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Andy johnson will reside in Nashville, Tenn.
Alex. Il. Stephens now owns and runs tne
Atlanta Sun alone
Governor Hadley, Of Arkansas. has gone
East, learing CLAYTON to count the votes.
-Congressman Averill OF St. Paul, Will be
detained at home by his broken leg.
w. S. Blanchard is tile name Of the gentle
man who made up the excellent dispatches sent
out from Boston, by the Associated Press, On
the night OF the great fire.
Speaker Blanchet, OF the Quebec Leeis1a-
ture, has dismissed number Of Sessional Clerks
for Interfering in elections. This may do in
Canadl, but it would never do here Just think
Of disnissing all the Department Clerks
winter upon us.
-Jo- Monte, two years ago employed at the
Wyoming Hotel, Omaha, has lately sold an IN
terest in E mine in Utah for $4,000, and got his
money.
Tile election ot " F: Cody, aztas !, Buffalo l
Bill, to the Nebraska Legislature, will be con-
tested by bis opponent. 3. T. Ashburn-
Charles D. Robinson, OF the Green Bay Ad'
uocate, is President Of the Board Of Trustees for
the new Insane Asylum at Oshkosh, for which
Superintendent is yet to be selected ......
James 3. Beard, Of Council Bluffs, ls r3os'7.
ing agent Of the Texas Il Pacific Railroad at
Shreveport, Louisiana, md Frank E. Lawrence
purchasing agent OF the same road at st. LOUIS.
JESSE c. Fox, 3 member Of the illinois Com
stitutional Convention, 1869-70, and since res
ident of Nebraska, died at Plattsmouth. 14th-
Colonel John ". Crockett, Kentucky Rep
resentatiye in the Confederate Congress, died as
Madisonyille, Ky., last week.
Judge William G. Dunlap, q Tennessee mem-
ber of Congress, 1888 81, died, the 18th, at the
residence Of David Greer, in the suburbs Of
Memphis.
The President has appointed William Pat
rick, Of St. Louis, District Attorney in placa Of
Chester b. Krum: elected City Judge.
Tho Iowa Code Commissioners, Messrs.
Hammond, Seavers, and Knight, are in Des
Moines to complete their work, which the Legis-
latule meets this winter specially to act upon.
David Clark OF Hartford, Vt, is the victim
of mistaken identity. 1t was not Marshall
Jewell, after all, who told him in March, 1866,
that he didn't care snap whether Hawley WAS
elected Governor OF not; but MARSHALL 8 brother
Plny. OVer-confdence in his own memory BIS
cost Mr- Clark the neat little sum Ct 81 ,eO,
which will no doubt come very handy tc tha
lucky Hartford charity that is to pocket it,
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Charles Mc1lrath, the present State Auditor
OF Minnesota, has been appointed, By Judge
Railroad, under the late proceedings in the
United States District Court
-Volk is ordered to produce life-eized statue
OF Governor John Wood, the founder OF the
City OF Quincy.
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knows full veil how ne performed our service,-
t resd in to-day's TRIBUNE the timely sugees-
zion Of Mr, F. ". Hu1msn. and should deem it
= nlaasnre to drill our fremen, it the proper au-
tboritiea should deem it necessary. The Board
OF Underwriters and the Fire Marshal should
make the first move IN this matter. ~
CHARLES ". ZA1EMBA.
CHICAGO, Nor. Is, 1879.
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From the Markham (Canada) Economist.
On Friday last the 9Th inst, Mrs. Parsons
the wife Of farm laborer, = left nor
cabin On the 4th concession, Scarboro, ana
went to her neighbours, Mrs. Ham, about t"enEs
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pay for. People in the city generally under
stand this kind Of legerdemain, but few Of us in
the country do 80. But this is not all that We
have to look after, for the manner Of laying up
the wall is another important point. Your con-
tractor who finds material and lays up your wall,
besides working in large pei cent Of poor
material, cheats you in the work itself. He
Rpt' ss lace 1'FFeH SIDE margin II tho Of e @S5tar no sa
more than two-thirds sufficient . to
fully cover the brick, and often so imperfect that
you may see through between the bricks in an
eight-lnch wall. II we contract to have the
brick laid by the thousand, either kiln or masons
count, We should be careful to stipulate that all
the joints be filled with mortar. OF course We
shall have to pay an extra price for this kind OF
work, as it requires more time and more mortar;
bnt the better way is to buy your b11ck at tne be
kiln, and take none that are not thoroughly
wall; Employ your workmen By the day, and
see that the work is well done. Tne
truth il, that all, or nearly all, brick
work done in the country is OF the
worst possible description. Aneighbor put up
brick house the past summer. He purchased
material and hired hands by the day; but SO &C.
cuetomed we're they to do poor work. that ne
had to discharge several workmen before ne
could have the work done in proper manner.
Another neighbor laid up his cellar-wall, and no
good workman. He found that he could lay Up
nearly half as much per day as an ordinary work-
man at the beginning, and nearly full day
work at the close. This Is q lesson 70 tue
ing how to best slight the work, and ~ to 0
do the poorest work for the most money me Inc
use Of soft brick, and poor work, are not gooo,
thing in any building, and should be dispensed
with. It is very common thing Tor tne :i5 or.ch,
maker to be also the contractor, and Woma e1
warn persons to keep clear Of al such, tney
expect to have good, honest JOB oone 1oi
them.
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The reason for this Is obvious, upon scientific prn-
cipes The velocity OF descent doubles for each s1x,
teen feet passed over hence the benefit Of the etnoa
FILL be IN geometrcal ratio to the height OF the pole
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Sir John Coleridge is another lawyer in Parlia~
meut:
He spoke, think, for three weeks In the Itch
borne at least be occupied e7ery day from the
weeks tho delivery Of his address, and there seemed
to the listeners Particular reason Why If he chose
fuse. Compared with him. Gladstone is concise and
Ca1dweu laconic. 1t seems a. if be we're positively
Incapable Of a9sweIng the simplest questions on H. II few
style Of speaking, and loves to hear his own voice. The
soce snd style are both, own, very charmin g. John
speaker in the House OF Commons. better descrip-
ton could not well be given. The speeches are beau
ner is tu Of ease and grace the words and sentences
flow out like swift, cear, melodious stream. The
orator ta, thin, bald man. looks all the while 60
gifts, graces. and general superiority, that
it seems . eweet condescenHon in him to
Perhaps it is needless to add thst co1erdge is not
great tavorte in the House Of Commons. Men don't
even declare that they ind nothing in the matter Of he
Attorney Generals speeches to warrant such style
that be is an utter ailure politician; that for law
c1aciously demonstrate it's npossih!ty and the
dun fatuty Of those who believe IN IT. that they would
thsn beautiful voice. ehoice dieton, and vast SELF
eonceit and that in fact, they consider Sir John in
Parliament good deal Of humhug. ! do not say
whether it would be possible for any man to be as
wise, yirtuoue and eloquent as Sir John coleridge
"saved from the Mormons " is finished. There
is about this narrative life-lke realism that
makes it difficult to doubt that the writer 1s tell
ing an tower true tale" from her own expe-
rience.
Gideon Welles tells s'The History Of Emanci-
PATTON" Mr. Lincoln declared previous to his
election, and reiterated at his Inauguration !:
II have purpose, directly or indirectly, to in
terfere with the institution Of Slavery in the
States where it exists. I believe have no law
ful right to do 60, andI have no inclination to do
co." But the problem how to treat the
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AAA*4AA FNA1ASS AA-N
days and nights by the sick bedside OF his
fellow-creatures, while the other learns and
practices his art amongst the lower animals, and
be is required to be trained IN accordance for the
work, to much physical dexterity, in addition to q
well-balanced mental culture and thorough
knowledge of the fundamental parts, which are
variously spoken of veterinary science, theory,
etc. Without those pillars, amongst which
anatomy and chemistry especially hold the first
places, a man cannot begin to think Or under
matter to what living creature applied; with
them, and much more that ia closely allied, he
may form o theory thought; ideas Will arise,
the practice will be regulated on the basis OF
correct hnoT19gs aaGa ha saa r i9naanty 4a
I will not magnify the difficulties which beset
the way of mastering d knowledge OF veterinary
medicine and surgery in all required details !;
nor yet unduly e1alt my notions OF the position
which veterinary surgeons should hold as mem a
erina1y empiricism, would remark th at What
ever be the amount OF practical knowledge an
empiric may hare acquired, It ia oftentlmes used
erroneously. In every such case he IS q danger
GUS man. and what is more, he Will continue
such 80 long as he is kept in Ignorance and grow
cling in the dark. Society is all the time Bus-
tanning an unknown amount OF injury from .
cause Of this kind. Now if this evil be admitted,
and believe no one will deny it, then say it is
plainly our bounden duty to devise remedy.
WOULD Say, II the TeIeEiuaiy o1nFAAE 70 ~ NE
allowed to practice at all, If he really is ire.
preeeible and must be tolerated, then in that
case he should be made Us useful member OF
society as possible. Allow him free access to
sound views and correct principles. 1t has not
been vet proved to me-, that the empiric by OBJ
taining diploma becomes either lass useful Q,
valuable member of society. Indeed, the liked
impression on my mind is, that unless az men
intending to commence practice should choose
to embrace the opportunities thus plaeea W!al9
from practicing altogether.
By all means legitimate, let us try to raise the
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veterinary profession in the estimation Of dis
corning public. Yours,
N. H. PAAREN, Y. s.,
Veterinary Editor OF the Prairie Farmer.
THE FARM AND GARDEN.

Shall We EnEs The Horse-Dfsease In
the Country7- Horse Barn Inn
proTcd-IKoxE to MIKE the Walls
Suggestions In Regard to Brick Walls
and Skilled Workmen-Our First
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-02-08
Respectfully Yours,
S. X G.

Tho A0TthrGStGFh says the t0ta
valuation Of property in the city O
Oshkosh is IS, 945, 900, and the tota
amount Of taxes for the current year
exclusive of the amount levied tol
street improvements, IS $4,000, Of
less than q per cent.
The above is a telling commentary
on the vitalizing power Of railroads
upon the growth of towns.
IL is not every town that one, oil
even more railroads will build up 1870
A town like Oshkosh, or Fond du
Lac possessing inherent powers Of
development, feel at once the new
life iustillea by these great commercial
arteries in the anatomy Of the nation.
Those persons who have been
groaning under the burden Of a belief
that we were Gripping ourselves by
voting aid TO railroads may find a
paaQcea for their Ills in q careful pc
rusal Of the paragraph at the head of
this article. A few years ago Osh
kosh was a smart little town deriving
sustcnance from the lumber bust
ness Of the Wolf river, ana paving a
tax of about seven cents or the dollar
valuation, aud such was her condition
up the time Of the agitation Of build-
ing Of the G. q N. w. Railroad.
The foresight of her onterprising
citizens saw at once the situation and
voted aid to the great enterprise, and
the result to-day is, that Oshkosh
stands next to Milwaukee-the sec
ond city in the State, land Fond du
Lac ncXO with a valuation Of near
SO, 900 upon which the tax levied
is less than y PER ccnt,--and she is
enjoying to day a degree ofprosperity
nnequalled by any city in the State,
excepting, oPcourse, Milwaukee.
Let our people take a lesson from
the action Of the city of Oshkosh. -
We have as many, yea more adyan.
tages than she, with far greater di.
versity of resources. whose develop.
ment, will build us up even as Osh-
kosh has been builded up only the
more speedily.
Let our people choke off the fna-
eial nightmare that has been dis
Iturbins their nights of hopeful wait,
ing, and put n little more confidence
in themselves and what nature has
given us as county and commun.
lily, and We will flourish, even with a
grcencr ,igor than our sister cities on
the shores Of the beautiful Lake Win
bago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-02-08
MARKESAN Feb. |. 1872.

Dear Bro Pailleo Some of your
readers may be glad to hear of my
movements. We left Grand Rapids
on Monday morning, Jan. Goth, and
found after riding a few miles that it
was very cold, but by means of blan-
kets, buffalo, hot blocks at our feet,
and good. spirits We kept warm. We
reached DR.. Dorman's at noon, and
as soon as we made our appearance,
we were cordially welcomed to the
Inequalities OF the house. The Dr. is
busy as usual--having about 40 men
at work, bringing logs and taking
away lumber. llo expects to put in
about two million this winter. He
thinks there is some eight or ten mill.
ion feet of good piro still to be found
in the Little Pinery. He is interested
in railroads, of course, and appears to
have some very definite know.eld &c
and opinions. 1t was laughable to
hear him ridicule the prospects of the
&. +. e J.. 7. II. Il. lie has no
faith in it whatever. lie thinks too
that the Land Grant " men will buy
out our Portage City prospects. He
speaks hopefully of Tomah connec.
tons and has great faith in the speedy
extension OF the +. & S. Il. Il. from
Princeton to the Rapids. The DR..
has almost buried himself in the
woods, and as /" he owns all that joins
him he has no neighbors except
the men who work for him, a few OF
whom have their families with them
He has great expectations just now
in the line of cranberries. In connec.
ton with two gentlemen Of Milwaukee
he hopes very soon to have three
Thousand acres! of cranberries.
They will surely realize their desires
too, If they stick to it IS the DR.. has
to the Piues. His wife and son and
youngest daughter are at present with
him in the woods. They have plenty
to do, to eat, and to read, and they
have some charming squirrels, They
have not forgotten to entertain stran.
gers, and they DO it with such good
! will that the strangers CANNOT long
feel strange. Our only bill was a
hearty invitation to come there again
as soon as we could, which we paid,
as heartily, with anote ofpromlse to
do SO, and went on our way rejoicing.
We were quite chilly when we reach
cd Wautoma, for the prairie road was
! dlifted nearly full and we had 10 90
slow, 1t was also just dusk, and we
were ready to be "taken in and done
for" by any who had mind so to do.
Now it is principle of ours never to
slight our friends or to loose q chance
Of giving them chance TO shew their
! friendliness, 20 IS matter Of prinsi
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lcomnlunica, ed. !.
FKsRuAnY .. la1f

'sSNsShA'A 80
Mr.. Editor I'm your issue of the
LIST instant, see an article on Mr..
Neeves' bill, ia which you say thai
the course pursued by Mr.. Neevcs is
an outrage on bis Constituency
With all duo reSpect to your better
Judgment, beg leave to differ with
you ca the subject. Mr.. Neeycs had
tanvassed the County before his
election, and while doing 80, found
that large majority of the actual
settlers of the County were opposed
to voting more than 100000 aid TO
any railroad, and more IN particular
to any railroad whose representatives
had betrayed their trnst with the
County already. From these facts,
gathered from personal interviews
with his constituency, Mr.. Neeves has
presented the bill which you com.
plain of, believing that he was doing
that which three ,fourths of his con.
stituency would be grateful for, and
| must certainly say, knowing what
do Of these matters, that he was righ
If such were his views. Had you said
that Mr.. Neeves had perpetrated al
outrage on the $4,000 Ring, tina
was formed by some parties com
ing from New London, and some o
the wlre-pullers of your city, yol
would havehit the right nail on The
head, for there is certainly a myster,
attending the summer saut, which
some of your business men made, in
side of a week, in favor Of the G. 3
81 l.. L. II. X.
Respectfully Yours,
s. X G.
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OUR AGENTS.
Legislature.
We clip from the columns of the
Madison Journal Of the 3lst;

VIC Gitp hohi tic CDiHtHHS vi tAH
Madison Journal Of the 3lst;
BY Mr.. NEEVES, to authorize Re sen c.
Lyon to erect and maintain dam IN the
Wisconsin river; also, to Authorize the city
Of Grand Rapids to subscribe to the Capital
stock of the Wisconsin Valley Railroad
Company, aud to aid in the construction
.hereof
by Mr.. NEEyES, Of G. 0. Baker, and
many Others, to transfer certain territory
from Jackson county to Wood.
This refers to a petition received.
The territory referred to, is the orig
inal territory set apart from Wood
Go. and annexed to Jackson Co. three
years ago.
We hear of no public opposition to
the bill, though we are aware that
there exists strong feeling among
the residents Of that section in Wood
Co., adjacent to the territory in qnes.
ton, against the transfer as mention
ed in the petition presented to the
Legislature.
If We arc correctly advised a bill
for the transfer of the territory men,
toned is presented at the instance Of
Jackson Co, backed mp by the pcti.
ton of G. o. Baker and others.
We think the Interests of Wood
Co. demands no alteration in her now
existing boundries. The section re
fered to was ever cumbersome piece
Of furniture, and ruled by set Of men
who feared neither God or man, and
the object they have to-day in get.
ting back into Wood Co. is a desire
to be again so placed that they may
exercise their thieving propensitics
and pillagc the public treasury with
out fear OF detection.
We hope the bill will not pass. II
it does, however, we must bring our
philosophy to bear upon our misfor-
tune, remembering that Jackson Co.
has endured the plague for quite a
period and certainly little " Wood !"
ought TO be wiling to "spclI her
for a little time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-02-08

S. X C.'s CoMMuStcAr1oN. In
another column we publish com
munication from our old friend aud
occasional contributor, S. X c., (7rho
patches as wiM an .drgus eye) rela.
tive to our comments on Mr.. Nceyes'
action, published in our last issue.
We will briefly answer, Eve did
not say that Mr. Neevcs' course 'raS
All outrage on his constituency, but,
that unuer certain contingencies it
could be so considered.
We found no fault with that clause
restricting Wood County from voting
ever 100000 to any one road, Gas
S. X C. will observe in brief men,
ton in another column of same issue),
but to the restriction imposed upon
,he issuing Of bonds before sand roads
should DO constructed TO either Grand
Rapids or Centralia-inferog from
the reading of the bill as copied from
the State journal, that none Other
than the G. b. & l.. p. or NJ, & T.
Roads were to be affected by its pro
visions.
MIR. Neeves' constituency have cx
pressed, by their suflrages, an earnest
interest in the speedy construction
Of these TWO projected lines, and hac
Mr.. Neeves done auglt to comprom
Use his fealty to either line (Which VT
now say he has not done) he would
have repudiatel his faith made witl
the people, and should, as he would
have been held accountable,
In regard to the "sao.ooo Ring
as. Y c." knows the whole history
Of the transaction, and the earneS
interest evinced by our people QI
open meetine) in the matter Of ex
ending further aid to the G.. Is. x
T.. +. Road. There was no ring
no summer.sault-n0 nothiHg bu
plain, straightforward business, anc
Mr.. Neeves was one, comprising {
committee Of at least q dozen of out
business men who perfected the con
di,ions upon which the $4,000 was
voted TO the Company,
Mr. Neeves isn't perpetrating out
RACES on himSey as one Of that com
mittee, any more than S. y c, would
under like circumstances. We fear
our friend S. X G. in his abundance
of good nature has been looking
through glass darby.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-02-08

Introduced by Mr. NERVES. A BILL to
amend and restrict chapter 2l0 Of the
local laws Of 1870 entitled an act TO
authorize the county Of Wood 10 aid in the
construction Of railroads
TIE people ofMe state Of Wisconsin,, represent.
ed IN Senate and Assm1y, do enact a,
foltoms:
SECTION l. Section one Of chapter 2l0 Of
The local law of the year 1870, entitle
IAN act to authorize the county of Wood
to aid in the construction Of railroads, il
hereby amendend BY adding to the end Of
said section one, the following words Pro-
yidad, That no more than one hundred thou
sand dollars of such bonds shall be issued
for the purpose Of aiding in the construc-
tion of any one railroad, or 10 any one rail-
road company.
SEC 9. Section three of said act is here
! by amended by striking out the words g one
! hundred and fifty thousand dollars where
they occur in said section, and Inserting ir
| lieu thereof the worls " one bundled thou
sand dollars - also by striking out all that
| portion Of said section that authorizes the
! delivery of any portion Of such bonds 10 the
| Wisconsin Valley Railroad Company before
| the completion Of said road to the city OF
Grand Rapids or the village Of Centralia.
| SIC 3. Section four OF said &C: is here
| by amended by striking out the word
twenty" where It occurs IN said section
and inserting in lien thereof the word six.
| SEC 4, This act shall effect and be III
force from and after its passage.
The above is a correct copy of the
bill introduced by Mr.. Neeves, Jdnu
airy 25th, and upon which we based
our remarks in our last Issue, copying
the till as reported IN the Madison
JouudL AS reported in the Journal
we felt justified in writing as we did
Had that report of the bill proved tc
have been correct, we should still have
no line we should wish to erase.
The above has been handed us by
Mr.. Neeyes. 1t will be seen that il
makes no reference to either of tho
projected roads apon which our PEG
pie have passed their verdict, but
refers exclusively to the Wisconsin
Valley Road, without infringing OF
encroaching upon the rights of eithe:
the contemplated lines before mon.
toned We think we can with i
deal Of justice, call upon the reporte,
of the oticiai paper Of the State to be
a little more explicit and consideratc
in the future, 10 making up his reports,
and thereby avoid deal Of confusion
and standing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-02-08
r. NJ. w.


A WAR CLouD.-London dispatch
es, vta Atlantic Gable, report n state
Of feeling existing in England, beto
kening war with the United States -
England repudiates the Geneva con
ference, Withdrawing from her agree
ment to leave the Alabama Claims tx
the jurisdiction Of the Board. Grea
excitement exists in political and fl,
nancial circles. The Queens speed
at the opening Of Parliament is looked
for with great anxiety.