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Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1900-10-18
I1solve1its as Appear
on the Tax List for
the Year 1899.
Returned by N.G.Grandy Sheriff.
List Ct Error Dead and
moved as appear on
the Tax List for
the year 1899.
Continued from last week.)

Continued from last week.
SALEM TOWNSHIP.
Alfred Bowe left State 2 90
James Bright dead 2 90
Henry Banks left county 90
James Herring dead 90
w H James can't be found 90
VIM w Markham can't be
found
John SMullen can't be found 90
aohn A Mullen 2 90
H Rudgen left county 90
Delinquent. List.
Robert Dozer listed in E.
City 90
Nelson FELTON, too old 90
Thomas James error 90
Joseph Palemur listed twice 3 so
Abner Shannon " 90
Mary Ove1ton listed Nixon
ton 185
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-06

addressed letter to Governor Roose-
velt Of New York, in which he asks
him to prove assertions concerning the
FfIipinos made in a recent speech.
Whatever the ultimate destiny Oh
Cuba may be, it's immediate future IS
independence, said Goyernor-General
wood at a dinner in Santiago, adding
what no constitution that did not pre-
vide for a stable government would be
accepted by the United State.
Senior Lanuza, former secretary Of
Justice, Havana, who was recently
asked to represent the republican party
Of Cienfuegos in the forthcoming
constitutional convention, published I
private letter, written last April, III
which he gives his reason for not
Joining the republicans. He takes this
step in order to explain his exact
position.
Representatives Of nine political
parties in Cuba held a meeting and
adopted a dispatch, which it is intend
ed to send President Mckinley, saying
the relations hereafter to exist between
Cuba and the United States were net
constitutional questions, therefore
shouldn't form part Of the constitution
Of Cuba. The telegram also asks
President Mckinley to change the
order converting the convention.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-06
THE CUCKOO AND HER EGGS.

In the BIOLOGIST A. H. Meiklejohn
raises the question as to the manner
in which the cuckoo carries her egg
when about to deposit it in the nest Of
the bird selected to actas foster mother.
1t is commonly supposed that the egg
is carried in the beak and in Professor
Newton's edition Of YarreI several in
stances are quoted where observers
state they have actually seen themodus
opeTandi- Mr.. Meikejohn, who was
fortunate enough to observe a cuckoo
in the act Of depositing it's egg in a
robins nest, is, however, of the opin-
ion that the throat of the bird serves
as the receptacle for the egg. He
states that Cd the cuckoo was con-
stantly opening her mouth during a
preliminary encounter with the robins;
CD that the egg was certainly not laid
in the ordinary way in the nest; go
that the egg itself was slightly moist
and sticky; (4) that the throat Of the
bird presented a slightly distended ap-
pearance, which might well have been
due to the presence of the egg. 1t will
be interesting to note what his fellow
ornitholOgists think of the authors
explanation of the mystery.-Nature.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-06
DOMESTIC.

Thirty-eight persons were drowned
recently in an Alaskan storm.
r. G. Dun, founder of the mercantile
agency of that name, is seriously i'll at
Narragansett Pier.
Nebraska's attorney general is baf-
fed in his attempt to bring the Stand
ard Oil Company to time.
The consolidation of other steel COM
panies with the American Steel and
Wire Company is said to be under way.
In both houses of the house of
legislature, Frankfort, Kentucky, bills
were introduced to repeal the Goebal
election law.
Governor Roosevelt announces that
B. R. Odell will be a candidate for the
republican gubernatorial nomination
in New York.
y general cut of II per cent. in wages
is to be made in all factories at Fall
River, Mass. More than 100000 spin
dies ere affected.
The Crucible Steel company of
America, located at Pittsburg, has ad-
vanced the price on all kinds of open
hearth steel 81 a ton.
The democratic convention of the
fifty-third senatorial district, Pennsyl-
vania, nominated c. L. Magee, the
present republican incumbent, for re-
election.
George T. Clark, grandfather OF
Roland B. Molineux, died at his home
in Middletown, n. V, aged 81 years.
He was a firm believer in the Innocence
Of his grandson.
William II. Williams and David L.
Davies have been appointed receivers
Of the Globe Building and Loan COM
pany under a joint bond of 100000 at
Columbus. Ohio.
Rev. Reginald H. Weller Of Stevens
Point, Wis, has been chosen as coad-
tutor to Bishop Graften and at the
latter's death will succeed him in the
Office of bist1D.
Myron B. Speyer, who embezzled
$500 from the Barber Asphalt com
pany and who was sent to prison last
January from Sioux City, Ia, for five
years, has been paroled.
The will Of Coils P. Huntington was
filed. The Princess Hatzfeldt gets the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-06
A CAT KILLS SNAKES.

Miss Ruby Flemming, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. George NJ. Fleming, of
this place, has a cat that is not only
fine mouser, but has developed a pen
chant to kill snakes. This cat is a very
fine one and wears ribbons and bells,
through the pettish scheme of Miss
Ruby. One day last week she heard
the bells ringing vigorously. She went
to the door and saw fight in the yard
shrubbery going on between the cat
and a very large mOccasin snake. The
snake would dart it's head at the cat
and she would knock the head Of the
snake to one side with her foot every
time. Finally the cat grabbed the
snake by the back of the neck and
shook it considerably. Mr.. Fleming
then came to the rescue and killed the
snake with a stick. A few days after
the bells on the cat began to ring
again in the front yard. Miss Flem-
ing went out and found that the cat
was in another combat with a huge
snake. The cat put the snake to rout,
and as the snake attempted to run in
at the door Mr.. Fleming killed it also
with stick. This is a remarkable cat
and one we would like to oWn.-Mari-
eta (Ga.) Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-06
GRAND ARMY ENCAMPMENT.

The G. A. R. convention decided not
to change the date of memorial day.
Mrs. Mary L. Carr Of Denver was
elected president Of the Women's Re
lief corp.
Thirty thousand veterans, reviewed
by 100000 spectators, marched in the
annual parade.
Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles
reviewed the parade and receives an
enthusiastic greeting from the crowds
Brigade regimental, and company
reunions of the veterans supplied the
most enjoyable feature of the encamp-
ment.
At the Hamilton club banquet Sena-
tor Davis spoke on China and the
Philippines and Senator DolliVer on
Prosperity.
More than 10000 G. A. R. veterans
visited the stock yards and watched the
killing of cattle and preparation for
the market.
J. c. Patterson, 81 years, won the
fve-mile bicycle race for G. A. R.
veterans, and J. L. Smith of Cleveland
captured time prize in 1928.
The number of railroad tickets de-
posted for extension indicates the
largest crowd that ever attended a G.
A. R. encampment. The roads carried
100000 people.
The Grand Army decided to inaugu-
rate a crusade against the manner of
teaching United States history in
southern schools. Disloyalty is re-
ported in the text books.
General Shaw, commander in chief
in his annual address approved the
institution of a pension court of APP
peal and condemned the present
methods as unsatisfactory.
The Sons Of Veterans have raised
100000 and will erect a college in
memory of the Grand Army men,
where American history and military
instruction will be a part of the regu-
lar course.
Thirty-fOurth annual encampment Of
G.. A. r. adjourned after eleCting
Major Leo Rassieur Of st. Louis COM
mander-in-chief, choosing Denver for
the next meeting place, sending Presi-
dent Mckinley an Endorsement by
telegraph, and criticising Commits
sioner Of Pensions Evans.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-06
BOER-BRITISH WAR.

Germans at johannesburg charge
cruel treatment at the hands Of the
British.
Lieutenant Cordua, who was charged
with leading the plot to kidnap
Roberts, was executed.
Lord Roberts with the best generals
and $4,000 men is making a great effort
to round up what is left Of the boer
army and crush it at blow.
Mrs. Richard Chamberlain, sister-in-
law OF the secretary of state for the
colonies, who very recently returned
from south Africa, has been inter
viewed regarding her experiences
there. She declares that every word
said by William Ashmead Bartlett
Burdett-Couts, conservative member
Of parliament for Westminster, about
the management of the military hos
pitfalls, was true.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-06
ELECTRIC CARTRIDGE.

An electric cartridge has been in
vented by an Italian electrician which
is offered as a substitute for dynamite
and smokeless powder in mining, rock
blasting and for heavy ordnance. Ac-
cording to United States Consul
Hughes Of Coburg, the composition
used in the cartridge is made up Of
carbonates of potash and chloride of
ammonia, the proportion varying ac-
cording to the use. The discharge is
effected by an electric spark, which
produces eIectroiytic effects upon the
chemicals The inventor claims that
the cartridges, until subjected to the
effect of electricity, are entirely inOf-
fensive and perfectly safe; so that
there will be no necessity for isolat-
ing the magazines where they are
stored.-Engineeri News.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-06

largest specific .bequest, s1,000,000.
The bulk of the estate goes to Mrs.
Huntington during her life.
Presiden. Mckinley took steps to
make The Hague peace convention
effective by inviting ex-Presidents
Harrison and Cleveland to sit in the
international arbitration board
\ project is On foot to form trust
which shall embrace all the boats
plying the Erie canal. Stock is to De
issued to the value Of each Of the craft
and freight rates are to be raised.
The speed trial OF the United States
steamship Alabama, the new battle
snip, gave the American navy a new
queen, with a record Of II knots. The
limit Of her speed was not reached.
Camille d'Arvlle, the Operatic singer,
and e. W. CreIlin, a well known bust
ness man, were married at the home OF
the groom's parents in OaMand, Cal.
Mrs. Crellin will retire from the stage.
c. c. Beck was locked up at -AarlOn.
Ind, to escape being lynched at Point
Isabel, his home. Beck is a merchant.
He is accused of criminally assulting
his two grandchildren, one s and the
other years old.
Maj.-Gen. James Carnahan assumed
formal command of the 10th biennial
encampment OF the Uniformed Ranh,
knights of Pythias, at Detroit. o. H
Fetters of Evansville was elected
chancellor at $4,000 year.
I'd
| the American Bar association was held
at Saratoga. President Charles Z,
| Henderson, in his address, said that
! the lax divorce laws Of the country
were responsible for many ruined
homes.
Professor Jacques Loeb Of the Uni
versity Of Chicago presents a startling
theory of parthenogenesis to the scien
titic world and announces that he Ia:
succeesed in propagating sea urchinE
and other marine animals by the aic
of chemical elements Of ions.
In the United States court Judge
Hanford made an order directing tht
railway to be made after advertising
80 days The upset price is $1,000
The claims aggregate $250,OO0. Twelv
miles of road are being operated.
Acting Secretary Hackett Of the nav,
department is informed Of the death 3
the Chelsea naval hospital Massachu
sets, of Lieut.. Commander JOIN
Sherman. Commander Shearman en-
tered the navy service June Is, 1871
having been appointed from New York
Four hundred Christian Endeavorer
landed in New York without money
but with plenty of stories of the il
treatment they received from tn
managers of a personally conducte
tour. They were abandoned on tn
continent. More Endeavorers are try
: ing to get home from Europe.
o. G. Sherman, of the general pas
senger department Of the Union Pacific
with headquarters in Cleveland, ha
resigned and his territory has bee
divided between G. r. Clifford. genera
agent Of the freight and passenge
department of Cincinnati, and H
Carter, of Chicago, both Of whom hay
just been appointed to their respectiv
positions.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-06
NATIONAL AFFAIRS.

Chicago August wheat, 741ac.
A big strike is impending in the
anthracite coal region.
Hail stones as large as walnuts fell
for half an hour at Larned, Kan.
The census gives Detroit 205,8 in
haditants a gain of 38.77 per cent.
R. Philip Connolly, bicycle MANI
facturer of Chicago, died at Montreal.
John L. Sullivan was given rousing
benefit at Madison Square Garden New
York
An alleged plot to kill W. J. Bryan
at Omaha caused the arrest of W. L..
Williams.
The VanderbiIts are said to have &C
Quired control Of the Pullman Palace
Car company.
DR.. J. B. Murphy operated on OK
Mayor John P. Hopkins for appen-
dicitis in Chicago.
The National Municipality League
will hold it's next annual meeting in
Milwaukee. Sept. 10.
The fight between ChOynski and
Maher was declared off owing to the
illness of the former.
Three thousand Italians Of Kansas
City paid fitting tribute to the mem
DRY Of the late King Humbert.
Fitzsimmons failed to get another
match with Jefferies and announced
his retirement from the ring.
n e. Morgan, Appleton, Wis, was
nominated for congress by the eight
ictr Of convention
George H. Ling, who saved 500 lives
at the Johnstown flood, was killed by
falling from a Pennsylvania train.
The National Association Of Local
Fire Insurance Agents met in Milwau-
kee. Some 600 delegates were present.
Thomas ]. Powers, banking COM
missioner OF Pennsylvania, was killed
by falling from train at Philadelphia.
Charles II. Barnes, alias John H.
Nelson, an alleged Kentucky train
robber, who escaped from detectives i'll
st. Louis recently, is reported to have
been located at Deer Trail British
Columbia.
John ". Gates, former chairman OF
American Steel and Wire company,
has sailed from Hamburg for New
York.
Tramps at Marshalltown, Iowa,
killed an aged negro for defending
young girls whom the tramps had in
suited.
The democratic convention OF the
Second Iowa district nominated ex-
Mayor Henry Vollmer, Dubuque, for
congress.
Mrs. DR.. Wright, whose attempted
arrest for malpractice resulted in riot
at Gilman, Ill. died at the IroGuois
county Jail.
Crops suffer in some localities from
excessive heat; in others, from ex-
! cessive moisture. Reports are not
encouraging,
The handwriting experts who testi-
fed in the MoIineux case at New York
have entered suit against the city to
collect their fees.
George Henry White Of North
Carolina, the only colored man in con-
gress, announces that he will not be a
candidate for reelection.
Altha N. Rittenour, Uniontown, Pa,
lost his life trying to save Samuel
Trimble, East End, Pittsburg, from
death in the Mononghela river.
In New York Virginia Harmed (Mrs
E. H. Sothern) has been Frustrated by
the heat, and her condition has caused
her husband much uneasiness.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-06
POLITICAL.

Jim Corbett knocked out Kid Mccoy
in the fifth round in New York.
Miss Hoyt won a close match at the
Shinnecock hill golf tournament.
Three men dying from thirst were
picked up on the desert 60 miles from
Ell PasO. Texas.
United States Senator Willington
Maryland's republican leader, will
campaign for Bryan.
William Jennings Bryan arrived in
Chicago from Lincoln, Neb., spoke at
South Bend, Ind, and returned 20
Chicago.
Senator PIatt declared that Coler's
nomination for governor of New York
was impossible in the face Of Richard
Cookers opposition.
Congressman BoutelIe, who has been
in an asylum for the insane since last
December, will probably be reelected
by Maine republicans Sept. 10.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-06

Of Aug. q that Kan Nj and Tcha
Tchan have been occupied by the Rus
slams
Mail adyices received from Colon,
Columbia, report fighting near Caruna-
gena, where the rebels have been hold
ing out in the hope of gaining a voice
in the government from the new Con-
sentative party.
The Prussian academy of sciences.
Berlin, has received from the Smith
sonian institution an deliberately en-
crossed address Of congratulations
upon the recent occurrence OF the
academy's be-centinary.
\ United States waTship has arrived
at Tangier, Morocco, to support the
claim arising out of the murder last
June Of Nari0s Essagin, a naturalizel
American citizen, who was the mana
ger OF the Fee branch Of the French
firm OF Bcaunsweig & Co.
Bankruptcy report for the United
Kingdom for 1899 shows a decrease ..
491 failures and a million and a
quarter sterling liabilities, as compared
with the previous year. lie chic
feature is the number of bankrupt
solicitors, the liabilities for four OF
whom amounted to more than e643,-
900.
During the last few days terrific
| thunder storms have caused much
| damage in the districts of Stuttgart
Leipsic and Rostock, Germany. Neal
Rostock the crops were destroyed b!
| hail, which lay four inches deep. II
| Saxony and Thuringia, on the othe
| hand, lightning has caused many de
! structive fires.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-06
FOREIGN.

Bubonic plague was declared official
ly to exist in Glasgow.
The British colonies are expected TO
agree on a preferential tariff plan.
The viceroy Of India telegraphs that
good rain continues to fall, but that
cholera still prevails in many districts
OF that country.
Bresci, the assassin Of King Hum
bert of Italy, was given life sentence.
The German press sees no hope for
effective measures against the anar-
chists.
Ronald Bonaparte gave a fete in
Paris, many Americans being among
his guests.
John D. Rockefeller is negotiating
for oil wells in Roumania and
Sumatra.
Two aeronauts in Paris escaped
death in d burning balloon by sliding
down the ropes.
Strikers at Havre and MarseiIles be-
siege workmen in their homes and the
situation is most serious.
Complaint is made by Mosquito
Coast residents Of discrimination
against them by Nicaraguan authori-
tics
Striking employees Of the Great East
ern railroad, England, rejected the Of
fer to return to work, and presented
an ultimatum.
a young German physician may
have become infected with anthrax by
cigar which was left in a laboratory
during an experiment.
The late Prof. Friedrich Wilhelm
Nietzsche, Berlin, left 81 unpublished
manuscripts. Arrangements are now
being made to put them into print.
Gen. Grodekoff, commander Of Amur,
to st. Petersburg, reports under date
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-06
THE HORRORS OF MAGDEBURG
No Sucn Victory Since Taking Of Troy
and the Destruction Of Jerusalem.


and the Destruction Of Jerusalem.
While Gustavus was hindered from
coming to it's relief, Magdeburg was
invested by the forces of lilly, with
those of Count Pappenheim, who
served under him. Having ordered the
elector Of SaXony to comply with the
,dict Of Restitution and to order Mag
deburg to surrender, and having re-
ceived a firm refusal, lilly proceeded,
March 80, 1851, to conduct the siege
personally with great vigor, and finally,
after long, heroic defense, his men
carried it by storm May goth. Fal-
kenberg was one of the first to fall.
Then began the stored horrors Of Mag
deburg, the slaughter Of the soldiers,
the citizens, the children, the outrages
and murder of the women, many Of
whom killed themselves to escape the
demons let loose by lilly.
Many Germans felt pity for the
Wretched women delivered into their
hands, but the Walloons Of Pappen-
fury. The scenes of crime in Magde-
burg were unsurpassed in animal in
sanity by anything that has been re-
corded. When some officers Of the
league, sickened with these sights, ap-
pealed to lilly to stop them, he said,
THE soldier must have some reward
for his danger and his labors."
The inhabitants themselves, it is
said, set fire to the city in twelve diff
ferent places, preferring to be buried
under the walls to yielding, but some
authorities say it was fired by Pappen-
helm. Only the cathedral and fifty
houses were left from the confagra-
ton; the rest had gone to ruin, SCOT,
and ashes.
At last, on May 23d, lilly walked
through the ruined streets Of the city. F.!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-06
TOWNS WHERE ALL ARE HAPPY.
Pretty Pennsylvania Village Where
Existence Is a Perfect Dream.

"The most interesting place it has
been my good fortune to visit in many
years." said T. NJ. Gilmore, on his re-
turn from the east a few days ago, 'is
the little town of Economy, Pa. 1t is
well worth a long journey to see, and
the people are the most delightful |
town dates back to 1905 1t was settled
by a priest, whose name was Father
Rapp, and d number of Germans. They
organized a society, which was called
the Harmony society, and numbered
nearly 1000 people at the time. They
pledged themselves never to marry,
and since the town was founded there
there has only been one marriage. The
society has now dWindled to nine per-
sons but the town is thickly populated
because Of the advent of other persons,
who lease and operate the factories.
The society owns $500 acres of land
which is in a high state Of cultivation.
Coal, iron and gas abound. Grapes are
raised in great quantities and are
made into wine of fine quality.
The town is very pretty with wide
and shady streets, and with houses
covered with vines. They have no
doors, and the only entrance is from
the rear. Economy is exercised on all
sides, and when the society is reduced
to one person he will get the entire vast
estate People visit the place from all
parts of the world. Men and women
live alone and all seem to be happy
and contented. The present head of the
society is a married mantle was single
when he joined it, but he afterWard
left it and was married. The people
recognized him as a leader, and he
was invited back and made their chief.
He and his family live in a handsome
residence in the center Of the town
and have everything heart could de-
sire. When the old members die he
or his children will get everything, as
it is one Of the rules Of the society
that nothing can be Willed away.
Economy is certainly the garden spot
Of Pennsylvania"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-06
SPANISH-AMERICAN ISLANDS.

General Wood has just completed a
tour OF Cuba and in a speech told the
Cubans how much the United States
had done for them.
Captain Frank Crenshaw, twenty
ninth volunteer infantry. died at
Atlanta, of wound received in the
Philippines. He charged that he was
outrageously neglected on the trans
port Sherman.
The Cuban flag was raised over the
palace in Santiago by Gen. Woods
permission, thousands Of Cubans wit
Messing the ceremony.
The war department gave out ex-
cerpts from correspondence captured
III the Philippines and bearing upon
the Filipinos' plans to take Manila
last spring.
Sixto Lepoz, Filipino leader, has
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-09-06

More than six thousand bodies had
been thrown INTO the Elbe; a much
greater number of living and dead had
oeen consumed in the flames-alto-
getber thirty thousand were killed.
on the 1ath TIE Deum was chanted
IN the cathedral by Tilly's orders, and
he wrote to his emperor that since the
taking Of Troy and the destruction of
Jerusalem no such victory had been
seen. He then marched his men away
through the Hartz mountains. avoid
ing a meeting with Gustavus-Stephen
Crane in Lippincott.