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Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1871-10-19
THE GREAT FIRE IN WISCONSIN.
Tclcgraphic Particulars.
MARINEr, Oconto Go. Oct. 10.

MARINEr, Oconto Co. Oct. 10.
Mayor Of Milwaukee:
A horrible calamity has befallcn
the numbering towns on Green Bay.
Peshtigo village, mills and the sugar
bush sctt ement were entirely swept
away on Sunday night ani yesterday
morning. From one to three, hun
drcd lives wee lost AMI 10 lies b,I
~ burned Whole families persisted.
and scores are lying around dead
waiting tor the Mortified living to
bury them. Medical aid must be
sent at once to save the people who
are destitute.
Signed. I. STEPHENSON.
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Citv Tax Notice,
OFFICE CITY AsSEgaGf

NSE-e2 SAI hOSESStSn,
CITY HALL, COLUMBIA. 8. c., March q, 1871.
NOTlOE is hereby given TO all concerned.
~ that nETURNS FOR all REAL AND PER.
S0NAL s;,s a. phOpEhIi, within the limits Of the
at this office, on or before the 3lst day Of
Maroh, 1871, for the year commencing on tho
lst day OF January. 1871, verified hy oath, of
the person whose duty it ia 10 80 list or retnrn
said property possessed by him, or under his
control, either as owner, agent, parent. hus,.
band, guardian, executor OR administrator
trustee, receiver, officer, partner, factor or
perty 80 held or controlled.
Tho following must be returned for taxation
as Personal Property, viz.
Horses and Mules.
Neat Cattle.
Gold and Silver Watches.
Gold and Silver Plate.
Piano Fortes, Melodcons or Cabinet Organs.
Carriages.
Wagons.
Drays.
Carts OF other vehicles.
Vaiuo Of all Goods, Merchandise or o,bor
commodities pertaining to business as mcr-
chant, agent or otherwise, during the ycar or
part thereof commencing January l, ls7i
Average value OF Materials received nscd
or provided to be used, in my business as a
manufacturer, during the year, or part there
OF: commencing January /, 1871.
Value OF all Machinery, Engines, Tools,
Fixtures and Implements used or provided
for uso in my business as manufacturer.
during tho year, or part thereof, commencing
January 1, 1871, and Of all manufactured artf..
clcs on hand on said date.
Value of Moneys, including Bank Bills and
Circulating Notes ON hand or deposit.
Value Of all Credits over lega indebtedness.
Value OF all Investments in the Stocks of
any company or corporation in this State, ex-
cept National Banks.
Value Of all Investments in Bonds, except
Bonds Of the United States and OF this State
expressly exempt from taxation.
Value Of all other Personal Property, in
Guiding Household Furniture.
The penalty for failure or neglect to make
returns OF Property within tho time given so
to do, will be strictly enforced
BLANK RETURNS FURNISHED ON APPLICATION
TO WILLIAM j. ETTER, City Assessor.
Office hours, 0 A. NJ. TO q p. NJ.
March 1G
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OoLuMBlA s. c. SATURDAY MORNING. MARCH
Central National Bank of Columbia
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

N Il.
OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER OF THE CUnREScy.
WAsH1NoToN, January IS, 1871.
WHEltEAS by satisfactory evidence pre-
w sentcd to the undersigned, it ha g been
made to aPpear that The CENTRAI. NATIONAL
the County of Richland, and State ofSonth "a. Al
rolina, has been duly organic under and &C.
cording to the requirements of the Act Of Con
gress entitled IAN Act 10 provide a national
currency. secured by pledge of United States
bonds, and to provide FOR the circulation and
and has complied with all tho provisions OF
said Act required to bo complied with before
commencing the busincss OF banking under
Now, therefore. I, HILAND r. HULBURD,
Comptroller Of the Currency, do hereby Ger.
tify that The CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK OF Co
LuA1DIA in the city OF Columbia, in the County
OF hlohiand, and State OF South Carolina, is
banking under the Act aforesaid
In testimony whereof, witness my hand and
seal OF Office, this 18th day Of January, 1871.
HILAND B. HULBURD,
Jan II Comptroller of the Currency.
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Guns, Pistols, Etc.

! INFORM my friends aud
* public in general that I have
j just. received an entire new
% Vstock of Double and Single Bar.
rel GUNS, REPEATERs, Flasks, Pouches.
rn oi-beits, Caps, Buck-shot. Cartridges.
and Shot.
ALSO,
REPAIR1NG done at short notice.
oct B Z. w. KRAFT Main street.
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q a :. -
RADICAL CQNsIsTEEoY. Grant has mt
the country to q cost Of something less
: than $l. 0O0, 900 to send q commissioners
70 San Domingo, under the pretense1 of
ascertaining the views of the Dominican
negroes and mnlettoes on the question
OF annexation, and when the other dav
Senator Sumner desired to read to the
Senate q petition from those .Dominioana
who are opposed, to the scheme. he was
ruled out Of order and muzzled. Grant
pays liberally for information that
suits his purposes. but wants. NO other
The Concord Statesman SAYS Young
man at service in that city recently sent
home for ''some stamps" meaning pock-
ct money. His parents, not being fami-
liar with the term, complied literally
with the request, supposing he intended
to keep up more frequent correspond
ence with friends under the paternal
roof.
A letter from Concord, N. H., refer
ring to the late election, says the two la-
dies who were nominated for school COM
mittee were both defeated. In ono
district, Miss Longley ran on the Repub-
lean ticket, and was opposed by her IA
ther on the Democratic ticket. He Tas
eiected by q small majority.
- The commissioners to await and ad-
Judge the claims of Southern loyalists
for losses and damages during the war
have issued set of instructions for
those presenting claims. The instruc-
tlons are 30 voluminous and abstruse,
however, that they are more likely to
discourage the claimants than otherwise.
The Journal O6iciel is choked with an
nouncements OF rewards bestowed by
the Provisional Government of Paris on
the soldiers who have lately been fight
ing. This has given rise to saying:
Every medal has its reverse-but it now
appears that every reverse has it's medal
A Chicago detective lately bet that
FORESTER is not the Nathan murderer,
and that he could write the names of
three men, two of whom would be con-
% Vlcted OF the crime within one year.
The wager was accepted, and the names
secretly written and sealed up for year.
A MUzzLED PREss.-Newspapers op-
posed to the present French Govern
ment arc suppressed as quickly as the
press was during Napoleon's reign.
Neither the Republican, Monarchist or
Imperial rulers will tolerate a free press
in France.
a outo haS Ueeu commenced against
the Erie Railway Company to recover
$5. 600 for refusal to take IN excursion
ticket one day after the time expired.
The plaintiff, James e. Ray, was put off
the cars.
In the English House of Lords, few
days ago, Peer stated that of 800, 600
barrels of gun-powder in the Govern
ment arsenals, all but 800 barrels was
worthless, and that the Government had
been paying for pebble powder twice its
cost in its own shops.
The pneumatic tube bill has passed in
the New York House of Assembly. It
Is plan for extending up Broadway to
Harlem River the under ground railway
that has already made an opening at
Barclay street.
Lady Wilmot Horton, famed in youth
for her beauty, and the original Of By
rons we'll known lines, ''She walks in
beauty" is just dead, in her third
year.
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CITIZENS SAVINGS BANK
SOUTH CAROLYN a
Deposits of ST. and Upwards Received,


INTEREST ALLO WE'D AT TIE RATE Or
SEVEN PER CENT. PER ANNUM
ON OER7IFICA1 Z ES OF DEP OSI7,
AND SIX PER CENT. CON-
POUNDED EVERY SII
MONTHS ON ACCO UNITS.
OFFICERS.
VIM. Martin, President.
john john 2. 2. Thomaa raemeu; vice-presidents.
A. G.. Breniser Cashier.
John O. B. Smith, Assistant Cashier.
directors.
Wade Hampton, William Martin, 4. G. Has
kel], F. W. McMaeter, John P. Thomas. E. H
Heinitsh, John B. Palmer, Thomas +. Gregg
Columbia.
J. Eli Gregg, Marion.
G. II. Scott, Newberry.
W. G. Mayes, Newberry.
B. II. Rutiedge, Charleston.
Daniel Ravenel, Jr.. Charleston
Mechanics, Laborers, Clerks, Widows, Or
Phans and others may here deposit their saw
ings and draw liberal rate of interest there
on. Planters Professional Men and Trustees
wishing to draw interest on their funds until
they require them for business or other pur-
poses; Parents desiring to set apart small
sums for their children, and Married Women
and Minors (whose deposits can only be with
drawn by themselves, or, in case of DEATH by
hheir legal representatives, wishing to lay
lLside funds for future use. are here afforded
IN opportunity Of depositing their means
where they will rapidly accumulate, and, at
the same time, be subject to withdraw when
needed. Aug 18
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Good Health-.-Long Life.

FNNHERE is difference between good blood
6a.!,l IL and bad blood,a difference Of Life and
ducing corrupt Sores, Ulcers, Boils. Gar
buncles, Spots, Blotchcs. These are indica-
tiohs OF diseased condition of the system
ana and unless o, }: removed, will prey upon the body
OF flesh. Without puro blood no fleeh is FREQ
from disease. The Pale and Shrunken n Forms.
yellow Faces, Weak Stomachs, Diseased
Livers, Crippled Rheumatics, Nervous Hypo-
chondrlacs, Dyspeptic Victims of ca che so
common in thi, country, is owing entirely to
the humors of tho blood.
HElNlTSH'S QUEENS DELIGHT is the
only sure medicine. 10000 bottles sold at
home bespeaks for it popularity unexampled d
IN the history OF medicine. For purifying the
Blood and invigorating the Liver, no Better or
cheaper medicine has ever been discovered.
Blood and an Invigorator of the Liver two
things essential in preserving Health and
In curing Disease. 1t inyigorates the Liver
and a. cures all disorders Of the stoma ch and
Bowels, purifies the Blood and repairs the
waste OF the Body, imparts Strength and
gives Vlgor to diseased and enfeebled systems.
~, HElNiTSRS QUEENS pELlGHT.
:. inc people approve, and physicians sanction
its use, because it possesses merit, and is
the sick. ss'"o -
1T CURES
.oId hIIAnAGnEs.mSlck Headache, Nervous cad
acne, Bilious Headache, Neuralgia, Catnrrh,
Dizziness, Rush of Blood to the Head Full,
ness, Oppression Of the Head, &c.
CATARRH.-This unpleasant disease, in NIL
SORE THRoATs, 6c.-sore Throats, Hoaree
ness, Loss of Voice, Weak Voice.
DYsPEPsIA.-This disease always cnred in
all cases. in persons Of all ages and occupa-
tions.
LIVER COMPLAINTS, JAUHDIcE, &c.
Chronlc Dlarrhpa and all Chronic Dyscnte-
ry, Coles. obstinate Costiveness.
i1LEs.-Piles, Blind, Bleeding or liberated
PAINFUL, Itching, Burning, no matter how long
Kidney Disease, Diabetes, Gravel, 1nconti-
nenee poon c,rsd stdoppase. Their peculiar diseases
FACE AFFEcTIoNs.-Brow spots. Moth
Biotches, Pimples, Black Specks lied Patches.
burning, Itching, Rush of blood to tho Face
Cloasma, Bad Complexion.
,Abscesees, Scrofula, when On the Scaln:
In, p,hroat, Internal or external; ON the Tongue,
Legs, all perfectly curable
r., SKIN DISEASES Salt Rheum, Tettcr, Acne,
Shingles, Scaly Eruptions Watery Discharges,
Itching. Burning. Chronic Erysipelas.
IHE EEYEs:-lnflamed and Itching, ScrofuIa,
&C., on the Eyes and Eye-lids.
GoITRE. SwELLED NECK ALL cases cured.
= rheumatism, Chronic, Acute, Neuralgia,
Lamenees, Swelled Joints, inability to walk
painful or passive. cnred bv tile use of
HElNITSH'S QUEENS DELIGHT.
Inc ailicted, nervous and debilitated, whose
sufcrlngs have been protracted from hidden
causes, amt whose cases require prompt treat
nent will find always sure remedy in
QUEENS DELIGHT.
- ASK for HEINITSE'S QUEENS DELIGHT.
rake none other. He is the inventor and sole
proprietor. Sold Wholesale and retail at his
Drug and Chemical store, Columbia, q. G..
Feb9
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Hardy Solomon & Co..

III AIiNG entered into the manufacture Of
- BNiCh and QUARRYIEG of GRANITE.
OF their new patent Brick Machines, capable
OF turning out from 40. 900 to C, 600 bricks per
Gay, are how prepared to make contracts and
furnish , parties with any quantities of bricks
store, or at the South Carolina Bank and
iIurt N''hUaHS. Sent 8
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9AyANyau MARCH IN Ie7o

SAVANNAH, March 16, 1870.
MessrS Jacob Lfppnan d Bro, iSauann0h,
Ga.-GENTs: have before me your esteemed
documents relative to your German Bitters."
After a careful examination must confess
that your Bitters is really what yon represent
il to be, an old German recipe of DR.. Mitch
rrlich. OF Berlin. Prussia. 1t will no doubt be
excellent for dyspepsia, general debility and
nervnus diseases, and is good preventive of
chills and fever. I find it TO be most de.
lightful and pleasant stomachic. I remain
yours truly, (Signed) AUG. p. WETTER,
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CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK
Columbia, s. Q.
Present Capital, 100000.
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL. $500. 600.


OFFICERS.
John B. Palmer, President
A. G. Brenizer, Cashier.
@. N. G. Butt, Assistant Cashier.
DIRECTIONS
j. Eli Gregg, John B. Palmer, +. W. McAIas-
ter, Il. D. Sem, of r. D. Sem & Son: G. ".
Beardcn, of Copeland & Bcarden; r. L. BRYAN.
OF Bryan McCayter; W. G. Swafficld. Of r.
Il w. G. Swaf1ield.
+. W. McMaster, Solicitor.
NNH!S Bank is now open for the transact on
u OF general banking business
CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT OF currency or
coin, bearing interest at the rate OF seven (7)
per cont. per annum, in kind, will be Issued
Deposits from County Officers especially go
licitcd; also, from Trustees, Administrators.
Executors, Professional Men and others
Particular attention given to accounts of
Clty and Country Mcrchants, and other busi-
ness men, and the usual accommodations ex-
tended.
Notes, Bius of Exchange, and other eyi.
dences OF debt discounted, and money loaned
on collaterals.
Socks, Bonds, Cold and Sacer bought and
.Mutaated Currency purchased at email
discount.
Sight Drafts dra,nn direct on all the promi.
nent places in England Ireland Scotland,
France, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Den.
marx and Me Orirn:. Letters Of Credit il sued,
payable in any Of the above places.
Drafts on all the prominent cities in tho
United States bought and sold.
N. Is. Persons desiring to take Stocl, i'm this
Bank, would do well to make application soon,
as there Id only a limited amount still TO be
disposed Of. "
Banking House opposite Columbia Hotel.
Open from to 8. Feb 28 1v
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New and Desirable Varieties.

MOORE'S EARLY CORN, desirable gar
-lYl den variety-worth having.
Largo York Sweet Corn, ears very largo
grains large, rich flavor, productive
Mammoth Sugar Corn, very fine sugary
flavor.
Cucumber Zion House. very fine, two feet
long.
Egyptian Beet, blood red, very flno. turnip
rooted.
Skillman's Fine Melted Melon, superior
breakfast melon for garden culture
Now York Improved Egg Plant extra fine
ndlarge. excellent flavor.
March7 e. H. HEINITsH.
Whites Gardening for the South,
PY the late VIM. A. White, of Athens, Ga.
HOLMES SOUTHERN FARMER and MAR
KET GARDENER. $3.50.
The Phosphate Rocks of South Carolina,
Their b1eie. History and Developments Colored
:, Six Sermons on Temperance, by Lyman
Beecher.
Sacred Rhetoric; or Course of Lectures on
Preaching, IL. l.. Dabney, D. D. $3.50.
Any above cent by mail.
DOFFIE Il CHAPMAN,
Feb ID Opposite Columbia Hotel
Seed Potatoes.
100 BARRELS PINK EYES and PEACH
.AVV BLOWS, in fine order, for sale low
for cash only EDWARD HOPE.
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sTENH0UsE, MAOAULAY & CO.,
Grocers and Commission Merchants

CHA HLOTTE, ". G.
GOLICIT orders for COTTON, Corn, Flour.
- Bacon, Lard, &c, and Family Grocrrns,
generally Orders filled carefully and prompt
~. Feb 1yr
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Natural Frozen Ice.

Natural Frozen Ice.
A s the summer season is now approaching,
IN / wish to inform my old customers, and
the public in general, that having secured a
good crop Of natural frozen lake ICE, this
winter, We are prepared to furnish it, in any
quantity. as low as any that can be procured
here, that is, from one to ono and half cents
sona aoeerbng % bn p to auany @ So
January. J. D. BATEMAN, Ag't,
March II Emo Columbia Ice Houec
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MALARlous p1sEAsFs CENTRALLY.
FEMALES

Will find LIrIMAN'S GREAT GERMAN BIT.
TEhS the be ut tonic known for TIE dieeasesto
which they are generally eubiect. ard where a
gentle stimiiiani ia recommended.
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Columbia, 8. C..

ESf"0!tS"pH IN Cotum,ia, 5: O., 4. D. 1919.
incorporated A. d. 1910.
Charter Perpetual.
FNlIE WEALTHIEST FIRE INSURANCE
Il COMPANY in America. The most sue
cessfnl Fire Insnrance Company in America.
prompt and liberal adjustment speciality
suring in tho "ErNA." The best protection
against FIRE is policy in tho "iETNA." In
sure to-day, FIRES will come when least ex-
pected. Strength and reliablity-sG, GOO, 600
not surpassed. Don't delay to take policy;
tomorrow, fire may ruin you. All claims for
losses promptly adjusted and paid at this
Agency. GEO. HUGGINB, Agent,
Columbia, 8. @.
Office in rear OF Mossrs. Duf1ie & Chapman's
Bookstore, Main street, Columbia, s. o.
Jan emo
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United States Internal Revenue,

ASSISTANT Assessors OFFICE,
COLUMBIA, March 81, 1871.
"A LIZ p persons having gross income of
notified to make return OF the Same. to the
undersigned, on or before tho 1ST DAY OF
APRIL, 1871, as the same are now dine. A
penalty OF 50 per cent. attaches by law on all
returns not mado by the above time.
G. A. DARLING,
90 Assistant Assessor.
oihce "'H' Sc"tl Bank March %
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KIRKLAND MILLS, Ga. March %. 1870.

Messrs. Jacob Lippnian d Bro, Druqoists.
Saodnnoh, Ga.-GENTLEMEN: 1 have intro.
duced your Great GtIman Bitters hero to my
customers and friends, and I find better sale
who have tried 1t approve of it very highly.
and do not hesitate in saying that it is far
superior in value to any other Bitters now in
use. Yours, respectfully, W. KIRKLAND.
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To Rent.

To Rent.
A DESIRABLE STORE. on Main street.
N near tho corner of Blanding. For terms,
apply to DR.. John Lynch, or
Feb p HENDRIX 4 BRO.
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Fruits. Flowers and Vegetables, &c.
TX POPULAR FLOWERS. and how 70
- cultivate them. By Rand.
The City Fruit Garden and it's Culture. By
Thomas Rivers. Thirteenth edition. 81 co.
Peach Culture. ByJ. 4. Fulton, OF Del.
The Grape Culturist. By Fuller. 81 So
Tho. Southern Gardener. by White, Of
Georgia. $500.
Practical Horticulture for tho Amateur.
By Henderson. $3.50.
Buist's Family Kitchen Gardener. sl.OO.
GucnOn on Mich Cows and.th Dairy. 75c.
Tho Gentleman's Stable Guide BY Mcclure.
The Trotting Horses of America; How to
Train and Drive them. 1925.
Professor Holmes Work on Phosphate
Rock. For sale by
Feb % BRYAN e. McCARTFR
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na-DoWIE, &oIsE ( DAVIS, HENRY sHSST YaBG3 BHs
CHOFF d Co, GLACIUS & WITTE. STEF-
FENs. WERNER 4 QUICKER, Charleton.
Depot in Columbia, 8. O., at GEIGER d
McthEdOHS, Druggists. June 2 1yIt
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CARRIAGES, NEWEST S'CYLES

CARRIAGES. NEWEST STYLES.
NLARENCEs, Landaus, Landaulets, Close
~ Coaches, Shifting or. Coaches, Coupes,
&c, suitable for prirafe family and public use
Workmanship and finish second tonone in the
country. Fine and varied stock on hand
completed and in the works. Orders receive
prompt and personal attention. All work
warranted. March 21-2mo
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MI. H. BERRX,s
Furniture Ware-roon
DR.. D. L. BOOZER

&E%rsTS WOULD respectfully inform
UYYgSA his patrons and the public ge-
ncrally that he has moved into
his new Office, over Dufie & Chapman's Book
store, opposite the Columbia Hotel, where lie
is prepared to execute, satisfactorily, all one
ratious and work, Of Whatsoever kind his pro
fesslon demands. Terms accommodating.
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WASHINGTON COUNTY.

The remains of fret ght conductor L.
l.. Alexander, who was killed on Tues
day, by being knocked from the top of a
hay car by bridge, near Essex juno
tim, were taken to Mortified Wedncs-
day, for interment Alexander was one
Of the best conductors on the road, had
been in lis employ ten years, and has lett
wife and three children. The bridge
is high enough to clear man on an Or
binary car, but the hay cars are higher.
Forgetting the proximity of the bridge,
he climbed to the top Of the hay car just
as it reached the bridge, was knocked
scnselcss, and died the same evening.
Efforts are being made at Montpelier
to raise 500, 200, and with considerable
prospect of success, to purchase OF Deni-
son Taft the extensive mill property and
power on the Berlin side, and transfer
thereto the Chillrcns' Cab business,
which has grown into such large and
profitable proportions in the hands OF the
Colby Brothers, at Waterbury,
At the annual meeting of the Union
School District, Montpelier, the prldcn-
tial committee reported the total expenses
of the school as SG,327S7 The prin-
cipal MIR. Gorham is paid Il salary Of
$1,000 per annum. The report of the
Treasurer shows Il balance due him of
81 ,002.i3 the expenses Of the school for
the past year having exceeded the re-
ccipts 10y this amount. y tax OF 40
cents on the dollar was voted for the en-
suing year. The following resolution
elected a sharp discussion, but was fin
ally adopted by Il decided majority:
H>olrcd, That the teaching Of music
or singing as Il separate branch of in
strurtun i'll our Union School, under Il
separate teacher or teachers, be hereafter
dispensed with.
There are 92S children in Montpelier
under twenty years OF age.
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The Iiar,iWick Director.

The last iIlrdWick R,foit,r hIs Il quite
fierce communication about the new Hard
Nirk director ui the Llm"illc Valley rail-
ruai-D. ". Aiken. Ii accuses him "t
b"iu'' opposed To the town "Ni u% al To
thi- railroad project from ia" start, that
in mr,tih" after meeting of the town. he
stood up and bitterly opposed bonding.
drciaiii" it wa unconstitutional" etc. {:
that 1T would perhaps make himself and
tlmly paupcr>." The writer thinks there
are people enough in Hlr1Wick to make
one director oi. who have been friendly
10 the railroad project from the start. and
Who have not done what they could to de-
i'at the enterprise.
An editorial in the same number of the
RcpoTt,r. defends Mr.. Aiken rs a straight
forward, honorable man, and challenges
any one to point to a single dishonest ac-
lion in hi Ion" public life in that town.
The article admits. however, that Nj.
Ai,cu Wa. opposed to giving town aid to
the railroad. but says he did it from prin-
ciplr. and asks, "Shall we blame a man
that opposes heavy tax alton from pljnci-
plr?"
We have in the above given briefly the
two sides OF lEiS IIar,lwick controversy.
rs Il matter of news and interest t" all
VIII" ar" interested in the new railroad.
We know nothing further ot the merits oi
the ease.