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The Southern Claims Commission.

The Southern Claims Commission
was established under an act of Con
gress March 3, 1871. Tho object OF
tho bill, MS alleged by the bill, was
to provide for the payment Of claims
held against the government by
loyal citizens OF the United States
residing in theinsurrcctionary States
for stores and supplies furnished to
or taken by the Federal army dur.
ing the war, aud as il is now becom-
ing a matter of some Importance,
VIC will give a few facts connected
with it's operation. The intention
Of Congress was to only pay the
claimsof loyal citizens-psrties who
were not disloyal during the war,
and the strictest test Of loyalty APP
piled. Ard In every case brought
before this commission and acted
upon, loyalty had to be proven.
But last winter the Supreme Court,
a tribunal having no connection
with this commission however, de-
cided that proof Of loyalty was not
required If the claimant was at the
time Of filing his petition loyal, and
that amnesty and pardon restored
parties to their rights ne citizens,
aud made them competent parties.
to suits against the United States for
stores and supplies taken or fur
nished to the army. But these com
missioners have refused to accede to
a similar doctrine, and us they are
not governed by the ruling Of the
Supreme Court, they have not al
loved claims where loyalty was not
proven, and Congress, to whom the
commissioners report, which is the
final arbitrator Of these claims, have
also failed to acknowledge the rul-
ing Of the Supreme Court a. law,
and have required strict and rigid
proof Of loyalty. But 1t il thought
by Intelligent lawyers in Washing
ton. that Congress this winter will
adopt the ruling Of the Supreme
Court and only inquire into the pres
ent loyalty Of claimants, and not
whether they were loyal during the
war or not. If Congress adopts
this course all parties living South
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To sum mp The result In North
Carolina we lind that the commits
sion has taken final nction on thirty
claims In all, amounting in the ny
gregate to s32,157.50; that it has
wholly rejected twenty four Of these
claims, amounting to S24,308 that
it has reported favorable on claims,
amounting to $5,25050, but has cut
them down to $2,599; which ia all
that has been awarded to North Car
olina claimants. In other words,
only 20 per cent. Of the claims passed
upon have been recommended for
payment, aud these have been cut
down more than so per cent. In
short, that only n dollar has beea
allowed out Of sixteen claimed, or
there are sixteen chances to one
against the claimant.
This is rather a disoouraging view
of the picture for claimants; but
this Is not all. Up to this date
September, lS72--somewhat over
$4,000 claims have been filed. Nov,
it the commission is able to dispose
of $50 cases In one year, it will take
them just thirty.one years and twelv
days to clear their docket and finish
up the business now in hand. It is
not surprising therefore, to learn that
the commissioners, or some Of them
at least, have made arrangements
for a permanent residence In Wash
ington.
The act Of Congress allowed the
claimants testimony to be taken ut
home, where the amount claimed
did not exceed ten thousand dollars.
We have already seen that the CON-
mission fixed this limit at three
thousand dollars. This arbitrary
ruling had the effect of causing
very many claimants who had just
claims, largely in excess Of $4,000,
and who we're not able to bear the
expense Of taking their witnesses to
Washington, to cut down their claim,
thus sacrificing their rights for tile
sake OF a hearing After it was
supposed that the greater part OF
the claims were fled, and their re-
port had been made, the commis-
%sioners issue another general order,
dated May 20, 1872, showing ali
claims under $4,000 to be taken
convenient to tho residence of the
claimant. This ingenious device
rendered 1t apparent that the CONS
missioners bad much more than
saved the amount Of their fvo thous-
aud dollar salary to the Govern,
ment, aud Justly entities them to the
reputation Of sharp practitioners
IN the fullest sense otthat expression.
Continuing to illustrate with Moth
Carolina, we iind that, in this State,
which has a larger area Of square
miles than New York, there has
been only one special commissioner
allowed west Of line running north
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An Act to Amend the Revenue Laws
and for other purposes, Approved
April 5th. 1872.

April 0tn, 1919.
sKcrros |. BE II enacted BY the Legislature
of the State Of Mississippi, That the tar col
lectors Of the several counties in this State
shall, on the First Monday Of necs 1hsr In
each year, return iito the Office Of the Clerk
of the Board of Supervisors Of their sespective
counties, a list of the lands in their several
counties, delinquent for any tax which such
collec ors are, or may be required 10 collect,
and the person or persons to whom each tract
or lot may be assessed, showing whether such
person or persons are residents or nonresident
of the county, and If non-residents, the place
of their residence, according TO the best Of his
knowledge, Information or belief, and the total
amount Of the several taxes Aforesaid against
each tract which list shall be verified by afh-
davit; and II any Tax Collector shall fail,
through negligence or incompetency Of him
self or any deputy, to return such list at the
time and manner here required, or shall make
any false return In respect to such delinquent
lands, he shall be deemed guilty Of a fslony,
and on conviction, removed from once and
imprisoned in the ssate Pesitentisry for q
term Of not less than one year aid he and
the %sureties on his bond shall be liable thereon
for the whole amount Of such delinquent taxes,
and for oil damages which the State or county
or any private person may sustain thereby.
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ri FAIR
Notice to Executive Committee.

THERE will be a call meeting Of the Ex-
ecutive Committee OF the Sardis a. / N. So
ciety, on Thursday next, to transact important
business In connection with the approaching
lair, aud a full attendance Is requested.
JOSEPH CARTER,
seral Chairman.
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LOTS IN THE TOWN or BELMONT.
Block 30 Lotto and 10. Block
LOfs rs TIE TOWN OF BATEsvILLE
Lot 2, block b tFrac sec town D
Lot 8. block Y range 7--6t acres
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LOTS IN THE TOWN OF PAMELA.
Lots I, . and @, block eliot q, block 10
Lot u, block I East half lot 4, block 4
Lots 8, 4, o and 10, East half lots 3, 4 and
block 10 8, block IL
LOTS IN THE TOWN OF sARDIs.
Lot . block 4 Lot ] block 20
@. II. GLEASON,
Clerk Circuit Court.
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-05-23
Mnrryinx a whole Family.

James Smith, young man with hair
cropped short, face covered with scratches,
and wearing blue flannel shirt, was ar
raigned before Justice Cox, at Jefferson
Market, yesterday afternoon, upon COM
plant Of a woman giving her name as
Eliza Brownell, Of 23S Green street, who
charges he assaulted and beat her with his
fists. George J. Smith, an attorney at law,
also Marshal of the First District Civil
Court, and an ex-captain of the Sixth pre-
cinct, appeared and gave bonds for his sons
appearance for trial.
The elder Smith stated in court that
about three years ago the woman, who for
merly kept female boarding house.
married his nephew, Alexander Orells, and
went on wedding tour to New Orleans
with him, where they put up a frst-class
hotel. The woman being recognized by
some persons in that city, and her actions
in the hotel, compelled the authorities to in
form her they would allow her a certain
der of going, but Immediately departed with
her husband for this city. They lived
together but a short time as man and wife,
in consequence Of the woman's obtaining
divorce from him. This so incensed the
discarded lover that he visited the
the house of the woman one night, and pro-
ducing a large knife fourished it over her
head and threatened to annihilate her in
case she refused to live with him again.
Being afraid he would carry his threat into
execution she consented, when he allowed
her to roam about the house at leisure.
She secured the services of an officer and
had him arrested. At the conclusion of
his trial he was sentenced to the island for
one year, and to pay a fine Of five hundred
dollars
While he was serving out his sentence
she formed the acquaintance of George j.
Smith, uncle to her first husband, and, af-
ter few weeks courtship, was married to
him. She remained with him only about
three months, when she took a sudden fam
cy to his son (the prisoner) and propos ed
marriage to him. The couple, unbeknown
to the irate Smith, one day suddenly started
for New Haven, and she was again married
to member Of the family. She soon got
tired of the son, and abandoning him, sue
ceeded through some means in procuring a
divorce from him. The elder Smith, upon
hearing the facts of the case, became great
ly incensed at the conduct of his son, and
refused to countenance or assist him in any
way as long as he remained with or had
anything to do with his wife. The elder
Smith is reported to be wealthy, and at the
time of his marriage with the woman was a
widower. lie states he was anxious to pur-
chase a hotel and start his son in business,
but his infatuation for the woman had com
pletely unnamed him for any business
Upon his giving the required bonds the
father and son left the court room together,
the former declaring he had good mind to
send them both to States Prison.-Ner
York Herald, Nay SM.
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Colds versus Clothing.

The common custom of dressing at all
times as though it were winter, or as the
old lady said of being prepared for the
worst, is certainly very reprehensible. 1t
Is ruinous to emasculate and eneryate the
system in this way. 1t makes one incapa-
BILE of enduring any change at all in the
weather. Clothing to keep from ever be-
ing chilly reduces the system until more
clothing is necessary to produce the same
effect, and thus in a constantly increasing
ratio, till one dare not brave an ordinary
frost without being wrapped in furs till
they cant see. The chilly air is grand
thing, wise provision of nature, it quick
ems the vital force, rouses up the functions
that lay dormant during the warmer por-
tions of the year. Were it not for this
same chilly weather that spurs us on to
activity and physical robust development,
the Darwinians would need to look forward
to find our connection with the simide
The keen chilly air, the cold winds are
blessings that we should receive with open
breasts, what little that we can get in these
close, hot streets.
And hence we see young men in cities
presenting a marked contrast to the stall
wart, robust young men of smaller towns
or the country. Now this is no mark of
superiority, on the contrary sound vigor-
Gus constitution should be source of pride
to every one. And those who do not have
the chilly air or the hardships of the open
country to quicken them to hearty, vigor-
Gus llte, should not, going to the other
limit, endeavor to bundle so that no air
can touch them. Butlcareful than other
wise not to overbundle, let them improve
their advantages for physical education,
and they will find that the liability to take
cold in their case has been greatly lessened.
DR.. Thomas Brown three centuries ago OBJ.
served that in countries where the in
habitants live rudcly exposed to the incem-
encies of the weather, colds were almost
unknown. Polydore Virgil declares that
down to the time of Henry VIII, con-
sumption and pleurisy wnre very rare.
Plato says there was no such disease
as catarrh in Homer's time.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-05-23
NeafneSs.

In its essence, and purely for its own
sake, neatness is found in few. Many a
mln is neat for appearance sake; there is
al instructive feeling that there is power
in it. When man consults physician or
a lawyer for the first time, or to rent
house, or to borrow money, he will come in
his best dress; lady will call in her car
riage. A man who means BUSINESS and
honesty comes as he is, just as you
will find him in his store, his shop, his coun-
ting-house. The most accom- plished gam
blers dress well, the most ente, prising
swindlers are faultlessly clothed, but count
less .rultitudes are but white washed sepul-
chres, Too many " don't care as long as
it will not be seen" Washington Ailston,
the great artist, the accomplished gentle
man, suddenly left his friend standing at
the door Of a splendid Boston mansion as
they were about entering for a party, be-
cause he had just remembered that he had
a hole in his stocking. 1t could not be
seen or known, but the very knowledge
Gifts existence made him feel that he was
less man than he ought to be; gave him
a feeling Of inferiority.
AS persons are less careless of personal
cleanliness and tidy apparel, they arc in
falliably and necessarily less of the angel,
more of the animal; more under the DOM
NATION of passion, less under the influence
Of principle. Said a poor servant girl:
al can't explain what change religion has
made in me, but look more closely under
the door mat when l sweep than 1 used
to" Intelligence, culture, elevation, give
purity of body as well as purity of sense
and sentiment.
Where you see a neat, tidy, clearly,
cheerful dwelling, there you will find
joyous, loving, happy family. But if filth
and squalor, and a disregard for the REIN
ing delicacies of life prevail in any house
hold, there will be found in the moral
character of the inmates much that is low,
degrading, unprincipled, vicious and dis
gushing. Therefore, as we grow in years,
we ought to watch eagerly against neglect
of cleanliness in person, and tidiness in
dress.
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ACCORDING to official statistics, there
arrived in this country, during the calender
year 1871, 346,93S immigrants, which
makes an average of one immigrant to
every fifteen minutes. Of this great num-
Der, Great Britain sent us AS, 934 of whom
81, 463 came from Ireland, and eliza
from England. Germany spared us l07,-
POI citizens, while in Austria only 4,710
persons were willing to follow Martin koz-
ia 10 America. When we learn that 9, 1927
Italians havslandei on our shores, il is
easy to foretell summer in which wheezy
hand-organs will sound in every street.
Some 5000 celestials crossed the Pacific,
and only % japanese. OF Canadians, TO-
500 resolved not to wait for annexation,
but to unite their fortunes with ours forth
with. The number of Mexicans who cross
ed our frontier to rob and kill is number
less, but 493 of them came to stay. just
693 Cubans escaped here from the gentle
rule of Spain. Africa sent us % persons,
and has received at least one in exchange,
DR.. Houard now at spanish penal set
Element on the African coast There were
a unfortunates enrolled, who are men
without country, inasmuch as they were
born at sea. In all Sc countries combin-
ed to furnish us our S46,93S new citizens.
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Sheriff Sale.

(NRCUIT Couri-Manitnwoc County
~ TeCdorc r. Weber < George Weber
against Dlvi1 Smoke & Benz. jones': Ey
virtue Of an execution issued ont of s;il Cir
cult Court for Manitowoc County, in the
State Of Wisconsin, in the above entitled ac-
ton to me directed and delivered against Tie
personal property and real estate Of said
defendants above named. have levied and
seized unCn lot five {5) and six (6) in blk
two hundred and twenty five (225) lot six
teen l6l, and seventeen IN, in block
one hundred and eirLty-nne (lS9) also lots
three (3) and four "a in bloct two hundred
and sevvnty-three (273;) also. lots five 81
aud six IS in beck two hundred and seven.
ty-six (276) all in the city and county Of
M:nitowoc, according to the recorded plat Of
said city. which said above described land,
much thereof as may be necessary to
raise the amount Of five hundred and twen-
ty-seven l7-l00 dollars, 1927 III and inter
est from the nineteenth day of December,
1879, together with the costs of sale, shall
expose for sale and sell at public auction
TO the highest bidder, at the Sheriff s Office,
in the Court Eouse, in the city of Manito-
voc in the county and State aforesaid. on
Saturday, the 18th day of June. A ID. 1872.
at the hour Of ten O clock in the forenoon Of
that day.
Dated Sheriff Office, April %, ID. 1872.
ALBERT WITTENBERG,
39-6w Sheriff of Manitowoc County
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A Brookiyn Cat story.

A gentleman living IN Brooklyn, VINO
takes great delight in his flower garden,
was for long time much annoyed by the
depredations of his neighbors' cats. 1t
appeared as though his particular garden
was selected for the scene of the nightly
rerels of all the cats in the city. Inie-
pendent of the dissolution they brought
uron the rose, tulip, geranium and other
flowers, they kept the whole household
awake every night by their incessant and
noisy scrimmages. Driven at last to des-
peration, the annoyed citizen laid in am
bush one night lately, with well loaded
shot gun, and when the congress was In
full session blazed away. In couple OF
nights eight felines fell victims to his un-
erring aim. As animal matter is good for
vegetation, he determined to bury the
slaughtered grimalkins at the roots of his
grape-vines. Being quaint kind OF a
genius, it struck him that as the game had
done so much when alive to disorganiEe his
attempts at adornment, it would be only
fair that they should make as much repara-
ton as possible after death. He according
" buried the eight innocents in a straight
line, equidistant, heads downward, but
left their tails (Which in dead cats are al
ways as stiff as poker, sticking out
of the ground To assimilate them
somewhat TO the brilliancy Of tho
flowers around, he adorned each tail with
colored streamers. In doing this he
simply had an eye to the beautiful,
but the effect upon the friends and relatives
of the buried pussies was as singular as un-
satisfactory. On the first evening after
the burial, our friend heard most unnatu-
raj and terrible howl of anguish in his gar
den. Rushing TO his window, by the light
of the moon he deserted three or four cats
standing opposite their inverted brethren,
and showing every symptom of the acutest
terror. Their eyes looked like burning
Goals of fire. and appeared to be starting
out Of their heads, as they winklessly
plared at those terrible caudal extremlties.
Their hair stood on end, their tails were
swelled to double their natural proportions,
and each cat was standing stiff upon its
toe-nails, apparently spell-bound. For
minute they thus stood, horribly bowling,
and then, with simultaneous shrek,
they all dashed madly over the fence, and
fed in terror away. Since then our friend
has been enabled on nights to sleep the
sleep of the virtuous, and his flower-beds
are left intact The discoveries of the
catastrophe are supposed to have dissent
mated the news of the terrible scene among
other felines, for although occasionally a
cat is observed glaring for an instant over
the fence at the row of tails, as though
seeking confirmation of the shocking news,
and then mournfully, but precipitately re-
firing, not one has since that night set its
foot in our friends garden.-Ne,o York
Com. ode.
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HAIR, TOOTH AND NAIL BRUSHES
I'd ~ R r. u DH 81 R ~.

IN TE-MANITOWOC COUNTY
L Court. In the matter Of the Estate of .Io-
seph lilin"k deceased. On reading and fl
ing the petition Of Johanna lIlnak IF Gibson,
representing among other things that Jo-
seph Hlinak, late of Gibson in said County
on the 30 day of April. A u. 1871 at Gibson,
died interstate, leaving goods, chattcls and
estate within this State, and that the said
petitioner is the widow of said deceased and
praying that administration Of said estate be
to her granted, it is ordc, ell that said petit
ten be heard before the Judge of this Court
on Monday. the 81 day of June. \. d. 1872,
at 10 O'Clock 4. M, at my Office in said
County. Ordered further, that notice there
Of BE- given to the heirs OF said deceased ard
to all persons interested hy publishing n
copy Of this order for three successive weeks
prior to said day of herring. in tie Manitowoc
Pilot, Il weekly newspaper published ut
M.nitowoc County.
4l-3w W. W. WALDO, County Judge.
Dated the 7th day of May, \ ID. 1877.
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R UP ! UR E,
M.NJToWOC WIS Dec q 1877

MANIToW0C, WIS, Dec. y. 1871.
Messrs. Bdrtlett, Butn,an g. Parker:
GENTLEMEN: To return thanks to and
through you to extend Il word of advice to all
similarly afflicted, will make this plain
statement of facts At the age of l3, in a
boyish freak, | attempted to lift a box of
type Il am printer by profession>, which
being beyond my strength, caused rupture
and until l used your Common Sense
Truss for TIE period of twenty years.
was n sufferer such as only those who have
been similarly afflicted can know About a
year ago the truss | usually wore became
broken, and | bought one of your Common
Sense Trusses. | wore it but three months.
and feeling well, left it off, and | have not
used any since, and as | have been for the
last FIVE months engaged in the
PILOT off ce as foreman anu doing such du.
ties as are incidental to a country office
working press, lifting forms. ETC., am conf
dent that radical cure has been effected in
my case. | cannot be sufficiently grateful
for the benefit conferred, and if in the cause
of humanity you desire to use this testimonial
to the merits of the Bartlett Common Sense
Truss you are at perfect liberty to do so. /
am, gentlemen, yours very respectfully
SAMUEL G. PRINCE,
Foreman Manitowoc Pilot
Formerly of Chicago Tribune.
The above is the testimony of hundreds to
whom we have permission to refer. The
great reputation of the Common Sense Truss
has induced unprincipled manufacturers to
initiate. None genuine unless stamped
81 Bartlett, Butman & Parker Common Sense
Truss, Chicago" Trusses of all kinds. Sup
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Stockings, etc.
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