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Congregational Arp0rtionment-Wi
c0nsin Gains TWO Members.

The House of Representatives, in the ap-
portionment bill just passed, has increased
the number of its members from 243 to
2e3, one for l34, 500 inhabitants. Of the
forty members added, twenty-one are ap-
por toned to nine Western States, which
have in the aggregate ninety-three repre-
sentatives, as follows: Ohio, l9-incrcase
of |; Indiana, l2-increase of l; Michigan,
9-increase of 3; Illinois, l9-increase Of
5; Missouri, l3-increase of t; Iowa, O.
increase of 3; Wisconsin, S-increase Of
,; Kansas, 3-increase of 2; Nebraska,
no increase.
Wisconsin has credit for fraction 23,-
03l less than the full number required,
and Iowa's fraction is 32,705 short.
The additional members are not to be
elected to the present House, that provi-
sion which was Incorporated in the original
bill, having been stricken out.
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The Beacon Puzzled.

We clip the following from tho Chicago
Interior as a proof that deacons get caught
at spurious temperance occasionally as well
as editors:
Deacon Johnson is a great temperance
man and sets good examr e Of total absti-
nence as far as he is seeN
Not long ago he employed carpenter
to make some alterations in his parIor. In
repairing the corner near the fireplace it
was found necessary to remove the wains-
coting, when, 10 discovery was made
that astonished everybody. A brace Of
decanters, a tumbler, aud pitcher. were
cozily reposing there as if they EaG stood
there from the beginning.
" The deacon was summoned, and rs he
beheld the blashing bottles he exclaimed:
Well, declare, that is.curiou-, sure
enough. 1t must be that old Bains left
them when he went out of this ere house
forty years ago
90 Perhaps he did, returned the carpenter,
but, deacon, the ice in the pitcher must
have been friz mighty hard to stay till this
time -
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WEEKLY SUMMARY OF NEWS
Saturday. Dec. 18.

iiVia Sho" vic Telorteu
along the line of the Union Pacltlc.
u. W. Nynne, colored lawyer, was as
sassinated at Helena, Ark, oil. Monday.
The murder grew out of political differ
enceS III the late election in that county.
Intense excitement prevails, and hundreds
"t armed' men are pouring into the town,
and 1t IS feared the murderer will be taken
from the jail and lyEchcd.
john Ware was hung at Camden, \.
'.' on FRIDAY, Tor the murder OF his father.
y hre IN Ellison street at Patterson, y.
- lhaFS'iay night, destroyed the i'ciorm
'hureh' buckley stationery store, Pa
get Je"eiry store, l!uddon shoe store,
ana Tour dwelling houses. Loss over
*iO'''''.
An express and coal train cOliidcd on
the Delaware, Lackawana ami Western
o. A't4'It te coat Ffff tfE EilfGG Slncefob b nfndrew6i
the passenger train, was seriously injured,
and two or three Others .EghtIy wounle1
IL IL rnmDrpI tbot y prl;
city officials will be indicted bv the Grand
jury. II is stated by persons acquaintedwith
the family that the alleged return of Mrs.
y. j. Garyey is carnard. Her brother
states that if the bail is reduced to Sl0,-
900 Garyev will surrender himself in thir-
ty-six hours. He is not in Europe, but in
Canada, and his wife is with him.
Snow fell to the depth Of ten inches at
Richmond, Va, on Friday.
A forgcr named Geo Bridgewell, a1ias
c. Hunt, has been arrested at Louisville.
Commissioner Douglass has nominate i
to the President for appointment. James
VI. Ray, Of Indiana, for Third Duputy Y
Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
The Treasury Department has received
a check from a banking house of Milwaukee
for between ten and eleven thousand dol
lars, that being the unexpendod balance in
their hands of moneys received from Seth
Johnson, the treasury dcflulter, for specu-
lation in bonds.
Two brothers named MclIall, one an
engineer and the other brakesman, We're
run over on the Delaware, Lackawana and
Western Railroad near Scranton. Tuesday
evening and instantly killed.
WISCONSIN.
In Briillon, Calumet county. there is
quarry of 200 acres of round-grain marble
\ chemical analysis by d. X. Averill OF
Newbourg, Ohio, shows it to be a perfect
marble, superior to Vermont, and equal to
the Italian. This quarry hes in strata
from two inches to ten feet Ill thickness,
and on rise of ground from twenty t.
thirty feet, easily drained and auarried
Some layers are white, some blue and
white, but the most of it is pink aud
white. 1t takes polish fully equal tC
Italian marble.
Rev. Thomas Phillips, of Caledonia
Wis, Familiarity known as the 'NNelsl
Preacher" was fatally in;nred recently bz
fanino and striking b;s braast with rrea,
force unon n LARGE stone in his aoor-vard
lie was takcn mn in an nconsc;ons stat,
and remained So u,t;, Monday last wber
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while the nuts, apples and cakes are all
unmistakable evidences Of northern heathen
mythology, and as such have been kept up
III the Christian festival as relics sacred to
ty-gune times.
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irritating the stomach, imparts healthful
appetite, promotes digestion, regulates the
liver and bowels, purifes the blood, and
thus, instead of entaihng four evils, con-
fers four inestimable benefits. 19-4w
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Real Estate for Sole

4 FARM 50 acres of land, Frame Barn,
n house, we'll watered spring, etc 80
acres under cultivation, miles from city.
Lots II s. Is in Block Il9, two frame houses
and barn. Lot l in Block 1856, house and
barn. The northwest quarter Of northwest
quarter. section 25, town Two Creeks, Nari-
towoc county l7A4,f NHHCRN
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DIVORCES,
JNITED STATES DIVORCE AGENCY

ESTABLISHED 1855.
Divorces legally obtained in every State
where the laws are liberal on the subject,
sons from any State or Country-legal eve
rywhere-desertion, cruelty, non-support,
drunkenness, etc, sufficient cause--ao pub.
Lefty required--no fee until divorce OBJ
tanned Call on, or address
GOULD l. BURGER,
CoUSsELLoRs-AT-LAw
Broadway, I'd door below J John St,
l5m6 New York City.
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

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Late News of the Military M0vo-
mems in Cuba.

Members of Gen. Marimo Gomez staff
have arrived in New York, from the east
ern department in Cuba, bringing the first
intelligence CT the sackins of Baracoa by
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R0T1CE:

Hotels, Saloons aud Families iAesltng
ICE during the coming season viii Dlpe41!
Bank. Rate will be to Hotels, talsoAo
and others who take in large qoantieiea
Twenty-Five cents per rIs0 pounds. FaAi-
lies a daily delivery Of twenty pounds ~
oerts week GEO b WRIGHT 9at
hAsI1owoe, April n, 1871 n1ai 1911 ,sj
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-12-21
PEOPLES VERDICT ASSERTED.

In 1870, tie Singer Manufacturing CO.
Sold oyer Wheeler & Wilson's MFG Co.,
44.625 Machines.
Sold over Howe Sewing Machine Co., t7,-
671 Machines.
Sold over Grover & Baker Machine Compa-
ny 10, 43l machines.
Sold over Weed Sewing Machine Company
81, ,S3l machines.
Sold over Wilcox & Gibbs Machine Conpa-
ny 9S,9iS machines.
Sold over Florence Sewing Machine Conpa-
ny l1O,I73 machines.
Sold over American Button Hole Company
,260 machines.
Sold over Etna Sewing Machine Company
1872, ,O27 machines.
| Sold over Empire Sewing Machine Company
l24, 273 machines.
Sold over Finkle & Lyon Manufacturing
Company l25 ,4l3 machines.
Sold over Parham Sewing Machine Compa-
ny l2G OCT machines.
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Having rcftte5, our Office with n0w type,
0rnsses material. &c. and having FIRST
class workmen, we are now prepared to exc
cute, with neatness and despatch, and at the
lowest living rates,
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WISCONSIN,

The Black Earth Aarertiscr SAYS there
seems to DC more deer in Dane county
this season than for some years. Last
week while rstuEnins home or the way
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THE PILOT.
4 ADrET,TIsING RATES:

Space Il In 3m 6m ly.
50. sIc0 s. 90 s4oo IS 90 ss co
> So 1907 8 % 8 90 500 is 90
ii col 400 6 90 500 IS 90 25 90
II CO.. 1 Oe 10 20 r 90 IS 90 Is 90
col 10 90 Is 90 IS 90 45 co so 90
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An,rney ad Councillor at law, AID Cauu & m.
To- hNLIt1sor county. ALI u5s.npss en-
ho-tef = MS care = i'll &c p.orpiy faItf rs At
'sndeh t9 Advice haucst .iveE, yv'I-ci retsotI
Aole cha cc VII fc ~ d. once Buff -Ia-.t. b,-
t~s-n :, i5hth ard Nm b. ic-iivI
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l.. B. ERl1AT.
GEORGE =. uOODsN.

Attorney If Law. ard District tto.n,y for Nsnitarvlr
County. Col -ctpns promptly stTcdrn iu. Uft cp on
Bun tort, lrtw'e Ilshfb sni Mn h. l2siy.
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1hrs4' 81 AID surge rticulaF attnt.uu paid t.
a4.s Yet -rnt 81 difficult snd if.-i 10
foltets l.. Utce OIL The Of Buffalo srd ghth
sS 4Fur smith ttteleF's Et5re. trd-ts hit It 4
= "1enao-'4 Lrus Ato c, wit b. promptly ATTENDED t.
ia-iiyI
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IL. =. rsALSou.

- lat, othce IL SheIm- n. ba Id on Eight
~ dsfdt wtc, Wiz. Part steut.,n g,v.n 10 al
= tf-@reft anrhe. OF the puf-s ~. and al M K
rE .EiAtrd. Teeth extract, i ~ hnUt pua I2-4!vl
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Mrs. Degan fingered through the night
in great agony, and died about eight Of clcck
Sunday morning. A coroner's jury was
at once summoned, and, after viewing the
body, which presented sickening appear
ance, the chest and ribs being broken in,
rendered verdict that Rose Degan came
to her death from injuries wilfully inflicted
by her husband, Thomas Degan. Where
upon the prisoner was committed to the
Kingston jail to await the action Of the
Grand Jury.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-20
The MING of Diamonds.

The following reasons are given why
the nine of diamonds is called the curse
of Scotland"
In the distracted state of the country
during the reign of Mary, man, George
Campbell by name attempted to steal
the crown out of Edinburgh castle. In
this case he was unsuccessful, but man
aged to abstract nine valuable jewels,
and escaped safely to foreign shore,
TO replace these heavy tax was laid
upon the country, which the poor, op-
pressed people thought SO great griev-
ance that they termed it the curse Of
Scotland, and, until very recently, the
card itself bore the name OF George
Campbell in the Highland. Another ex-
PLANTATION relates to the well-known mas
sacre of Glencoe. The mandate of this
cruel deed was signed by the eldest son
Of the Earl of Stair, who was at the time
Secretary Of State of Scotland. The
coat of arms belonging to this family
bears nine diamonds on its shield, and
the people, not daring to stigmatize the
master of Stair as the curse OF Scotland,
applied it to his armorial bearings. And
still another explanation relates to the
battle of Culloden, which extinguished
the hopes of the Stuart party, and was
at the time considered a national curse.
The Duke of Cumberland who was known
to have been a gambler, is said to have
carried a pack of cards in his pocket,
and when he had won the famous field
he took out the nine of diamonds and
wrote his account Of the victory on it.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-20
TIC ExecutIouer of Paris.

A Paris correspondent to the Cincin-
natl Commercial writes as follows
Let me refer to another matter of in
terest, and although it is connected with
blood, has nothing TO do with the war.
You may recollect that there has been
much discussion relating to the question
as to how far life exists in the head of a
body that has just been decapitated by
the guillotine. 1t is an old story, and
credited by many, that when Samson had
executed Charlotte Corday, he struck
the decapitated head in the face, and
that the face turned red with indigna-
ton, or something of the kind. At the
time Troppman was executed, the sub
ject was revived, and a good deal of dis
cussion ensued.
Recently a medical friend Of mine,
resident in Paris, and who has witnessed
several French executions, had reasons
for obtaining an interview with the exc
cutioner of Paris. On the subject of the
degree of life or sensation existing in a
decapitated head, the following is the
opinion of the executioner, reduced to
English by my friend, who allows me to
make use of his own language: That
his (the executioner's) opinion was, that
with the fall of the knife perceptiye life
ceased, but not muscular life, for in the
individuals who held their breath vio-
lently, and thus filled their heads with
blood, the muscles Of the face may be
made to move till the moment when suf
fcient blood Is evacuated to produce the
final syneope. NJ Hendrick, the execg-
toner, is remarkable man in appear
ance, being six feet four inches high,
and of well proportioned figure, with
a fine expression of countenancei when
you know his occupation you might find
something slightly uninviting about it.
/ saw this gentleman at the execution
of Troppman. After his disagreeable
duty had been performed he walked up
and down for some minutes near the
guillotine, the object Of intense interest
TO the crowd that had not satiated its
horrid curiosity. What an occupation
NJ. Hendriek is sixty years old, and has
been executioner for forty years, and
has helped out of existence several hun
dred persons. he takes strong pro.
fessional interest in his business, and
speaks with great satisfaction as TO his
ability now to execute man in thirty
two seconds from the time when the
prisoner arrives at the foot Of the seaffold
till it moves away in the tumbril.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-20

The Gipsy Parliament, which meets
once in every seven years, and consists
of delegates from all the countries oi
Europe. is expected TO assemble soon
near Cronstadt in Germany. The King
of this nomadic race is one Joseph
Reinhard, who has reached the venerable
age Of ninety-eight years. He has had
seven wives, and is the father of forty
FIVE children. Our American idea Of the
whole Gipsy tribe is rather unfavorable.
Theg are regarded generally as a set Of
horse and children stealers, as few in
numbers, and without organization oI
government. In fact, there are no real
Gipsies in this country. But we hnd
that there are in Spain about 90 600, in
in England more than $4,000, while Aus
tria has 81. 1000, and Moldavia and Walla
CHA are the chosen homes Of nearly
POO. 600 s2ore. Their religion is the sub
iect of much unsatisfactory discussion.
Perhaps the Hindoo ssylEg, There are
seventy-two religions and hail ~ ~
world the half being the religion o.
the Jnats Tor Gipsies), comes as neal
the truth as any.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-20
Ko..uth a q shalI ne.v

From the Mansfield Herald.l
Henry Ward Beecher says that the
most gratifying circumstance Of his life
was being kissed by Kossuth. A cotem-
porary asks Isn't this a little hard
on Mrs. Beecher9'-- Exchange
Speaking Of Kossuth reminds US of an
incident that occurred when he was in
this country. ". T. Coggeshall, then
State Librarian, and better posted on the
history Of every town in the State than
any other man, was employed to accom-
pany Kossuth in his round Of speeches
He would post him upon all connected
with the town he was to speak in, and
the people wondered how the great Hun
garian could know SO much Of their lit
lie town: and he used bis knowledge
skiIfully to ilatter their vanity and raise
money. Coming from Cleveland south,
Coggeshall came on TO Mansfield to
make arrangements, not supposing that
Mr.. X. would be called on to speak
elscvhere, but ne was detained at Shel
by, then baying but three or four
houses, and the people Of the country
having learned Of his arrival, came in
crowds, and called on him for speech.
He spoke his usual speech, and then, de.
string TO show his knowledge Of the
place, The name Of which even he did
not understand, sought, es Greeley did
to show what he knew about farming, be
went of thusly: Your very town, il
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-20

DThe following statement of the dimen
sions, cost, etc, of the two great tunnels
Of the world is interesting;
Mont Gents Tunnel-Leugth, 1925
meters, or nearly 8 miles; width, 26 feet
g inches; hight, 20 feet; cost $4,000, 600
time occupied in construction, years
number OF men employed, about 1000
Hoosae Tunnel-Length, 26,06l feet
or about miles; a feet wide; 81 feel
high; cost about $1,000, 900; time of con
struction, when completed, nearly q
years; number Of workmen employed
about 100 at present, but much less dur
ing most of the time the work has been
prosecuted.
The chief engineering difficulties at
tending the construction Of the HoosaC
tunuel have been overcome, and the
amount of progress in a given time can
now be so accurately predicted that the
engineers and the contractors have nc
doubt that the work will be completed
before the 18th Of March, 1874, the dat,
named in the contract.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-20

The American Ham-burg-Cincinnati
The Crown Prince of Prussia Gun
plow and reap.
A Knoxville man has cut the Lord {
Prayer on the head Of cane.
Forty-two insurance companies have
succumbed to the Chicago FIRE.
When California miners imbibe they
call it putting in blast.
One hundred and twenty-five school
teachers lost their places by the Chicago
fire.
A convention of the woman suffragists
is called to meet at Washington on the
10th of January.
There have been l4,260,S27 pounds of
tea transported over the Union Pacific
railway so far this year.
Nearly two millions Of the inhabitants
of the earth are still addicted to baked
missionary, when they can get it.
Senator Carpenter estimates the num-
ber Of lives lost by the Wisconsin fires
at from twelve to eighteen hundred.
A French lady, aged eighty-fve, has
eloped; supposed because the old folks
wouldn't consent to her marriage.
A musical whisky-bottle is the latest
combination of art and convenience in
Macon, Ga. Everybody is drinking out
of it and wondering
VIM. Davidson, of Bridgeport, Conn,
has had three wives within period of
four months. He has been a widower
twice, and married man three times.
That was a pretty trick of the Camp
Grant Apaches to murder the mail car
rier on their reservation while Vincent
Collyer was present making covenant
with them.
A New York butterfly, giving her or
ders to her modiste, said: " | want all
the lace on my dress you can get on. |
want real lace; | do not limit you in
price; leave you to select it.
Two Indiana girls, says Western
paper, became heiresses to a fortune of
SS2 900 900, left behind by q deceased
New York relative. We think the
amount might be reduced million or
two without much damage to the inter
ests Of truth.
The opium trade is increasing. The
quantity brought to California during
the six months ending September 81,
1871, from Hong-Kong, China, and Yo-
kohama, Japan, was 32,350 pounds, val
ued at S3ls,4lS. The duty paid OR this,
at Sc per pound, was 1894, las. This is
an excess over the previous six months
of $7l 900, and over the six months end
ing September, 1871, $4,000.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-11-20
BETROTHED.

/ have a secret. a secret
A secret dare not tell,
Not even TO you, my dear little pet,
Though / know you would keep II well
IT'S tale with an ancient meaning,
A song with an old refrain,
A rhyme which the marvellous soul Of man
Sings oBce-and never again.
The manifold voices Of evening
Are echoing round the fire =
The sigh Of the waves and the laugh of the
leaves.
And the moan of the autumn airs
But the laugh, and the sigh, and the moaning
Have a meaning you cannot know
And catch a solemn undertone
In their rythmic ebb AMI flow.
Two tides Of the infinite ocean
That chafeth the shores of Time
Two waves Of the passionate sea Of Life
Have mingled their wondrous rhyme,
And the holy strain goes echoing up
To the peaceful courts above;
And the song is a song with an old refrain,
And the rhyme is the rhyme Of love.
And loving him ever and always.
And holding him close TO my heart
The world may so on in the ceaseless march
Times billows may heave and dart
We two shall walk life's twilight fields
Ia paths by the angels trod,
Till all wars cease in the infinite peace
That crowns the sons Of Ged.