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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-11-15

U.u.WE. Mr.. Joseph NJ. lie
Hr If the National Soldiers
and Miss Marie Berger
land, Me, We're married at
-rsuAdge, Newport News, by
h li. Woodhn last night at I
WaI. party of friends of Mr..
se'i the eeremony,a and among
Was Mrs. Moshcberg. Miss
Was bridesmaid and Mr.. j.
",> best man. The marriage
Elimination of d very pretty
mr which began in Portland
l-o Miss Theme, who is a
.ul5 ady of the blonde type, is
'1 't iiandmaster Theme of the
I'-rN Home at Togus. She ar
A4mpton yesterday from her
d was met by the happy groom,
"''rl her here only ten days. Miss
q" the Journey alone, bur the ar
The marriage had been ar
.t- -ht departure of Mr.. LeGault
.aDI ~ days age. The marriage
'a- secured in Maine and all ar
!l- been perfected for the cere-
"' Mr. l-eGault was hurriedly or
lH 20 the Home at Hampton.
Ue' saling she could follow him
Netlding would occur upon her
ul Mrs. LeGault will for the
'-Nr with Mrs. Mohscberg on
The Daily Press, Newport
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-11-15
Wedding Bells,

-l'ENpLEToN. Wednesday,
iiMn l.. Wentworth of East
and Della Hatch Pendleton
+ married by the Rev. DR..
"mont Temple. Mr.. Went
thA successful business men
W.aud his bride is the daugh-
y pendleton, formerly OF
- brief wedding trip they
Iu-. Orldnd.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-11-15

John H. Otis, who died in South Boston,
Mass, Nov 9th, aged Is years, was born in
MOntville in 1924, the son Of Ensign and
Martha (Davis) Otis. When boy, his par
ents removed to Leeds and he received his
education in the schools of that town and at
Monmouth and Hebron academies. He
taught school while student, the Charts
Neck" district, in St. George, being one of
the places where he taught. He was en-
gagged in farming, besides doing business as
a contractor, till 1854, when on the forma-
ton Of !Androscoggin county, he was. ap-
pointed its first Register of Deeds, and re-
moved to Auburn, the shire town. On expi-
ration of his term Of Office, he returned to
his farm at Leeds, but sold it in 1861 and re-
moved to West Pennington, where he was
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-11-15

News mas been received here of the sud
den death, Nov. 10th, at her home in Dor
chester, Mass, of Eleanor Florence, wife of
George W. Varney, aged "A years. She was
sick only one day. Mrs. Varney was a resi-
dent of Belfast for some time, when her
husband was one of the proprietors of Cros-
by Inn, and was here when the Inn burned
During her residence in Belfast she made
many friends who will learn of her death
with sorrow and whose sympathes will go
out to the bereaved husband. Mr. and Mrs
Varney went to Massachusetts soon after
the Inn was burned, and last summer Mrs
Varney made her first visit here since that
time, and was the guest of Dr.. and Mrs. G.
P. Lombard at Brentwood on the North
Shore, Northport. The funeral was from
the late residence, No. "a Greenbrier street,
Dorchester, at p. NJ, Nov. 18th.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-18
PEARLS IN WOLF RIVER.
London by Log Drivers
Are Valuable.

Appleton, Wis, July 14.-[Special.I-
E. L. and H. +. Cass Of the town Of
Matteson. Waupaca county, while driy
ing logs ON the Wolf river, at some point
above New London, found a large de-
posit Of fresh-water musseiS in the river,
from which they gathered nineteen pearls
ranging in size from the head of a pin to
a pea. They exhibited their find at New
London, but refused to tell the locality
where they We're found. Some of them
appear to be gems and others show i'm
PROJECTIONS, but all are believed to be
of value. The men propose to ascertain
the value of the pearls and if they prove
as valuable as anticipated, they will
make arrangements to Systematically
work the river at the point where the
pearls were found.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-18
AUGUST is is THE DATE.
kaukauna to Entertain the Modern
Woodmen of America.

Kaukauna, Wis. July IA Special /
The Northern Wisconsin Picnic associa-
ton of this city who have i'll charge the
arrangements for entertaining the annual
gathering of the Modern Woodmen of
America for northern Wisconsin have
just announced the date. which is Au-
gust 10 From 5000 to 5000 visitors are
expected. Competitive uniform. drills arc
to be Oh the programme, and a very tax
ing feature of this popular gathering, and
a series of prizes are to be given, accord
ing to efficiency shown. A number of
hands are to be present and furnish mu-
sic for the occasion. The location chosen
is most beautiful spot overlooking for a
long distance charming views of the Fox
River valley.
Aid. C. a. Anderson of the Second
ward left for Europe yesterday, to be
absent three months. mainly visiting his
old home at Copenhagen, Denmark Mr..
Anderson is superintendent of the Onta-
gamie Paper company's mills and this is
the first vacation in twenty-six years he
has been in the employ of the same COM
many that he has enjoyed.
The funeral of Mrs. William Brown.
aged 50 years. was held at her late home
in South Kaukauna yesterday afternoon.
She had resided here since 1880 Her
husband and four children survive.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-18
OLD HOUSE; OLDER TRAIL.
Two Peaceful Things of Which Ken
lucky Feels Proud.

Within half mile of Gethsemane is
an old brick house, which is without
doubt the oldest brick house in Ken.
lucky. It was erected in 1888 by Capt
Samuel Pottinger. Capt. Pottinger came
from Maryland, and built the above-m en-
toned house where it now stands, near
what was known then as Pottingers
Fork. The lumber for the interior is
made of native walnut, worked up by
hand. The doors and frames are made
of solid walnut, and are very heavy.
The locks, nails and hinges came from
Virginia, and were made by hand and
brought on horseback over the old Wild
erness road. The plastering was mixed
with buffalo hair. This old house is $ I'LL
in the possession of the Pottinger family.
and it stands just as it did over 100 years
ago, without any change whatever.
But few persons are aware of the fact
that near Balltown is path which was
the old buffalo track leading from Louis
vile to Nashville, and was the old trail
followed by the first pioneers into the un-
broken wilds of Kentucky. This old
trail was used as a road to Louisville I'M
til the building OF the turnpike. The old
trail is now Il rough, unused path.-Bos-
ten Transcript.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-18
SOLDIERS ARE TO MARCH.
A New Experience Planned for
Wisconsin National Guard.
LONG PRACTICE MARCH.
Under the Same Conditions as if They
Were in the Field-Plaus
for Encampu1cnt.

Madison, Wis, July 14.-[Special. i
The militiamen of the Wisconsin Ma
tiOna; guIr will have a new experience
when they go to the annual encampment
at Camp Douglas this year. Each regi-
ment is to be given a 24-hours practice
match. under the same conditions as if
they were in field. Each regiment will
be III camp Tor q week. On Thursday
morning the regiment will start on Il
march, Zach man carrying his gun. KNAPP
sack, ammunition, cup and cooking out
ht one days rations, and i'll addition
one-half Of a shelter tent large enough
to cover two meI. The state now has
only enough of these shelter tents for one
battalion, but Adjt.-Gen. Boardman has
sent request to Washington for 600
more, so that there will be enough for all
the men in camp to take the field to-
gether. The troops are to spend one
night III the field, returning to camp Fri
day morning. The aim is to put the
troops In the same condition as if they
were regularly in the field.
Big Attendance Expected.
Prospects are that the percentage of
attendance at camp will be fully equal
TO if not larger than last year. Two new
GAINESVILLE and Beloit, will get their first
taste of military camp life. The First
regiment and cavalry troop A, Milwau-
kee, will go into camp August and re-
main one week. The Second regiment
and Battery A, Milwaukee. will follow.
August IL to Is, while the Third regi-
ment and Tenth separate battalion will
Oe last in camp, August Is to %.
Camp is Improved.
The boys will find several improvements
an the camp this year. A sewerage sys-
TEN is being put in, but will be only par
TALLY completed in time for camp. A
new engine house, with officers baths,
has been erected. The stables have been
moved from the hollow to point north
west of the quartermaster's depot The
old cook shanties have been taken down
and all the cooking will be done in the
BuZacott kitchens, which were in use
last year. Each company will be pro-
vided with a refrigerator, for use in
camp, large enough to hold one days
rations for company. These were spe-
cially built at Eau Claire, at a cost of
$11 each.
Lieut.. e. NJ Caldwell of the Seventh
cavalry, q. S. A, who has been detailed
to inspect the Wisconsin militia, is now
engaged in the work, and expects to have
the inspections completed before the
troops go into camp
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-18

was again called in 1886 and has since
held the pastoratc John Hamilton
Ritchey is a native OF Ohio, and Il grad
uate of Washington ard Jefferson CO..
leges and of the Allegheny Theological
seminary.
Incorporates in 1850.
The society was Incorporated July %,
1850, as the First Presbyterian church
Of Fort WinnebagO," which name it re-
tanned until reincorporated July p, 1892.
Notwithstanding the old name Of Fort
Winnebago had long since given way to
that Of Portage City. The brick church
was badly damaged by fire on the even
ing of May 10. 1892, and steps were at
once taken to erect new house Of wOr
ship which was accomplished. the corner
stone Of the present commodious struc-
same year. The society now has 1866
members, the number at the time of or
ganiZatiOn being but ten. During the
half century it has received in all 103
members, contributed $1,000 to the boards
of the general assembly, and raised more
than 100000 for all purposes.
An Elaborate Programme.
An elaborate and fitting programme
has been arranged for the celebration of
the semi-centennial of the society an es-
pecially interesting feature Of which is
McNa;r, to whose efforts the organiza-
ton owes it's existence. Despite his rs
years, Mr.. McNair is hale in body and
mind, having journeyed hither from Phil
adelphia to be present at the exercises.
He will deliver the closing sermon to-
morrow evening. Toaay-s programme
includes a number of interesting histor-
cal papers by ministers anil laymen,
among which are Our Elders" by l..
Breese, ex-secretary of state; Our Cor
porate Life" by William Fulton, being
a detailed history of the society since its
Incorporation; Our Sunday School," by
f. L. Sanborn; THE Junior Depart
ment," by Mrs. c. p. Jaeger; The
Choir" by G. P. Jaeger; The Women
and Missions" by. Mrs. L. B. Fletcher;
THE Ladies' Aid society" by Mrs. F.
T. Gorton; ''Chris:ian Endeavor," by
Miss Isabel G. LOOMS; THE Classical
Institute" by Rev. I. s. Johnson; Rec
elections" by Rev. w. w. McNair,
Rev. James NJ. Balm and others. Other
ministers who are present to assist in
the celebration ceremonies are Rev. l..
G. Smith of Oshkosh, Judson Ellsworth
of Milwaukee, Rev. J. Beveridge Lee of
Milwaukee, Rev. w. f. Brown of Be
lott.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-18
INCENDIARY FIRE.
Building at Rockbridge Burned and
the Towns Money Destroyed
Owners Narrow Escape.

Richland Center, Wis, July 13.-The
building owned by Alex McCauley at
Rockbridge was destroyed by fire. 1t
was the work of an incendiary. McCau-
ley was awakened by the smoke and at
tempted to climb out of the window
when a keg of powder exploded, knock
ing him to the floor. He was badly
burned but managed to escape from the
building and when found by neighbors
was unconscious. Mr.. McCauley was
the town treasurer of Rockbridge and
owed $500 of the town money was de-
stroyed, it being all in bills. The build
ing and contents are total loss. An
adjoining blacksmith shop was also
burned The total loss will be $1,000.
Beloit, Wis. July 13.-[ Special. BE
lott has a firebug who seems determined
to burn the house or barn on the prem
Uses of Andrew Mollstad. Five times
within q few weeks have the fremen
been called out because of fire on the
premises of Mr.. Molistad. In no case
has the loss been large. but considerable
valuable property is involved A week
ago the house caught fire and again yes
terday. The cause was always mys-
FERROUS. Mr.. Mollstad does not own the
property. The police are trying to ferret
out the guilty party.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-18
BOARD SAVES MONEY.
The Board Of Control Effected a
Saving of $500 for
the State,

Madison, Wis, July 14.-[S Special. J..
By rejecting all the bids received in re-
Spouse to advertisement for a years coal
supply at the state charitable and penal
institutions, the state board of control
has effected a saving to the state of at
least $500. The members of the board
thought they saw evidence of a combina-
ton among the bidders At any rate the
figures were too high to suit them, and
they threw them all out. and with these
figures as basis bought the coal, about
$4,000 tons in ALL in the open market
Contracts have now been closed for coal
at all the institutions, as follows:
State hospital for insane. Mendota-3OCO
tons 1oughiougheny screenings, $3.95 per
ton; 800 tons gas coal, $3.50; from c. f.
Cooley, Madison.
Northern hospital Oshkosh-350O tons
Youghiogheny screenings, 1913, from Cook
& Brown Lime company Oshkosh.
School for deaf, Delavan-2OOO tons Will
mington washed screenings, $2.25, Conklin
School for blind, Janesville--15O0 tons Will
mington washed screenings, 1925, General
Wilmington Coal company
Industrial school for boys, Waukesha-
$500 tons YOughiogheny screenings, So. 10;
100 tons anthracite, $5.75; Coke Bros, MIL
waukee.
State prison, Waupun-35OO tons Hooking
screened lump, $3.75; 100 tons anthracite,
1925; B. Uhrig Coal company, Milwaukee.
Home for feeble minded, Chippewa FAILS
$500 tons 1OughiOgheny screenings, So So
Coke Bros, Milwaukee,
State reformatory, Green Bay-1500 tons
Hooking screened lump, $3.17b, Northwest
ern Fuel company.
All the contracts call for the delivery
of the coal at the place where the institu-
ton is located, the rates accounting TO
the differences III price for the same coal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-18
MAY DRAW WATER.
FOX River Valley Mills May Have
10 Per Cent of Normal
Flow

Appleton, Wis, July 14.-[Special1 /
The Neenah & Menasha Waterpower
company, which controls the draught of
water from Lake Winnebago for hydrau-
lie power issued an order yesterday al
lowing manufacturers of the Fox River
valley to draw 10 per cent. of the nor
NAL flow OF the river for power. This
concession will bring considerable relief
TO pulp makers and other manufacture
ers, who for three weeks have not been
allowed to draw d drop of water for
power. Rains of the past two weeks
hereabouts and on the upper tributaries
of the upper Fox and Wolf rivers, have
raised the lake level to point trifle
above the crest of the Menasha dam, and
the draught Of 10 per cent. is figured to
be just about enough to take care of the
surplus coming down and hold the level
at the crest, where the government in
sists on having it maintained for the
benefit of navigation. This allowance of
water will result in setting to work some
of the pulp-grinders Of the valley,
though it is not enough for any of them
to run full capacity. No difference will
be made to the paper mills. which have
all along been running by steam.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-18
DENIES THE MARRIAGE.
GAINESVILLE Girl Says She is Not
Mrs. D. S. Conger.
ELOPEMENT REPORTED,
Young Man in Fun Registers at an
Edgerton Hotel and Trou-
BILE Results.

GAINESVILLE, Wis, July 13.-[ Special. l.
Miss Ada Thoroughbred, daughter of ex-
Mayor and Mrs. John Thoroughbred, is
suffering considera BILE embarrassment as
the result of little joke being taken
in earnest. The Edgerton Reporter of
yesterday contains the announcement of
her marriage to D. S. Conger Of Chicago,
and states that the event took place at
st. Joseph, Mich, and that Mr.. and Mrs.
Conger are registered at the Carlton.
Miss Thoroughbred says the entire
story is a fabrication and wishes it en-
phatically denied. She says that on
Wednesday afternoon she and Mr..
there about 2 o'clock and that they spent
the afternoon calling on friends and then
returned to the hotel for visit with some
friends who boarded at the Carlton.
They ate lunch at the hotel and about
one-half hour later started for home:
One of the Edgerton friends had been
joking with them and said: why, you
Mr.. Conger went to the register and
wrote 'Mr. and Mrs. D. s. Conger Of
Chicago"
1t was all done in fun, and the Edger-
ton friend promised to erase it before
anyone saw it. Someone did see it,
however. and the report soon spread all
over the town.
Everyone knows how rapidly reports
will grow and the reporter evidently got
hold of it in most exaggerated form and
swallowed it hook and all. 1t was tele-
phoned to this city and Miss Thorough
good was kept busy yesterday making de-
malls.
When she discovered that it had been
published she was uncertain what to do
in the absence of her father and moth
er, who went to Chicago yesterday. She
is quite overcome by the effects of what
she decidedly asserts was nothing but q
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-18

nation and shortly after started west
ward to enter upon the duties of the field
to which he had been assigned. He ar
rived in Milwaukee in June, 1919, and
the next month began missionary work
in Dekorra Wyocena and Fort Winnie
bago. He resided at Wyocena for sew
eral months and removed to Portage in
the spring of 1850. Here he lived in
his barn until his house was finished,
preaching that year in the carpenter shop
at Fort Winnebago at Veeder's Point,
on the Wisconsin river, at Wyocena, De
korra and other places. A small church
editice was erected and was dedicated
January 9. 1851. This served the CON
gregation as Il house of worship until
1886, when new brick structure was
erected at a cost of $4,000. In Janu-
airy, 1858, Rev. Mr.. McNair opened the
Portage City Classical institute
where many men, afterward prominent
pared for college. among them Rev. John
II. Carpenter. D. D., for many years at
Des Moines, Ia, and Rev. DR.. Charles
l.. Thompson of New York city.
Served by Six Pastors.
Soon after the completion of the brick
church building Mr.. McNair removed to
Eau Claire and was succeeded in the
passionate here by Rev. G.. G.. Hickman
who remained with the congregation for
more than three years. The society has
been served by six pastors and four stat
ed supplies, the order and term of service
of the others being as follows: Rev. B.
Van Zandt, three years; Rev. +. r. Wot-
ring, two years and nine months: Rev
c. F. Beach, two years; Rev J. n.
Ritchey. five years, from 1869 to 1874;
Rev. Samuel Wycoff, three years; Rev.
l.. III. Mitchell, two years and ten
months Rev. d. e. Bierce, one year and
six months; Rev. I. V. w. Schenck, two
years and six months: Rev. DR.. Ritchey
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-18
SUGAR AS A STIMULANT.
Swiss Guides and Canadian Lumber

SWISS Guides and Canadian Lum ber-
men Aware of It's Value.
The Swiss guides fully appreciate the
value OF sugar as Il Stimulant, and al
ways carry it in their kits, preferring lump
sugar or .highly-sweetened4c chocolate. The
muscular lumbermen OF Canada consume
an extraordinarily large amount of sugar
during the season i'll the woods, taking
it in the form of molasses. They sweeten
their milkless tea with it. make cakes
with it and even add it to their fried salt
pork, which is the only meat they get
during the time they are in the woods
cutting lumber, and this is practically
half the year. In the ''black belt' of
Alabama the staple articles of diet are
also molasses, salt pork and cornmeal.
These simple articles form the diet day
In and day out, year about, and yet the
negroes seem to thrive on them. But it
Is on the sugar-cane plantations, perhaps,
where the value of sugar as an article
OF dlet IS most apparent. A pamphlet
entitled Sugar as Food" recently issued
Dy the department of agriculture, refer
ring to tins fact, says: For months the
chief food of the negro labOrerS on the
plantations is said to be sugar cane, and
they are seen to grow strong and fat as
the season advances. They go through
the hard labor Of harvesting the crop
and come out in fine condition. although
they began it weak and half starved"
1t should be added, however, that the
entire juice of ripened cane is more com
plete food than sugar, containing, as it
does. other food constituents besides
carbohydrates.
Children have natural craving for
sweet things, and the sugar of milk,
which makes up from to per cent.
of it, forms an important part of baby's
first nutriment, taking the place of starch
until the child's stomach is able to as
simulate it, SO that a 2-year-old child
drinking two quarts of milk Il day con-
sumes in this way about three ounces of
sugar.
A lump of sugar contains as much nu-
triment as an ounce of potato and is far
more easily assimilated. In times of
great exertion, as are likely to occur in
army life, this feature is particularly val
liable. In warm countries sugar takes
the place Of fat and either sugar or sweet
fruits, as dates, figs, ETC., are eaten in
large quantities in tropical climates. AS
source of muscular energy, sugar is
rapidly becoming recognized, so that
training diets are sometimes made to in
clude large quantities of it, as, for in
stance, in the rowing clubs of Holland
Philadelphia Record.
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MILLS TO CLOSE AGAIN.
Book-Paper Plants In Fox River
Valley Shut Down to Keep
up Prices.

Appleton, Wis, July 13.-[Special /.
At a meeting of representatives of all the
papermills in the West manufacturing
book paper, held in Chicago, yesterday,
it was decided to order another shutdown
of the book mills for a week, beginning
July %. This is the fourth shutdown Of
a week at time since May 1. and is
agreed to in preference to reducing the
price of book paper, which is declared to
be impossible at the present prices of
wood pulp, chemicals and all materials
entering into the manufacture of paper.
The demand for book paper is very light
and no improvement is looked for before
SeDtpmh her I
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-18
IT'S SEMI-CENTENNIAL.
The Golden Celebration of First
Presbyterian Church of
Portage.

Portage, Wis, July 14.-Today is the
semi-centennial of the organization of the
First Presbyterian church of Portage.
This society was organized July Il, 1880,
by Rev. William Wynkopp McNair, who
had been commissioned by the Presby-
terrain board of home missions as an
evangelist within the bounds of Wiscon-
sin, in June, 1S49, there being but one
presbytery in the state at that time.
Rev. Mr.. McNair graduated from Prince
ton Theological seminary May 16, 1919.
and on the following day was ordained
He was married on the day of his ordi-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-07-18
SON FEELS ANXIOUS.
Henry Smith Of BeIoit Has Heard
Nothing from His Parents Who
Are in China.

Beloit, Wis. July 14.-[Special. Mot
withstanding the reports that have come
through the missionary societies stating
that Rev Arthur II. Smith and wife
were safe in China their son. Henry
Smith. a junior of Beloit college, who
resides in this city, has heard nothing
of his parents since he received letters
from them in May. They were then in
Pekin and spoke of their coming danger.
DR.. Henry Porter, friend of Arthur
Smith, has communicated with his
friends. Arthur Smith graduated from
Beloit college in 1867. His wife was
Miss Dickinson of Beloit.