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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-05-22
That Examination Again.

Since the publication Of our last
issue. statements purportlng to be facts
relative to the examination at the
Point, have come to our knowledge
which warrant US in again calling at
tention to the matter If these state
ment5 be true, (and they are publicly
made b. Master Harry Grace, of this
place, who was one Of the competitors, }
the examination assumes the character
Of the broadest kind Of farce. It
is asserted that during the examination
Hon. A. S. McDili, and suudry other
persons assumed the prerogative to
handle the papers Of the committee,
and that divers remarks were INDUCED
II concerning them and the standing
Of the applicants. and that the commit
tee made 20 objection to such action :;
further, that young NcD.il asScl
Judge Noyes son, ''IIave you looked
mp the names of the deceased Presi-
dents % and that the response was
80 yes, that 5 so - Indicating that
they were cogn;zant that this was to be
one of the interrogatories This was
in the morning of the first day. 1t IS
further alleged that, when the reading
examination came OF, that Master
MeDlll exclaimed ''Good? good, he
(NcGreggor) drtIed me three months
on that piece and that when Master
Grace looked around is surprise he re-
tracted by saying, 20 no It cos an
other piece.' Again, Mr. Grace states
that before the examination was com
pleted, and before any conclusion could
have been arrived at by the committee,
he heard Nir. McDin tell his nephew
to come up about four clock and get
his appointment. We state the fore
going as facts coming to Us from a
trustworthy source. If they be facts,
disgrace attaches to the committed
and to our Member of Congress which
cannot be easily wiped out. Mr. Nc
Greegor is the teacher of the Stevens
Point School, and not the teacher ct
tie Waupaea School as the people were
led to believe OF the merits of Mr..
Garrison and Mr.. Grace. we can state
that no two more thorough matheina.
ticians can be found in either Portage
or Wood ecuntics,- and when it was
stated that they were rejected because
of deficiency IN this branch Of study.
and that Mr.. Grace missed screen ont
OF ten questions submitted to him,
suspicious of unfairness and partialitv
in the examination began to be breath
ed before anything was known relative
70 the final decision of the committee.
Some of our best Mathcmaticians are
willing 70 lag wager that either Of the
"boys" can successfully. compete with
any present at the examination, not
excepting tho committee. Let the
matter be aired and the true facts
come out.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-05-22

An important newspaper change
is announced in the merging of the AS
ISOLATION Monthly, the organ of the
Young Mems Christian Associations of
the United States and the British Pro-
vlnces, into the Illustrated Christian
Weekly. This change will enable the
young men to receive fresh intelligence
of Association work each week, and will
bring their cause before large constit-
uency, previously unacquainted with it,
except in general way.
The Illustrated Christian Weekly
has just closed it's second year with a
paid subscription list of nearly $4,000
subscribers, exclusive Of the Associa-
ton Monthly list, and the Publishers
feel encouraged to push on, such sue
cess in so short time warranting them
in expecting greater fields Of usefulness
in the future.
A New Wheat Road.-As an evil
dence of the increase of business on the
Green Bay and Lake Pepin Railway,
we will state that the first consi gn-
, ments of wheat from st. Paul are now
on the way here, over this road an the
West Wisconsin, This wheat is pur-
chased by the millers on the Fox riva-
for grinding. 1t is however, the pre-.
cursor Of large business that will com
mence on the opening Of navigationr
The distance from Green Bay to St.
! Paul over these lines is 2s2 miles. a
prominent miller of Neenah is in Min
nesota purchasing 10000 bushels of
wheat, to come east over this route.
Letters Of inquiry are being received
daily at the railroad Offices in this city,
as to the facilities for receiving freight
here from, and sending freight to places
on the Mississippi river and beyond,
AMI it is evident that the people are
waking up to the Importance Of this
new TO ute. Trains are now running
regularly over the whole line-a daily
passenger each way between here and
Grand Rapids, connecting with daily
mixed train each way between Grand
Rapids and Merrilan-Grcen Buy
| 4dr0cutc.
As an inducement for Winona
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-05-22
OHIO, for a specimen copy.


THE CRANBERRY CROP.-The cash
value Of the cranberry crop in the Uni
ted States, according to statistics, has
been estimated as follows In 1870
Maine produced 1000 barrels, Mass
achusetts 5000 Connecticut 1000,
New Jersey $4,000. This amount OF
1,o00 barrels was raised principally
from cultivated fields. At nineteen
stations on the St. Paul and Milwaukee,
Railway 1926 barrels were freighted
DARN" the season of1S6o. Only about
5000 barrels were shipped in 1868.
The crop Of 1870 was estimated at g.,
800 barrels, of which New Jersey pro
duced 80, 1000, New England l., 600,
and the West $4,000 barrels. The av-
erage price per barrel, for the season of
1867 was SIC, giving total of $1,000,
600.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-05-22

As an inducement for Winona
terminus of the Green Bay Il Lake
Pepin hallway, the Directors Of the
Winona & Southwestern Railroad have
voted to transfer to the Green Bay road
one hundred thousand dollars OF the
bonus voted Winona in aid Of that road.
The full amount Of aid originally voted
was S115, 900.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-05-22
ACCOMPANIMENT

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The boss Editor is in Washing
ton, and tue american IS CARED along
By the momesftnm that his previous la
,nt> nave g:ve2 i. 0tr ..q.-....,.~.
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Those Of our musical readers, who
are in search Of really good songs will
not be disappointed in these. Their
lively and brilliant melodies, beautiful
and chaste words, will mako them wei
come guests everywhere.
The names of their authors are a
sufficient guarantee for their merit.
We recommend them for Parlor or
Concert use, and also (being arranged
in keys within an easy compass of the
voice. for Schools, Summaries, etc. as
exhibition pieces. Send 30cts to J
FISCHER & BRO, DAYTON,
ONO, for a specimen copy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-05-22
New Music.

We have received from J. Fischer
& Bro, Music Publishers, Dayton,
Ohio, copy Of the following.
THREE FAVORITE TRIOS FOR MALE OR
FEMALE VOICES WITH PIANO
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treated On tilS d..eIs.l.it . account.
4n~;can, Ellsworth. ~
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-05-22
BUSINESS NOTICES.

Old Iron,
Brass and Copper wanted at the Grand Rapids
Foundry and Machine Shop.
Il. JOHN RABLIN.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-06-18
Southern Claims.

The government is about to pub
fish a pamphlet containing full list
OF the 22,500 claims filed with the
Commission on Southern claims sit
ting in Washington, under the act OF
March 8, 1871. This act authorized
loyal citizens Of the eleven Confed-
crate States to present for settle
ment, within two years, claims for
property taken for the authorized
and necessary use of the Union for
ces engaged in the suppression Of
the rebellion. The pamphlet will
contain a complete exhibit of the
claims filed up to March 3, 1878, Civ
ing names, residence and amount in
each case. The list will be prefac-
ed by an explanatory statement that
the claimants have all personally de-
clared, upon oath, that they adhered
to the cause and government of the
United States. and never yielded
allegiance or gave voluntary aid or
comfort to the Confederate cause;
and that the amount claimed is the
fair value Of property taken for the
actual use Of the army as distinguish
ed from property damaged or des-
troyed by the casualties of war, or
plundered by the troops, or used by
the Confederate forces" 1t is in
tended for Federal officers and others
interested, and will be distributed as
far as possible among army officers
who served in the vicinity of the
claimants, that all possible evidence
Of disloyalty may be gathered up
and produced to offset the claims.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-06-18
IL eE3cO.

The Matamoras IoS PuJitcu the
Government organ. in an editorial
headed '.the INVASION severely crit
icizes Gen. Mckenzie's expedition
into Mexico in pursuit Of the Kicka-
poo Indians. denouncing the act as
an aggression committed upon a ma
tion that is too weak to resist, and
intended to serve as a pretext to
seize additional territory. The
Government Of Mexico is urged to
exact immediate reparation for this
violation Of her sovereignty. It con
eludes by saying that if ID is not
complied with, it will be found that
the Mexico of to-day is the Mexico
of 1916. It is supposed that this
article reflects the sentiments of the
Government, received from the city
of Mexico by telegraph, and is put
forward to test the feelings of the
people of the frontier Mexican
States.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-06-18
From the New York Tribune.
The Last New York Murder.

The sudden passion Of Nixon, the
murderous vengeance of Stokes, the
drunken frenzy of Foster, even the
atrocities of the Bender assasina-
tions grow commonplace before the
dreadful murder of Walworth by his
son week before last, in New York
The youthful parricide is law stu
dent, but seems to have pursued his
legal studies to much less advantage
than his grandfather, who was one
of the most eminent of the Chan
cellors who graced the New York
Bar in the palmy days of Kent. The
young law student began his course
by surreptitiously intercepting let
tiers from his father to his mother
the two We're divorced-and in
censed by their language, travels
from Saratoga to New York, revol-
yer in pocket, to punish the disturb
er of the family peace. He invites
his father to his own room, under the
pretext of settling some family mat
tiers, which he does by shooting no
less than four bullets into him, one
at such close quarters that the face
of the parent was scorched by the
burning powder. Such deed would
be sufficiently awful were the par
ricide and his victim the degraded
inhabitants of the slums of New
York, but it gains CHASTITY illumina-
ton from the illustrious descent,
high bre ding and elegant life of the
Walworth family.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-06-18
legislation.

The editor Of the Athens Posi-
thus plainly and truthfully gives the
causes that lead to the enactment OF
bad and unpopular laws with which
our State is cursed: The people
themselves are directly responsible
for pretty much all the bad legisla-
ton that has cursed the country for
years. They elect the Legislators
and clothe them with law-malling
power-the highest and most respon-
sible and most sacred trust they
could delegate or part with. But in
casting about for suitable agents do
they always take the best that might
be obtained-select men who are
known in the community for their su-
perior ability, integrity and force Of
character? On the contrary, don't
both political parties generally pick
up men on account of their availa-
bility, because they are good fell
lows" who have plenty Of negative
qualities, but not the first positive
one who, if elected, will not be apt
to do much harm. and are very GER
tain not to do much good? Such
are Of no account anywhere, on the
land or on the sea. The result is, a
few working minds influence all the
legislation and make all the laws,
good, bad and Indifferent We are
not as clear and comprehensive as
we might be, hut we trust sufficiently
so to enable the reader to understand
what we mean. Look at the history
OF our legislation for the last twenty
five years. The people want first
class work, and yet they generally
grab up the most convenient tools
and timber, without stopping a mo-
ment to examine into their adapta-
bility or fitness for the job. We re-
peat, the people themselves are
largely responsible for all the unwise
and hurtful legislation Of the day,
and unless they exercise more care
in future in selecting men TO repre-
sent them in the legislative depart
ment Of the government, the law
making power, the causes for com
plant will rather increase than di- |
minish. The local legislation Of a
State affects the material interests
and prosperity Of the people more
than the general legislation of Con-
gress can. So it is Of more impor-
lance to send clear-headed and clean
handed men to Nashville than to .
Yet it was roared all /
over the State last fall that no one
but 4 Johnson or a Maynard should /
be elected to Congress, while, judg- |
ing from the custom that has prevail
ed for some time, almost anybody, /
Good Lord will do for the legisla-
ture.'
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-06-18
cambridge News,

The enterprising GAZETTE will be
glad to record the completion of
''The Eureka Merchant and Custom
Mills one and one-half miles north
east of cambridge. This magnif-
cent Touring establishment stands
without a rival-certainly without a
superior-in the whole country, and
is the fair result of the enterprise,
public spirit and munificence of DIR.
j. Nat. Lyle, its builder, sole owner
and proprietor. 1t is four stories
high-most commodious in every res
pect-and every rock, piece of tim
Der and lumber, together with all its
appointments and machinery, are Of
the finest quality and purchased by
DR.. Lyle literally in disregard of ex-
pense. The most casual observer is
at once struck by the beauty, syme-
try and the imposing and substantial
character of the whole work.
1t will grind the year round and
although but just started is COM
pletely successful, and is attracting
the universal attention, as well as
the business Of the vicinity. Its
proprietor gladly offers to compete
with any mill sat home or abroad
in respect to both quality and guam
tity of grinding.
The thanks of the public, who will
reap a rich benefit from this i'm
proyement, are due to DR.. Lyle, and
it may safely be predicted that his
Eureka Mills" flour will at once
rise to be the favorite brand in the
best markets of East Tennessee.
NJ. n. O.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-06-18
The Cholera.

Our latest advices from Nashville
are to the effect that the cholera is
undated. On Saturday last there
were twenty-five deaths in the city,
fourteen Of which are reported to
have been from cholera.
Several deaths occurred in Greene
vile last week, and quite a scare
was COTTON up in that usually quiet
town. Circuit Court, which was in
session, was adjourned. and quite a
panic" inaugarated, which, we are
Informed, has subsidized, and people
Of that section have cooled down and
are going about engaged in their
usual avocations.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-06-18
Help 20 Pay the Salary Steal.

After July first. the subscribers to
county papers will be called upon to
pay twenty cents q year as postage.
The memory ofmen who are not gray
headed runneth not to the time when
papers were not carried free within
the county Of publication. But sub
scribers should not cherish hard feel
ings against the noble army Of Con-
gressmen but remember that it is
sweet to bleed for ones country.
That twenty cents year will 60 a
short way towards paying the salary
steal. 1t will also help to enrich
President Grant with a hundred
thousand dollars more than he agreed
to serve another term for. To help
pay it is one Of the favors Granted
them. And it will do something
towards doubling Congressional sal
aries in the future. Let the people
remember these things.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-06-18
Breakers Ahead!

According to the Judgment Of a
certain DR.. Trail, there appears to be
very bad time coming for those
who are alive ten years hence. He
has announced, through the medium
of Philadelphia newspaper, that a
peshlential period is at hand. From
1880 to 1885. Jupiter, Saturn, IRA
nus and Neptune will be nearer the
earth than they have been for eigh-
teen hundred years. All manner of
unpleasantness must be looked for,
and foremost among the calamities
will be plague, famine, and awfulIy
hot and cold weather. But there's
one thing which ought to comfort
us-ten years hence the present
assessment law Of Tennessee, and
them blanks" will be numbered
with the things that were" and the
other small things referred to we can
manage to worry along with.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-06-18
The Girl who Never Saw a Young


An old man who lives near St.
Helena, Cal, in wild solitude, has
very pretty daughter, aged 10,
who had probably never seen a
young man till her father took her to
San Francisco the other day to see
the town. She was dressed up pref
tily, for the first time in her life, and
her silks and ribbons and the gay
sights almost turned her head. But
what most interested her was that
hitherto unknown being-the young
man. Every time she saw one she
would fix her eyes earnestly on him,
and she actually made several at
tempts to get away from the old
man, that she might cultivate the
acquaintance Of these young gentle
men, so that he finally caught her
and led her by the hand. After he
got her on the boat for Vallejo, on
the homeward trip, he felt pretty
safe and concluded to take a drink
He took several, and in his absence
the daughter made the acquaintance
of two sprightly young men on the
boat, and she was so fascinated with
male society that she made arrange
ments to forsake her old father and
go with them. She successfully
gave her father the slip when they
left the boat for the cars, and the
infatuated girl was slowed between
them in smoking car. But her
father found her and whirled her out
of that car in the liveliest manner,
and kept his hands on her till they
reached home. He will not dare ex-
pose her to such peril again, and the
poor girl is destined to close confine-
ment out Of the world of young men
unless she runs away.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-06-18

The Missouri editors at their late
convention formally resolved that a
man has the same right to walk into
a grocery store and order barrel
of sugar or a sack Of coffee, or into
a law Office and demand legal
opinion from its occupant, or into
an undertaken and request coffin,
without expecting to pay for their
respective wares or services, as into
a newspaper Office and demand the
use of its brains and muscle and
type without a thought of recon-
pense.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-06-18
Letter From cambridge.

EDIToRs GAZETTE Our Railroad
election, or election to ascertain
whether or not the people would sell
the stock owned by Jefferson county
in the E. T., Va. & Ga. r. r. passed
off VERY quietly, a small vote being
cast. The result is as follows:
For sale, $50; no sale. 1877; scat
tering, 4 total. $50. Number of
votes required to carry the election
$40. So the election failed, being
210 votes short. It would seem by
this result, that the people of JEFF
ferson county prefer increased taxa
ton, to being freed from debt. The
choice has been before them and
they have decided. They want to
''dance." and by their action have
agreed to pay the Fiddler They
viii dance to a good round tune by
the time they get their tacentg-seuen
thousand one hundred and .ffty-Seven
dollars paid for, with eleven years
interest.
cambridge is improving slowly
but surely. Gen. J. A. Dewey is
making improvements on his lot
putting up an addition to his fine
brick residence. He has just COM
pleted substantial and beautiful
rock wall in front of his lot, which
is to be surmounted with tasty
iron railing. John L. Cole is the
contractor fer the wood and brick
work of the house. James A.
Woodsides has just completed a
neat fence around his lot which is
decided improvement for his corner.
He now wants a new house to COM
plete the job. Our authorities are
pushing work on the streets, and
keeping splendid order, great praise
is due our present Board for the
efficient manner in which they dis
charge their several duties. Judge
Ben. O.. Owen came to town the
other day to take charge of the
Awkward Squad" of the cambridge
Swimming Club, but in consequence
of the muddy condition of the river
ETC., he respectfully declined the
command of said Squad and retired
to his classic retreat" Poor Ben
Rain. rain, rain, and more coming.
Yours, SUGGs, JR.
DANDRIDGE, Tenn, June II, rs.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-06-18

LET him be impeached," is the
heading OF long article in the Chat
field (Minn.) Democrat, and it talks
thus about Gen. Grant: "One stroke
Of his pen would have saved the
nation from disgrace-the treasury
from plumber and sent the reckless,
thieving Congressman backxxto their
constituents with everlasting dis
honor" and it lays the robbery at
his door for the same reason that
Gen. Garfield gave on the subject i:
MY vote did not make it law
Gen. Grants approval did. Why
not ask Grant to resignF' 1t is
quite certain that if President John
son had been guilty Of so fragrant an
outrage, he would not only have
been impeached, but deposed from
Office.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-06-18
iowa.

A farmers convention, composed
of men of all parties, was held in
Washington, Iowa, on the ID inst,
TO nominate candidates for the Leg
islature and county offices. Every
township in the county was repre-.
sented. and Judging from the vigor,
Gus tone of the resolutions, the del
egates were a resolute set Of men.
They denounce the State Legislature
for failing to pass a law regulating
railroad rates, and declare that no
candidate for the Legislature viii be
supported who will not pledge him
self to vote for such a law, or refuse
to accept passes or any other petty
brides from railroad corporations.
The candidates whom they named
are required, in accepting the nom
ination. to abandon all former politi-
cal connections, and to profess ale
glance henceforth only to the inter
ests of the farmers and working men.
tits expected that a State Conven-
ton of the same character viii soon
be held in Iowa.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-06-18

Some men at Louisville were bet
ting on the weight of large mule,
when one man who was good Judge
of the weight of live stock, got be-
hind the mule and was measuring
the headquarters when something
appeared to loosen up the mule.
just before the expert died he gave
it as his opinion that if the mule was
heavy all over as he was behind, he
must weigh not far from 1900
pounds.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-06-18
Learn a Trade.

In his annual report of common
schools, Professor Wickersham says :
There are multitudes idly waiting
for vacant clerl<ships and untitled
offices, while mechanical work. more
honorable and more remunerative,
invites on all sides the efforts of
willing hands. 1T is a fact as start
ling as it is significant, that of 10000
criminals in the United States in
1868, ninety-seven per cent. of them
had never learned a trade. Out of
240 convicts received at the eastern
penitentiary last year, only twelve
had been apprenticed and served
their time.