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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-12-22
DOMESTIC.

Excel. Bryan opposes imperialism.
Small pox is epidemic at Hunting
ton, Pa.
Mr.. Bliss, secretary of the treasury,
is to resign.
Gen. William Delaney, a hero of the
civil war, is dead.
Ex-Congressman Samuel Mckee is
dead at Louisville.
The national board of trade re-
solved against trusts.
Prof Arthur 7. Hadley is likely to
be Yales new president.
The Chicago Great Western rail
way will not be boycotted.
Senator Davis favors an Anglo
American-Japanese alliance.
1t is SAID that Alfred G. Vanderbilt
is engaged to Miss Elsie French.
The atrocious murder of a young
lady is brought to light in Arkansas.
At St. Louis several inches of wei
snow fell-the heaviest of the winter
D. A. Baxter, father of State Sena-
tor D. w. Baxter, is dead at Rochelle
ILL.,
AtOSSIS, tue IuSIllNC SpIl IL
medium. is now a prisoner ia New
York.
Ex.-Gov. Flower predicted an imme.
diate and lasting improvement in bus
mess
Andrew Carnegie, it is rumored, viii
establish a great ship yard near New
York
Miss Catherine Campbell, the leadins
woman of the st. Louis Grand Opera
House Stock company, has been ar.
rested, charged with stealing from the
hotel where she is a guest
Rev. John r. Paxton has resigned a:
pastor of the New York Presbyterian
church.
Crowds of visitors were in Atlanta
Ga. for the peace jubilee. McKlnle!
spoke.
The total dead recovered from The
New York gas tank disaster to date
is six
A Chicago packing firm is arranging
to erect coldstorage warehouses il
Cuba.
Black steel and galvanized irol
sheets will probably advance 10 to L
per cent.
EX-Goy Merriam of Minnesota ma,
succeed Mr.. Bliss as secretary of tn
interior
A. M. Palmer, Richard Mansfield
manager, was stricken with heart fail
ure in Chicago.
The taking of testimony was com
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-12-22
WISCONSIN BRIEFS.

At GAINESVILLE Frank Zienow, only
son of Mrs. Catherine Zienow, dieu,
aged % years
Andrew Roth, farmer residing d
few miles north of KeWanuee, was
struck by train and instantly killed.
Fire in the large toy factory Of
Meinecke & Son Milwaukee, caused
damage to the building I'd contents
Of $4,000.
and well-known retired business man
of Milwaukee, is dead of heart failure,
aged Sc years.
At Oshkosh, the jury in the Camp
field murder trial still lacks two of be-
ing complete, although 81 men have
been examined.
Henry L. Elston, only son of A. c. V.
Elston, and Miss Laura Swingle,
daughter of John n Swingle, were
married at Muscoda
At Hurley, Charles L. Andersen, a
well-kaown character, was found dead
in bed. He was thirty-eight years old
and Swede. Anderson had been on a
spree.
Frederick Morrow of Star Prairie
pleaded guilty to the charge Of grain
stealing and breaking Jail. He was
sentenced to the penitentiary for nine
months.
The marriage of Miss Marie Open
to DR.. w. J. Whele of West Bend took
place in Milwaukee Wednesday, at the
Of ho [Hr;I o,,
Twenty-ffth street.
Herman Bierman, a fisherman on
the tug Brooks, was drowned Is miles
east of Manitowoc where the tug had
gone to lift the nets. Bierman was
married and 80 years old.
F. n. Hart, assistant passenger agent
of the Chicago & Northwestern rail-
road in Milwaukee since last March,
has been transferred to the position
of passenger agent at Cleveland.
Emery A. Odell, editor of the Mon
roe Evening Times, and Miss Amelia
Burgy were married. The cere-
mony took place at the residence of
the brides mother, Mrs. Jacob Burgy.
At Fond du Lac, the arguments in
the contest over the VIII OF margaret
Somervaill in which an estate of $780,
900 is involved, were concluded and
the case is now in Judge Gilson's
hands.
Gen. John B. Gordon, the ex-con-
federate soldier who lectured in Beloit
accepted the invitation of Supt. Con-
verse and addressed the pupils of the
high school. He spoke on character
building.
A Milwaukee mass meeting was held
to protest against the payment Of pen
sions to retired flremen and police
men, and to take action looking to the
repeal of the law under which the
pensions are paid.
Prominent Oconomowoc women who
are interesting themselves for re-
form in cooking have issued call for
a meeting. 1t is proposed to have g
series of free lessons and demonstra-
tons in the culinary art.
William Church, aged 10 years,
broke into the Burns Bros drug store
at Oakfeld a few weeks ago, and took
10 cents from the cash drawer. He
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-12-22

(rep., n. ", in explaining the provi-
sions OF the Indian bill, said that while
the appropriation was in excess of the
estimates, no items were appropriated
that had not been approved u .. tAe
executive authorities. He said the
principal increase was for Indian
schools, more than s2,5o0,00O going for
that purpose Mr. Hull, chair
man of the house committee on
military affairs, introduced bill CIV
ing two months extra pay to volun-
teers and troops recently serving
abroad and one month to those serving
at home. Mr.. S. W. Smith Introduce
a bill for a national military reserve
consisting Of one regiment for each
congressional district
Washington, Dec. 20.-In the senate
Mr.. Plat rep, Comm spoke against
the Vest resolution which declares mat
the United States has no power TO ac-
quire territory He said that the
power OF the nation to acquire terri
tory was Inherent. The United States
mad the right TO govern such territory
in the best possible manner until the
people OF the acquired lands were cap
able Of self government. Mr. Proctor
(rep., WI and Mr. Hale (rep., Me-
exchanged divergent views upon the
subject of the commission of senators
to visit Cuba. Mr. Proctor thought
that such commission was necessary
while Mr.. Hale said he thought it
would be in extremely bad taste and
useless.
The conference report on the urgent
deficiency bill was agreed to. Mr..
Berry (dem., Ark spoke upon his
amendments to the Nicaragua canal
bill. He did not commit himself TO
vote for the bill, even if his amend
ments were adopted, but would deter
mine the question when the vote was
reached. Mr. Allen (rep, Neb.) said
that he was not opposed to the canal
scheme, Because he antagonized GER
| tain features of the 6ill. One of its
most pernicious features would be
| eliminated by the adoption of the Ber-
ry amendments, namely the bond
feature He was opposed to the provi-
| sion for an adjustment of the claims
of the Maritime Canal company He
wanted the government to be protected
| from all loss and possible fraud by
! the company.
Mr.. Mason rep, I'D introduced a
resolution directing the committee on
agriculture to inquire into certain leg
islation pending before the German
reichstag calculated to prohibit the
importation into Germany of Ameri-
can sausages and other meat products
and directing the committee, SHOULD
| the legislation become law, to repor
Immediately bill to require the in.
spection of sugars, meats, wines ant
other food products which are i'm.
ported into this country from Ger
many. The resolution went over.
Mr.. Hanna rep, o. introduced {
bill to grant subsidies for American
shipping.
the company.
Washington, Dec. 20.-Several bill
were passed in the house, the mos
important of WHICH was bill apprOpri
ating $350000 for the Philadelphia ex
position of 1899. Mr. Bailey (dem.
Tex introduced resolution directin:
the judiciary committee to Investigate
and report on the question whethe
members of the house who accepted
commissions in the army forfeited
their seats in the house. The reso
luton was referred to the COMMITTEE,
| on ruleS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-12-22
HORSEMEN FAIL,

Lexington, KY, Dec. 16.-W. T..
Woodland, che of the best known com
mission horse statesmen in the United
States, has filed a petition in bank
ruptcy. His liabilities are $4,000; as
sets $4,000. His son, VIM. t. Wood
ard, Jr.. also assigned, with $4,000 liza
bilities and no assets.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-12-22
THE DEAREST ONE.

Mother to the Woman-The old
shoemaker took the doll and looked it
over.
A leg and an arm were gone, it had
lost part of it's sawdust, and one eye
had disappeared.
eyes," he said, II can make red
morocco shoe to fit this foot, but what's
the use? It isn't worth it. Why don't
you bring me one of your new dolls
'"This is my crippled child" said the
little girl. II love it better than do
the others. Chicago Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-12-22
BOLIVIAN REVOLUTION.

Lima, Peru, Dec. 16.-Advices re-
ceived yesterday confirm the reports
of revolution in the Bolivian repub-
lie. President Alonzo is now at Cruro,
organiz!ns the governments forces 20
suppress the rebellion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-12-22
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE session of
the senate was largely consumed in
the discussion of the Nicaraguan canal
p1I. Mr.. Turpie (dem., Ind made a
pointed speech in opposition to the bill.
attacking it on the ground that it was
in the interest Of the Maritime COM
pany, which he characterized as a
fraud and a bankrupt. He moved the
postponement of the matter until after
the holiday recess. Mr.. Morgan (dem..
Afa.) defended the bill and the Mar
thine company and opposed the motion
to postpone. Mr.. Berry and Mr.. Raw
Inns both offered amendments materi-
ally affecting the bill.
Previous to the proceedings upon The
canal bill, Mr. Morrill, made an address
in support of the bill authorizing the
purchase of a site for the supreme
court building, and this and several
other bills were passed. Among them
was one providing for the relief OF the
homestead settlers in Florida, who
were driven from their homes by the
storm of 1896; amending the statutes
relating TO pensions, providing in
cases in which pensioners desert their
wives or children that the pension
shall be paid to them.
Washington, Dec. 1.-THE house
passed the District of Columbia appro-
priation bill without amendment The
bill carries S6.oo9, $50, which is $176,600
less than that carried by the last bill,
The house also passed the senate bill,
amending the law relating to seamen.
All amendments were rejected.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-12-22

AT GAINESVILLE. Miss Rachael Hart OF
Owen Sound, Ont, and Arthur But
Ter were married.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-12-22

Washington, Dec. 18.-The house
passed the Indian appropriation bill.
substantially as reported. This is the
third of the appropriation bills to pass
and it clears the calendar Of the big
supply Of bills, although another, the
agricultural, will be ready for atten-
ton early this week Mr.. Sherman
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-12-22

Washington, Dec. 15.-The Nicara-
guam canal bill held its place as prio-
cipal subject before the senate again.
Speeches were made by Messrs. Harris
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-09-15

The American Bible Society has sent
$500 Spanish New Testaments to San
tiago, Cuba.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-09-15
A CRITICAL TIME
During the Battle of
Santiago.
SICK OR WELL, A RUSH
NIGHT AND DAY.

The Packers at the Battle Of Santi-
ago de Cuba were all Heroes.
Their Heroic Efforts in Getting
Ammunition and Raticns to the
Front Saved the Day,
P. E. BUTLER, of pack. train No. 8,
writing from Santiago, De Cuba, on
July 23d, says: 1--WE all had diarrhoea
in more or less violent form, and when
we landed we had no time to see a
doctor, for it was case of rush and
rush night and day to keep the troops
supplied with ammunition and rations,
but thanks to Chamberiain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, we
were able to keep at work and keep our
health in fact, sincerely believe that
at one critical time this medicine was
the indirect saviour of our army, for If
the packers had been unableto work
there would have been no way of get
ting supplies to the front. There were
no roads that a wagon train could use.
My comrade and myself had the good
fortune to lay in supply of this
medicine for our pack-train before we
left Tampa, and know in four cases 1t
absolutely saved life"
The above letter was written TO the
manufacturers Of this medicine, the
Chamberlain Medicine Co, Des Moines,
Iowa. Fer sale by E. T. Whitehead &
ca,
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Power Of Powder.
San Francisco Call.

San Francisco Call.
:Velocity ana PRESSURE explained
the powder mill superintendent, "are
the two main requisites in proving
powder. The government is very spe-
cific in its contracts. It demands that
when fired under service conditions, in
the gun Tor which it is intended, pow
der must give to the projectile muz-
zle velocity of at least certain number
of feet per second without producing a
pressure of more than certain number
OF tens to the square inch. For mod
ern guns the velocity required varies
from 1000 to $500 feet in second,
and the pressure is not allowed to ex-
coed fifteen tons to the square inch.
In some Of our guns OF the present day
the amount OF energy stored up in the
powoer charge is 80 tremendous as to
be almost incredible. The limit Of
energy upon the projectile cannot be
estimated, SO vast are the possibilities.
"For example, ] may cite the Ore
CONS thirteen-inch rifles. Five hun
dred and fifty pounds of powder in
these guns impart to an LOO pound
shot velocity of 2,1OO feet per second,
and the energy Of the projectile is
nearly 81 900 focs tons This power
Is sufficient to lift such vessel as the
Oregon, eight feet out of the water.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-09-15
TRAINS GOING NORTH.

tDally except Monday. tDally ex-
cept Sunday.
Train on the Sc :land Neck Branch
Road leaves Weldon 4 is D M, Halifax
30 D. M, arrives Scotland Neck at
20 p. M, Greenvllle 6 81 p. M, Kins-
ton :55 p. m. Returning leaves
Klnston 7 80 a. M, Greenyille s 80 a.
n arriving Halifax at IL :18 a. m,
Weldon IL :33 a. M, daily except Sum
day.
Trains on Washington Branch leave
Washington 8 20 a. m. and 80 p M,
arrive Parmele 9 10 a. m. and go D.
M, returning leave Parmele 8 :35 a. m.
and 6 80 p. M, arrive Washington
IL 90 a. M and Z 20 o. m. :, daily ex-
cept Sunday.
Train leaves Tarboro, N. c., daily
except Sunday 5 80 p. M, Sunday,
4 10 p. M, arrives Plymouth Z 40 b.
M, 10 p. M, Returning, leaves Ply
mouth daily except Sunday. Z so a. m >,
and Sunday 9 100 a. m, arrives Tarboro
10 :O5 a. M, II 100 a. M
Train on Midland N. G. Branch
leaves Goldsboro daily, except Sunday,
Z 10 a. M, arriving Smithfeld 8 30 a.
IN. Returning leaves Smithfield 9 100
a. m. arrives at Goldsboro 10 :25 a. M
Trains on Nashville Branch leave
Rocky Mount at 80 p. M, arrive
Nashville 5 :O5 p. M, Spring Hope
5 80 p. m. Returning leave Spring
Hope 100 a. m, Nashville :35 a. M,
arrive at Rocky Mount 9:O5 a. m.,
daily except Sunday.
Train on Clinton Branch leavesWar-
saw for Clinton daily, except Sunday,
IL 30 a. m. and 4 :15 p. m. Return
ing leaves Clinton at Z 90 a. m. and
2 As p. m.
Train No. IS makes close connection
at Weldon for all points North daily,
all rail via Richmond.
III. M. EMERSON.
GeuI Pass. Agent.
J. r. KENLY, Gent Manager.
T. NJ. EMERSON, Traffic Manager.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-09-15
The country Meetings.

Durham Sun.
The season for protracted meetings
in the country is drawing to close.
The weather will soon be too cool for
these gatherings.
Has the reader ever attended one OF
these? If not, go see with what real
genuine hospitality and kind-hearted-
ness you will be received. They are
the very crystallzed expression OF coun-
try simplicity and faith. For there
you meet women and men with the
care of the church upon them-Chris-
tan people-and how they vie with
each other IN the tables they spread,
fried chicken, as only good house
wife can fry it, good old red, home
cured ham, pies, cakes, fruits in album
dance, and all for those who will come
up and partake. There Is never any
doubt about being invited the task ls
difficult one to accept all cordial in
yltatlOns, and they are SO genuine,
nothing of the conventional. In
the morning and evening there is
divine, heartfelt notwithstanding to
! God-not an oratorlo to be applauded
of men-prayers and preaching. Dur
ing recess there Is the dinner, with its
social surroundings, meeting and COM
mingling of families and friends sspa-
rated by distance duri1is the week,
There is nothing Of the picnic. These
meetings are rendered necessary in
order to have full days service. Nc
one who ever attended. these services
but went away with thanks to God
that he was there, and mingled with
the plain people-the "bone and slnew
of the land"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-09-15
Notice..
70 the Electors Of Scotland Neck
Township:

1t appearing to the undersigned,
Clerk of the Superior Court of Halifax
County, that the two Voting Precincts
into which Scotland Neck township is
now divided contain very unequal
Plumbers of voters, one being larger
shan prescribed by law, and the other
smaller: Now, Therefore, IN order to
make the two precincts Of said town.
ship more nearly equal in size, it is
hereby ordered that the Voting Pre-
cincts OF Scotland Neck and Mary's
Chapel as now constituted be, and
they hereby are abolished.
1t is further ordered that the town.
ship of Scotland Neck be, and the same
hereby is divided into two Voting Pre-
cincts by line running as follows, to
wit 8: Beginning at the line OF Palmyra
Township at or near Greenwood on the
public road leading to the town OF
Scotland Neck, thence along said road
through the town of Scotland Neck,
through ClarksvilIe, by the J. N. Smith
Homestead and by the plantation Of
T. w. Fenner to Edwards Ferry on
Roanoke River. All of that part of
Scotland Neck Township lying on the
eastern side of said line shall be East
Scotland Neck Precinct, and the voting
place for said Precinct shall be in the
town of Scotland Neck east of the
Aforesaid line
All that part OF Scotland Neck Town
ship lying en- the western side OF the
sud line shall be West Scotland Neck
Precinct, and the Voting Place for said
precinct shall be In the town of Scot
land Neck west OF the aforesaid line.
Witness my hand at my office In the
town Of Halifax, this first day of Sep
teinber, 1898.
STERLING NJ. GARY.
Clerk Superior Court
Of Halifax County, North Carolina.
0.S-tf
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-09-15
Sticking to a Good Position.

Evening Post
John Wahaimaker, writing in the
True Phlladelphian, declares his opin-
ion that men, for the most part, get
what they are worth. 1t is the hard
est thing in the world, he says, to find
clean, strong earnest, upright young
man--they're as scarce as hens teeth.
l had boy working for me at three
dollars week, and one day his father,
who was loom boss in factory, came
to see me and said he guessed he'd take
his boy out; he could make more in
the factory.
GLOW much?" / asked.
-Four dollars week."
"Well, let him alone and he'll be
getting five week here alter awhile
When the boy was getting eight
dollars the father came again, aud
again persuaded him to leave the>boy
with me. When the boy was getting
ten dollars week the father came
again and said he was going to take
the boy away.
"What fOr?"
':He isn't making money enongh."
"What wft-you do with him?"
"Put him in the factory"
"How much will he get?'
Twelve dollars first; fifteen after
ward.''
"Any more?"
eyes; he may get to be loom boss.
"What Will he make then?"
"Seventy- five dollars month"
"We!i, let the boy alone; he'll be
getting hundred a month here some
day.
| I had the hardest work to get that
man to leave his boy but we are now
paying the a 81 600 month.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-09-15
For Over Fifty Years

MRS. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP has
been used for over fifty years by mil
lions of mothers for their children while
teething, with perfect success. 1t
soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie, and is
the best remedy for Diarrhoea. It will
relieve the poor little sufferer immedi-
ately. Sold by Druggists in every part
of the world Twenty-Five cents a
bottle. Be sure and ask for "Mrs Win
slows Soothing Syrup" and take 10
other kind. ABLY
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-09-15
WHAT'S FOUND IN CUBA.
MANY THINGS BESIDES
SPANIARDS.
A Paradise for sportsmen.

While Cuba offers such haven to
the invalid, it is paradise for the
sportsman, wild game and Ash OF all
kinds being abundant.
Parties OF gentlemen on horseback,
with their PACK of bounds, hunt the
fleet footed deer. It is common thing
for small party to kill eight or ten
deer in a day.
The wild boar is plentiful, and some
times, If cornered, dangerous. especially
the old master of the herd, called Gun
solitaric," which will tear dog to
pieces or make green hunter climb a
tree, but Cuban easily kills him with
machete. The island bear sometimes
weighs 200 or 300 pounds, and has
huge tusks, often five or SIX inches in
! length. The meat of the female is
much rellshed by the natives. Wild
dogs and cats, wild cattle, horses, and
jacks abound. But the jutia,
peculiar only to Cuba, which looks
like cross between squirrel with
rats tail and rabbit, and which lives in
the trees and feeds on nuts and leaves,
is the great delight of the Cuban
Fowls are in great numbers. Wild
guinea hens and turkeys arc found In
focks OF from rs to 100. The whistle
of the quail and the futter of the
pheasant and perdlz are heard on all
sides in the rural and mountain re-
gions. Ducks in abundance come over
from Florida in the winter and return
with the spring. Wild pigeons, with
their white tops and bodies of blue,
larger somewhat than the domestic
bird, offer, in hunting, the greatest
sport to gentlemen who will be re-
strained with reason. In the early
mornings the pigeons generally go to
feed on the mang!e berries when ripe,
and which grow by the sea or near
some swampy place. have known a
party OF three persons to kill 1900 of
the pigeons within few hours. Ro
blches, tojosas aud guanaros are found
in the thick woods.
Mocking and blue birds, orioles,
turpials, negritos, and a thousand kinds
of songsters and birds Of brilliant plum
age fit from tree to tree
The naturalist Poey says there are
GIL distinct species of fish in the Cuban
waters. Among those that delight the
sportsman are the red snapper, lista,
manta, gallego, cnbera, surela and gar
fish. The sierra, which weighs from
forty to sixty pounds, is extremely
game, as is the romeo, so called because
1t SHORES when brought out of the
water. For heavy sport, fishing tor
sharks, which are good for nothing, Or
the gusa, which weighs from 400 to
600 pounds that is excellent eating,
offers abundant exercise. It is daily
occurrence to see schools OF fish, num-
bering from hundreds to many thous-
ands, each fish weighing from one to
tour pounds, swimming around the
bays and harbors waiting for bait.
Any American who enjoys good fishing
can find his fondest dreams more than
satisfied in Cuba.
Delicious shrimp, crabs and Holsters,
oysters and clans abound. The lob
STEERS have no claws and weigh from
two to eight pounds They are caught
at night In shallow places along the
sandy beach, a torch, harpoon and net
being the necessary outfit. Some of
the rivers abound In alIgators, but
few hunt them.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-09-15

TIT A Mt e D-SEVERAL TRUST
w worthy persons. in this state to
manage our business In their own and
nearby counties. It is mainly office
work conducted at home. Salary
straight $500 a year and expenses
iefinite. bonafide, no moro, no less
salary. Monthly SIS. References. En-
close se1f-addressed stamped envelope,
Herbert e. Hess, Preet.. Dept. d.
Chicago (Donihion Coz S