than one-tenth of their
value 20 years ago. Well-to-do farmers
are abandoning the business and GO
ing to the colonies or to cities to start
life anew.
4 London court has recently done
something to settle the social status of
artists models. A young woman
brought suit for breach of promise
against a man who had promised to
marry her, but had been alarmed by
the discovery that instead of sitting for
the head alone she had also sat for the
figure, though not without drapery. The
decision of the court was that the pro-
fession is respectable, and that she was
entitled to damages.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-11

In every section Of this country there is
more or less lais5 lying idle and bringing the
owner but little in the way of revenue. As
the country gradually becomes more thick
" settled, taxes oI4 real estate grow high
er and the burden from carrying unproduc-
ing or waste land more irksome. 1t is good
business to make every foot of land yield
something to help bear its share of the ex-
penses of the farm. This may be done in
several ways That land which Is too wet
for the plow.may be ditched or tile drained,
and thus be brought under cultivation and
production A more difficult task viii be
encountered, however, IN clearing up tim
bertrand, in removing trees, stumps, gruhs,
etc, etc. For this purpose several machines
have been put upon the market, but none
are better than that made by the Milne
Manufacturing Co., 742 Eighth St., Mon
mouth, H., thoroughly responsible firm,
whose advertisement appears in this paper.
They manufacture the Hawkeye Grub and
Stump machine in several sizes, and guar
antee it to pull stumps or grubs, and to pull
up trees of ordinary size. This machine, un-
like Others, does not need to be moved for
every stump, but viii clear out circle OF
two acres at one sitting. Write this firm
for catalogue. circulars, prices, etc.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-11
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

The cheapest gain is secured before
the animal natures
A weIl-bred animal implies one with
O. good constitution
Plan now to make every part of the
farm produce something this season.
Quick matured stock pay a better
profit than those which mature slowly.
No more sheep should be kept than
can be sheltered without unnecessary
crowding.
Do not be in too big hurry to sell
feed. Wait until grass has made a
good start
The pastures and meadows viii be
better next season if the stock is kept
of of them now.
It is an item to reduce the amount
of fencing as much as possible. Now
in the time to plan to do this.
One of the best grain rations for the
dairy COWS is equal parts of ground
corn and oats with wheat bran.
AS general rule growing pigs viii
thrive better on good, rich slop than
IN hard grain, and usually at less
sost.-Farmers Union
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-11

one is unoccUpied. The fear of danger
will prompt fowls to seek tie highest
roosting place. If the roosts are level,
no injury from getting on and off will
occur and the fowls will not crowd one
another.
The following arrangement is con-
venient one: Make a tight platform
foot and a half from the floor, to catch
the droppings. Around the edge nail
a strip one by three to keep the drop
piags from scattering and which will
give a step for the fowls in going on
and off. A platform arranged in this
way is conducive to cleanliness, as the
fowls viii not step in the manure and
track it over the floor. Place the roosts
a foot above the platform and rest them
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-11
MAINTAIN A STANDARD.
How to Make Poultry Raising Profit.
able and Satisfactory.

How to Make Poultry Raising Profit.
able and Satisfactory.
In the poultry business, as in any
other branch of farm economy, the
standard quality must be maintained
by proper selection, crossing, mating
of the best specimens, etc If any
ideal type Of hen is found or a male
bird it is always desirable to make
them as near as possible the founda-
ton Of the flock, which not only raises
the standard, but brings the flock up
to that very desirable quality of uni
formity Of standard which makes IA
nous the focks and herds of the various
noted breeders of domestic animals.
Such fowls in the hands of the poultry
raiser should be kept as long as they
ore productive. The average farmer
may say that the few chickens he keeps
will make but little difference in the end,
let the care be what it may. This is not
good business course to pursue, for the
reason that the flock may be ever so
small, there is a possible loss or profit
to the proprietor, and whichever it may
be it will be set down as a guide in de-
Gliding what the results will be in other
branches of husbandry on the same
farm under the same management.
Thoroughness on the farm may be seen
in every detail if that is Characteristic
of the proprietor, and that is what
pays in these competitive times. The
farmer slack in one part or direction is
shiftleSS in all.-Earmers' Voice
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-11
MOISTURE OF SOIL
low to Preserve 1t by Means OF ii
dicious Narrowing.

How to Preserve 1t by Means OF Sn-
dicfous narrowing.
Narrowing to save moisture is thus
treated in bulletin No. 120 of the New
York experiment station. 1.-THE har-
row, besides pulverizing and fining the
soil for the seed bed, is most efficient
in furnishing a soil mulch. The
spring-tooth harrow is in reality cul-
tivator and its action is similar to that
of the cultivator. When used as an in
strument TO conserve moisture, the
teeth should penetrate to the depth Of
about three inches, and to produce the
best effect the ridges left by it should
be leveled off by smoother which can
now be purchased as an attachment to
the harrow. The tiIage of orchards
by the harrow is now practiced extern
sively, and nothing short of irrigation
viii SO nearly meet the demands of trees
for moisture, particularly upon the
heavier soils. A harrow having plow-
like action of it's blades serves to pull
verize the surface soil, to spread the
loose mulch evenly, and it leaves a most
excellent seed bed. The cutaway or
disc harrow may be beneficial or of
absolute injury. If the discs are so
set that they cover but portion of
the surface of the mulch they leave
q ridge exposed to the action of the
wind and sun and the rate of evapora-
ton is greatly increased. The disc
should be set at such an angle that the
whole surface shall be stirred or COW
cred. Their chief value lies in their
cutting and pulverizing action on clay
soils, but as conservers of moisture
they are inferior to the harrow with
plow-like action or the spring tooth.
Soils which need the disc narrower
should generally be gone over again
with some shallower tool. The mel
lower the soil the lighter should be the
work done by the harrow. On most
heavy orchard soils it will be found
necessary to use the heavy tools like
the spring-tooth and disc harrows in
the spring, but if the land is properly
handled it should be in such condition
as to allow the use of a spike-tooth or
smoothing harrow during summer.
This light summer narrowing should
be sufficient to keep down the weeds
and it preserves the soil mulch in most
excellent condition. With such tool
and on land in good filth a man can
harrow ten or more acres day."